Has there ever been fighter that tested positive and got off like Canelo?

[satiev1]

See article. Morales was banned for 2 years. Is this the first time?

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...s-failed-tests

[boxinggod101]

Probably not....

[4truth]

Floyd got off even easier. If there were others we are not aware.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

Roy Jones Jr.

http://philboxing.com/news/story-32215.html

[bigdunny1]

Franscisco Vargas right before the Salido fight exact same thing no suspension.

[boliodogs]

The amount in his system was said to be too small to help him and he has already been retested twice and been clean. I don't think it's such a big deal. Ortiz twice tested positive and yet he was just in a major fight so why should Canelo be banned for the first failed test of his career when the amount found was small and consistent with eating bad meat and he is testing clean now?

[Rockybigblower]

The amount in his system was said to be too small to help him and he has already been retested twice and been clean. I don't think it's such a big deal. Ortiz twice tested positive and yet he was just in a major fight so why should Canelo be banned for the first failed test of his career when the amount found was small and consistent with eating bad meat and he is testing clean now?

People that say the amount is consistent with eating bad meat refuse to acknowledge that it is also consistent with taking clenbuterol without eating bad meat. Rule of thumb should always be....when in doubt sit them out.

[boxingnumber247]

Franscisco Vargas 2016 no suspension

[bigdunny1]

Also multiple examples in the UFC from meat contamination and after review almost all checked out and fighter not punished.

https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/sports/canelo-alvarez-caught-embarrassing-situation-failed-ped-test-clenbuterol-222205202.html

Jeff Novitzky, who has extensive experience at handling anti-doping cases as the UFC’s vice president for athlete health and performance.

“What [the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency] did in all of [the UFC’s] cases is they went into the investigative element of anti-doping. They sent investigators to the athlete and the athlete had to prove, via records, that they had purchased meat in a store or at a restaurant. They have to prove they were present in the country. We’ve had them from both Mexico and China. So they had to show they were residing there at the time. They are subject to interviews and in all but one of our cases, everything matched out.”

[bigdunny1]

Franscisco Vargas 2016 no suspension

Yup same situation in the NFL which has very strict drug suspension policy and because of meat contamination they did not suspend the player. Also examples of other athletes in sports such as soccer with same substance failing tests but not being punished because it was meat contamination. Actually the precedent is pretty cut and dry VADA, WADA, USADA recommend no punishment/ban for those from countries such as Mexico with meat problem and low trace amounts consistent with meat contamination.

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...golovkin-fight

In 2016, former Houston Texans left tackle Duane Brown tested positive for clenbuterol. Brown, who now plays for the Seattle Seahawks, was not disciplined