Cover up!! Whyte met with Anti-doping board just HOURS before fight

[uppercut510]

because he was allowed to fight dude! holy ****, you even acknowledged this in your post. adn then you forget it pretty f#cking quick!

this was very blatant corruption. the drug test was covered up. an american journalist is the only reason we know about it. white's team even had him wear a completely different brand of glove from the ones agreed upon. this was a straight up sham and nobody is going back to england to fight for a title again!

they are really something else, they admit fault and then continue by bringing up the fact that others do it to as a way to cover it up. the fact whyte got in the ring and was able to compete knowing he failed and the other fighter was not informed that he failed is pathetic and LOW.

[uppercut510]

on top of this all the ref had to save whyte in round 12 by jumping in when whyte was hurt for no apparent reason.

[Citizen Koba]

Yeah but it also happened with Fury not that long ago either... and it's their policy to not tell anyone... that's the issue. You can have an outlier but when you actual policy is wait and see.... that's not good.

It isn't good, but VADA rules also state the the only people who need to be told are the lead promoter, the dude who popped and the commission with jurisdiction. Basically exactly the same as the UK.

Problem with this lack of transparency on both sides of the pond is that we literally don't know how often this has happened before... typically if an adverse finding is subsequently upheld after investigation we'll find out then, but if the commission or other governing body decides on no further action there's no reason the public would ever find out.

[Citizen Koba]

I have no problem with due process and he should not be suspended until he's had his due process.

The problem is they aren't required to notify anyone. Rivas should've been notified and made the decision to fight or not. The WBC should've been notified so they can decide if they want to sanction the fight or not. While Hearn may not have been legally obligated to notify people but it's the morally right thing to do

But he was trying to use the system in place to string this along and cover it up for at least a year. Hearn is morally bankrupt

Pretty much agree here on all points... due process is necessary but should never come at the expense of fighter safety or even the possibility that a fighter might be at enhanced risk. The involvement of the WBC (or whichever sanctioning body is relevent to a particular case) is non-critical to my mind, especially if time is an issue, but it's probably best if they are kept in the loop.


It is worth noting that UKAD do actually have a confidentiality policy on results, so Hearn may not have actually been lying about that... but it's not clear from their regs just how far it extends.