?Thompson argued the banned substance entered his body through a medication taken for high blood pressure??
?[The worst thing possible] hasn?t happened yet.??Jim Lampley
?I mean, this is a physical sport and you can get hurt and end up dead???Carlos Molina (12rounder.com)
When was the last time a boxer actually admitted his or her guilt to using PEDS?
The old and tired excuse from Team Mosley (Junior) recently was that the positive test was simply an ?innocent mistake.? Aren?t they always?
Undefeated Kid Galahad was found to have illegal levels of a metabolite of stanozolol, an anabolic steroid, after being tested after his fight on September 20 for which the Kid initially blamed his brother for spiking his drink as a joke?still another tiresome excuse.
Now comes a report from the guardian dated July 29, 2015 in which Declan Warrington writes that American heavyweight boxer Tony Thompson failed a drugs test for the fight that may have ruined David Price?s career. Warrington says, in part:
?The American, who stopped Price in both February and July 2013, tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide ? which is classified as a diuretic and masking agent ? after their July rematch.
?Price?s prospects have since diminished despite him then being considered a potential world heavyweight champion.
?Thompson argued the banned substance entered his body through a medication taken for high blood pressure ? not to control his weight or hide other substances ? but he did not provide sufficient proof from a medical professional to support this.
?He also claimed to be unaware hydrochlorothiazide was banned. He was given a separate 12-month ban by the Austrian Boxing Federation for the presence of the same substance when fighting Kubrat Pulev in August 2013, three weeks after UKAD contacted him about their case.?
Back in 2013, Mariusz Wach admitted that he used anabolic steroids before his November 10 fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Germany. But then, in a bile-inducing coda, he said ?his greatest suspicion falls on his trainers, but there was also a much larger group who helped him during his training so he?s not sure where it came from?? (Mariusz Wach Update, Fightnews.com. January 9, 2013).
Ugh?so much for zero tolerance.
I?m no pharmacist or alchemist, nor am I a strength and conditioning coach, but I do know something about the impact of banned substances such as Stanozolol, anabolic steroids, Norandosterone, cocaine, Nandrolone, oxandolone, Boldenone, Cathine, elevated testosterone, HGH and Saizen, marijuana metabolites, Synthetic Testosterone, Furosemide, and Tetrahydrogestrinone. I also know how usage can be masked and/or done in combination. But what?s far worse, I believe I can put a name in front of each of these substances.
If you do the crime, you should do the time.
