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Surely a torn retina would have affected Spence’s vision during training camp particularly when sparring?

It seems strange they didn’t check this out themselves instead of waiting for the commission pre-fight medical.

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Yea Ozz you would think there would have been signs but this statement was really just to make sure they could sell a replacement fight fast, details if any on causes and conditions might never appear is my guess.

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Since Spence will be out of the ring for a while, should the wbc label him as Champ in Recess and give the belt to Manny?

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Recovery is only two to four weeks. Plus he is going to a top surgeon.

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What was the drug testing protocol between Ugas vs Maidana to the now Pacquiao vs Ugas? Bringing this question up due to the controversy around Angel “Memo” Heredia, Ugas’ strength and conditioning coach. The last time Pacquiao fought a fighter associated with Memo was Juan Manuel Marquez…. We all know how that ended.

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This is a PBC (Haymon) and WBA fight so at best there will be pointless commission testing but there will be no pre-fight VADA testing.

However the usual pre-fight VADA testing is done over too short a time frame anyway to guarantee a fighter is getting no benefit at all from some type of PED.

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Frank, honestly are you a fan of Juan Manuel Márquez? I'm just curious thank you.

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