Before signing up for a fifth fight against long-time foe Juan Manuel Marquez for his upcoming fight in November, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao should consider requiring Marquez to undergo random blood and urine tests all the way to the fight Marquez surprised everyone with his impressive performance over Mike Alvarado at The Forum in Inglewood, California last weekend. Indeed, Marquez performed impressively against Alvarado despite the knockdowns they both suffered. Marquez did not show any sign of aging during his showdown with Alvarado. Boxing observers say the Mexican counter-puncher seems to be getting stronger as he gets older. But persistent calls by nutritionist Victor Conte on some notable changes in Marquez’s physique gave credence to insinuations that the Mexican counter-puncher could be on PEDs when he took on Alvarado last Saturday. Here are some of Conte’s tweets prior to the Marquez-Alvarado fight:
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“Can’t help but wonder if @bobarum believes Marquez is a clean fighter? IMO Memo @guruscience needs investigation. If it walks & quacks…” “JMM is 40 yrs old w/ muscles popping out, acne all over his chest, @Guruscience Memo as his trainer & @BobArum & boxing do get it.” Read more: Conte’s Twitter posts on Marquez alleged doping can be viewed here. Marquez’s physical transformation started when his camp hired Strength and Conditioning Coach Angel Heredia in his fourth encounter with Pacquiao that resulted in a knockout loss in the dying seconds of the sixth round. Conte, who founded the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO), a company that deals on performance enhancing drugs (PEDS), was found guilty of producing and selling the same and was jailed. After serving his sentence, Conte turned an active supporter of drug testing in sports. He has been advocating random drug testing for boxers and supports the random blood and urine tests being offered by Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA). In the case of Pacquiao, he said he had no problem with random blood and urine testing to be conducted by VADA. In fact, Pacquiao has already submitted to rigorous blood and urine testing by VADA.
