At the 2012 Association of Boxing Commission (ABC) meeting in Clearwater, Florida the ABC unanimously voted to adopt (Pascua Yaqui Tribe was present) the World Anti-Doping (WADA) Prohibited List and took an important step in the prevention of abuse of performance-enhancing drugs in combat sports.
President of the ABC Board, Mike Mazzuli has announced the Association of Boxing Commissions concurs with the findings of the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Athletic Commission and its Executive Director Ernie Gallardo in allowing WBC world champion Oscar Valdez to fight on September 10, 2021.
WADA banned substances are broken into two categories.
The first category (out of competition) are substances that are banned both in and out of competition. (For example, steroids, steroid derivatives and masking agents which hinder detection of banned substances.)
The second category (in competition) are substances which are only banned in competition. The term competition: “the period commencing at 11:59 pm on the day before a competition in which the athlete is scheduled to participate through the end of such competition and sample collection process related to such competition.”
The drug in question regarding Oscar Valdez, Phentermine, is not a prohibited substance unless there is a positive test taken during the period of the “in competition” testing. Mr. Valdez tested positive for that drug on August 13, 2021, which is over one month prior to the fight on September 10, 2021. He tested negative on subsequent tests.
Again, the ABC supports the ruling by the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Athletic Department in allowing Oscar Valdez to fight.
Pathetic and Embarrassing ,this cheat should be banned for atleast 2 years and Reynoso should be seriously investigated thoroughly…
Be still Mr Puritan. It’s a weight loss aid. Hardly a performance enhancer
The issue is these weight cutting supplements help cover up the use of PED’s, and if you listen to what Victor Conte a known PED developer he explained the drug that Valdez had in his system doesn’t show up in meat or tea it has to be doctor prescribed and it’s very clear he doesn’t have a prescription. It also increases the body’s neurological system allowing it faster recovery and helps build endurance.So he’s definitely cheating.
Should we be aware of Caleb Plant too?
Conte is in his corner/team.
Because he(plant) is being opening his mouth… to discredit all Reynoso’s Gym, without assessing his own.
Right on the money. Whenever you hear of certain weight loss formulas found in someone’s system, it’s a masking agent.
If Valdez had been one pound OVERWEIGHT like Tank and Benavidez wwere overweight when they both were stripped of their Championship Belts by this same WBC, would Valdez have also been stripped of his Championship Belt?
If the answer is yes, that means, by him using a banned substance, even outside of the competition window, it gave him an UNFAIR ADVANTAGE, over all of the other fighters who had to grind it out exercising and dieting the all-natural way, just to lose their extra out of training weight, while trying to also build and retain muscle mass….UGGH!!!
What happens NEXT, when all-natural power punchers like Wilder and Tank start using these same PED exceptions to the RULES, that Valdez and Cinderello are already getting away with?
I’ll tell you what will happen, in a lickety split second…
Sudden, all hell will break loose, as you same lame boxing fans, and the same lame old boxing media will be
totally OUTRAGED…UGGH!!!
I wonder where were all of you guys, who are now vehemently supporting yet another proven cheater, when Big Baby Miller was SUSPENDED for using PEDs, and he has never fought again since…UGGH!!!
This is yet another slippery slope we are on in , just like our democracy, and the Rule of LAW now being administered UNFAIRLY!
When “certain” people are given unfair privileges and advantages over everyone else, why wouldn’t they keep on taking all of the UNFAIR ADVANTAGES that they can, knowing full well they will keep on getting off SCOT-FREE, or even prospering from it….UGGH!!!
THINK out of your brain and not out of the OTHER end..
Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, R.I.P.
Yet, another victim of the WBC/Top Rank sanctioned boxing match
True boxing fans,
“Put R.E.S.P.E.C.T. on her name!”
It was the right call.
It was the right decision.
Speaketh … Miss. Javier Lopez – Martinez.
ABC is that like the mickey mouse clubhouse. all of a sudden eddy is a superstar trainer all the while looking like a pudgy pendejo
The rumor floating around Oscar De La Hoya is postponing the fight due to being + for COVID. Hmm, he must not be ready…….Great excuse if that is the case……. Rumor at this point….
If you need a drug to help you make weight, you should move up a weight class or postpone the fight. If you don’t believe this helps his performance, you have no idea what boxers go through to make weight and compete in a brutal sport. Bottom line is Valdez took a short cut. He didn’t have to work as hard to make weight because he had the drug in his system. That is an unfair advantage.
Glad that past us. Now ontu a great match up. This going to be explosive!
I heard a FALSE rumor that his opponent is also JUICING…
If your boy Valdez gets knocked the F-Out, will you still have that very same POSITIVE energy towards PED users?
I’m just asking for a friend…
Tired about cheaters..
The whole article is based on giving you a primer on WADA testing, but Oscar signed and supported VADA testing, right? Sounds similar but isn’t.