Team Serrano including Amanda have a very dodgy past when it comes to PEDs.
She's trained by brother-in-law, Jordan Magdaleno, who was arrested (as well as Amanda and sister Cindy) in a police sting on PEDs being peddled around New York gyms way back in 2007.
Although this was a long time ago can we really believe that Jordan is reformed and hasn't got Amanda on some kind of PED when the random drug testing is so lousy in professional boxing?
In addition, Amanda's actions in pulling out of a signed Katie Taylor fight a year or so ago once she learned that Taylor had recently enrolled in a year round VADA contract, which meant they would both be VADA tested for 8 - 10 weeks prior to their fight, only adds to the suspicion that surrounds Team Serrano.
There's plenty of articles about all this - here's a one from the Irish Times....
Suspicions shouldn't be just directed towards Amanda Serrano of course - professional boxing is one of the few sports today that allows someone to build a great career whilst barely ever being properly random drug tested.
Journalist Michael Montero's recent discovery about the underfunding of the WBC CBP, which consequently shows that very few fighters enrolled on the program are tested even once per year, shows how easy it would be for someone to cheat in this way if they wanted to.
Team Serrano including Amanda have a very dodgy past when it comes to PEDs.
She's trained by brother-in-law, Jordan Magdaleno, who was arrested (as well as Amanda and sister Cindy) in a police sting on PEDs being peddled around New York gyms way back in 2007.
Although this was a long time ago can we really believe that Jordan is reformed and hasn't got Amanda on some kind of PED when the random drug testing is so lousy in professional boxing?
In addition, Amanda's actions in pulling out of a signed Katie Taylor fight a year or so ago once she learned that Taylor had recently enrolled in a year round VADA contract, which meant they would both be VADA tested for 8 - 10 weeks prior to their fight, only adds to the suspicion that surrounds Team Serrano.
There's plenty of articles about all this - here's a one from the Irish Times....
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/team-taylor-taking-no-chances-as-they-insist-on-drug-testing-of-opponents-1.4076074
Suspicions shouldn't be just directed towards Amanda Serrano of course - professional boxing is one of the few sports today that allows someone to build a great career whilst barely ever being properly random drug tested.
Journalist Michael Montero's recent discovery about the underfunding of the WBC CBP, which consequently shows that very few fighters enrolled on the program are tested even once per year, shows how easy it would be for someone to cheat in this way if they wanted to.
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