How can we be sure Joshua isn't "cleared to fight" while he has an ongoing case?

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  • Motorcity Cobra
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    #1

    How can we be sure Joshua isn't "cleared to fight" while he has an ongoing case?

    We all know Whyte tested positive for a PED. But the only reason we know this is because of a whistle blower. He currently has an unresolved case with UKAD yet he's able to fight until the case is resolved. Like Tyson was cleared to fight Klitschko while the case was resolved. Took over a year to finally resolve the Ryan Martin case.

    Eddie moved a fight to about it getting canceled when a fighter failed a test (refusing to provide a sample is an automatic fail)

    We just don't know if Joshua is clean or if he's simply "cleared to fight" and Eddie just can't be trusted.
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    #2
    Anyone who’s fought in the UK could be in the same situation as Whyte because, apparently, that’s how drug testing is handled over there.

    That being said, I’m pretty sure a failed test would have been leaked to the media because it would be one of the biggest stories in all of boxing.

    We also know he passed all his tests for his last fight because it was in the United States and the NYSAC is transparent when it comes to failed drug tests.

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      #3
      Originally posted by ShaneMosleySr
      Anyone who’s fought in the UK could be in the same situation as Whyte because, apparently, that’s how drug testing is handled over there.

      That being said, I’m pretty sure a failed test would have been leaked to the media because it would be one of the biggest stories in all of boxing.

      We also know he passed all his tests for his last fight because it was in the United States and the NYSAC is transparent when it comes to failed drug tests.
      So we just don't know? And if he did we wouldn't know until a year or so from now

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      • kafkod
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        #4
        Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra
        We all know Whyte tested positive for a PED. But the only reason we know this is because of a whistle blower. He currently has an unresolved case with UKAD yet he's able to fight until the case is resolved. Like Tyson was cleared to fight Klitschko while the case was resolved. Took over a year to finally resolve the Ryan Martin case.

        Eddie moved a fight to about it getting canceled when a fighter failed a test (refusing to provide a sample is an automatic fail)

        We just don't know if Joshua is clean or if he's simply "cleared to fight" and Eddie just can't be trusted.
        How can we know that Ruiz and Wilder aren't roided to the gills if VADA doesn't pick up shit like dianabol?

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        • Butt stuff
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          #5
          AJ isn't thick enough to fail one, and his team around him is solid enough to stop that from happening too. Unless he completely bungles his cycles etc – he'll be fine.

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          • boliodogs
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            #6
            What difference does it really make? The fight will happen on time. My only worry is that Ruiz gets a fair fight with no BS from the ref or on the score cards if it goes the distance. I just watched Callum Smith win a fight he probably should have lost and England has so many of those. Hearn was the promoter just as he is the promoter of the Ruiz-AJ . I don't know if he has influence over the scoring and refereeing of these fights or not. I hope not.

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            • ShoulderRoll
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              #7
              Not to worry. UKAD will let us know in 2022 if AJ was taking steroids or not

              They are on the case.

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              • Robbie Barrett
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                #8
                How do we know all US fighters aren't roiding? There's nothing like UKAD for American boxing. They don't get tested. Only a few do VADA and VADA passed Whyte.

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                • daggum
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                  #9
                  you think they would just stand there and watch joshua take an illegal iv, let the fight happen, then 3 weeks after the fight say it was ok because of a tue that made no sense? that would be silly

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                  • Larry the boss
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                    #10
                    what case does Joshua have?

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