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The bolded there is one of the few times I've seen folk acknowledge the official reason given by Oscar for why Canelo ceased negotiations back in 2016... usually folk talk about Canelo refusing to give in to Golovkins demand for a mandatory split which was never an offical reason given for the fight not happening at the time, but rather something fans ran with after a coupla of ambiguous and unspecific comments made by Canelo somewhat earlier.
The trace amounts of Clenbuterol were in fact substantially higher the most commonly recorded instances attributed to meat contamination (though I ain't familiar with the scientific measure known as a 'ghost' so I couldn't say although there was less than a nanogram), although still within a range at which meat contamination is a reasonable likelihood. They were also within the range expected from a the****utic dose or course of Clenbuterol which had ceased maybe a week or two earlier.
WADA fail standards are anything above zero, except where meat contamination is a reasonable possibility. Canelo's levels would have failed anywhere other than Mexico, Guatamala or China, even under the current WADA code, but the updated threshold for those countries is simply a reflection of the impossibility of proving intent below certain levels not an indication of a likelihood of a lack of intent.
Oh. And by the way, whilst I understand that Clenbuterol can be legally bought from pharmacies in Mexico it's use in the meat production industry is illegal in Mexico and pretty much everywhere else where even rudimentary legislation on food standards exists. It doesn't particularly have a bearing here, but just FYI.
IDK whether Golovkin deserves the trilogy or not, and besides matchmaking in boxing has little if anything to do with who deserves what, but on a persoanal level I also have no particular need to see a trilogy fight.
The trace amounts of Clenbuterol were in fact substantially higher the most commonly recorded instances attributed to meat contamination (though I ain't familiar with the scientific measure known as a 'ghost' so I couldn't say although there was less than a nanogram), although still within a range at which meat contamination is a reasonable likelihood. They were also within the range expected from a the****utic dose or course of Clenbuterol which had ceased maybe a week or two earlier.
WADA fail standards are anything above zero, except where meat contamination is a reasonable possibility. Canelo's levels would have failed anywhere other than Mexico, Guatamala or China, even under the current WADA code, but the updated threshold for those countries is simply a reflection of the impossibility of proving intent below certain levels not an indication of a likelihood of a lack of intent.
Oh. And by the way, whilst I understand that Clenbuterol can be legally bought from pharmacies in Mexico it's use in the meat production industry is illegal in Mexico and pretty much everywhere else where even rudimentary legislation on food standards exists. It doesn't particularly have a bearing here, but just FYI.
IDK whether Golovkin deserves the trilogy or not, and besides matchmaking in boxing has little if anything to do with who deserves what, but on a persoanal level I also have no particular need to see a trilogy fight.
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