I'm not an athlete and still don't expect banned substances to be in the regulated food and drink i intake. Whenever anyone gets caught with trace amounts of drugs they give an excuse and say they are sorry but they are really just sorry they got caught. The Fury vs Wilder fight has to get done and finally resolved asap.
Valdez being caught with Phentermine in his system is very similar to Billy Joe Saunders being caught with Oxilofrine in his system a couple of years ago.
The amount of Oxilofrine in Saunders' system was okay with WADA levels but not with VADA levels. As a result the WBO cancelled his fight with Andrade and stripped Saunders of his WBO 160lb title.
Similarly WADA would allow Valdez to use Phentermine before a fight whereas VADA does not.
As far as I'm concerned VADA are in the right here, as it was with Saunders, especially as Valdez and Saunders signed VADA contracts - Valdez was under WBC CBP regulations.
Assuming that the B-sample confirms the A-sample (if Valdez asks for it to be analysed) then imo the WBC should be punishing Valdez in-line with how the WBO punished Saunders.
Some may say Valdez was only caught with a stimulant - however when a fighter is caught taking a drug he shouldn't be using it is most likely not the first time they have used the drug and it says something about their attitude to taking drugs and the connections they have in that regard. Which means the fighter may be taking other drugs at other times that are also banned. The WBC, and Bob Arum, will be well aware of this and so imo boxing fans should be watching what the WBC do, or don't do, in this case closely as it says a lot about the WBC's real attitude towards drug cheats in boxing.
Shields continues to ignore a rematch with Christina Hammer. I covered in in AC and the referee Sparkle Lee stopped Hammer every time she went on the offense.
I'm not an athlete and still don't expect banned substances to be in the regulated food and drink i intake. Whenever anyone gets caught with trace amounts of drugs they give an excuse and say they are sorry but they are really just sorry they got caught. The Fury vs Wilder fight has to get done and finally resolved asap.
Valdez being caught with Phentermine in his system is very similar to Billy Joe Saunders being caught with Oxilofrine in his system a couple of years ago.
The amount of Oxilofrine in Saunders' system was okay with WADA levels but not with VADA levels. As a result the WBO cancelled his fight with Andrade and stripped Saunders of his WBO 160lb title.
Similarly WADA would allow Valdez to use Phentermine before a fight whereas VADA does not.
As far as I'm concerned VADA are in the right here, as it was with Saunders, especially as Valdez and Saunders signed VADA contracts - Valdez was under WBC CBP regulations.
Assuming that the B-sample confirms the A-sample (if Valdez asks for it to be analysed) then imo the WBC should be punishing Valdez in-line with how the WBO punished Saunders.
Some may say Valdez was only caught with a stimulant - however when a fighter is caught taking a drug he shouldn't be using it is most likely not the first time they have used the drug and it says something about their attitude to taking drugs and the connections they have in that regard. Which means the fighter may be taking other drugs at other times that are also banned. The WBC, and Bob Arum, will be well aware of this and so imo boxing fans should be watching what the WBC do, or don't do, in this case closely as it says a lot about the WBC's real attitude towards drug cheats in boxing.
change of subject but what are the odds we actually end up seeing Crawford vs Porter?
Shields continues to ignore a rematch with Christina Hammer. I covered in in AC and the referee Sparkle Lee stopped Hammer every time she went on the offense.