Dan Rafael @danrafaelespn I kid not. Just filed to ESPN: Andre Berto tested positive for steroid, putting June 23 fight with Victor Ortiz in jeopardy. issed:
WTF! I'm not a conspiracy guy but I'm starting to think G are tampering with all their risky opponents drug tests. Though with Berto, I'm not surprised, simply for the injury he is coming off. He must have been on some sort of steroid for the healing process, whether he's still on it or not is another matter. Going back to De La Hoya's own career. Didn't Mosley and Vargas both come up positive against him. Last month Peterson against Khan and now this. Do fighters just become stupid when they go up against a G fighter?
That sucks if the fight doesn't happen....but FLOYD MAYWEATHER Jr. is looking better and better every day...and Pacquiao...well he is looking like the cheater... Hopefully this will lead to random blood/urine testing for ALL fights...
Two guys who volunteered, and whose opponents are suspected Ped-Heads. Ortiz was fucking huge in the first Berto fight, giving birth to the "functional" weight advantage BS. About time people started putting the dots together here.
Yes, I can see it, they are catchings so few people that volunteer that only RANDOM tests will catch the cheaters......:atu:
I can't see how cancelled promotions and lost dates profit any promoter involved...both Ortiz and Khan would have been favoured to win both rematches anyhow
Well if anything it makes it look like Floyd is doing roids. If you notice the pattern it's the guy who REQUESTS it that gets busted no the other way around.
What are the odds on Berto saying his doctor gave him some meds for some injury and Berto had no idea it had steroid in it ??
Nah it will be more like he went to haiti to help again and got sick, so he took a local home remedy (chicken blood, baby toe nails and some breast milk of a 45 year old woman) Aparently the 45 year old woman was treated with some medicine from the US sent over for the earthquake relief that contained testosterone.
These are Americans we are dealing with. They are not much for noticing stuff, except what HBO notices for them. Berto and Peterson are both limited guys who went life and death with Ortiz and Khan respectively. They both volunteer for testing and they both test positive. Eventually, even the simplest of "Math" is going to be done by enough of fans. I'll say it....Oscar and Schaefer are worse for boxing than Don King. I don't believe this sort of shit would appeal to King at all. Its the worst sort of outside-the-ring dirt.
Not very credible that Golden boy would take a hit of millions in canceled fights to smear opponents, imo.
Yes it is. The hits they lose here are picked up later in "Safer" or "More Lucrative" dates. In the meantime, look at us, cleaning up boxing. You think Oscar and Schaefer wanted to fight Peterson again, so to speak? Somebody fails a test, the belts are returned, is Paul McCloskey still around?
The 3 fights i was looking foreard to the most all cancelled. Im expecting Manny or Tim to get injured any day soon.
actually berto was favored. and he was a fairly substantial favorite before the injury, which i said at the time was a steroid related injury, incidentally.
Somewhere Holy is smiling his ass off, and thanking God that Olympic Style Testing wasn't used when he was prime.
youre just sour because your favorite heavyweight's dope of choice was perico and mota instead of something that could have helped him.
Its pretty much coming down to who's using the most sophisticated stuff. I mean, you can't look at guys like Victor Ortiz and Amir Khan and say with a straight face that they aren't on some kind of gear. Berto and Peterson are simply dumbasses who got caught because they don't know what the fuck they're doing.
Marquez was wise and paid an expert to supply him and guide him through the process, so he could pass the tests. Pacquiao is the same story.