Berto tests positive for steroids!

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According to Dan Rafael, on Twitter.

Surely not?!

Berto seems to be getting the benefit of the doubt - apparently its nandrolone which stays in your system for up to18 months. Berto has admitted to using supplements NOT provided by Conte and Conte reckons he got a contaminated batch of it. Schaefer is pleased that Haymon contacted him straight away upon learning of the failed test and Berto-Ortiz is off - he is looking for an opponent.

Ortiz's response to the whole thing. Complete and utter silence - Followed by "I'm going to the Gym"

It makes mayweathers demands for drug tests all the more sensible.

The fact remains, there are drug abuses in the sport. We've seen it with Berto and Peterson. Mosley salido Vargas where all juicers. Wouldn't be surprised if others test positive.

Slightly ironic that Berto thought that there was something fishy about Ortiz because he rehydrated to 164lbs when they fought

Oscar beat the crap out of a drugged up Vargas didnt he?

Mayweather has destroyed boxing. All the fights i've been looking forward to cancelled. What a disaster. The shocking thing is that nice guys cheat too,who'd have thought???

Seems Mayweather was right all along, every boxer needs to be subjected to strenuous testing, there is no room for cheaters in boxing, they have to be caught and no mistakes can be afforded.

I first saw a weight lifter taking a shot of Deca Durabolin (Nandrolone) in a gym when I was 15. It shattered my illusion about sport.

Almost any athlete good enough to become a contender will take drugs to become the very best. Steroids are rampant in the majority of sports.

Strongback wrote:I first saw a weight lifter taking a shot of Deca Durabolin (Nandrolone) in a gym when I was 15. It shattered my illusion about sport.

Almost any athlete good enough to become a contender will take drugs to become the very best. Steroids are rampant in the majority of sports.

Its about time boxing caught up with the rest of sports. And if any boxer refuses to take the Olympic style tests, he should be banned from boxing.

Boxing more than any sports needs stern drug testing. Its people's lives we're talking about.

azania wrote:

Strongback wrote:I first saw a weight lifter taking a shot of Deca Durabolin (Nandrolone) in a gym when I was 15. It shattered my illusion about sport.

Almost any athlete good enough to become a contender will take drugs to become the very best. Steroids are rampant in the majority of sports.

Its about time boxing caught up with the rest of sports. And if any boxer refuses to take the Olympic style tests, he should be banned from boxing.

Boxing more than any sports needs stern drug testing. Its people's lives we're talking about.

couldnt agree more az (not often said that!!)

a footballer might take drugs but doesnt mean he can kick a ball any better, a boxer takes drugs and it improves his performance no end. that performance being the abilty to punch someone else in the face. how boxing isnt one of the most tested sports around i do not know, let alone one of the worst!!

So Floyd had a valid point all along. There needs to be olympic style testing because the difference between winning and losing is marginal in the majority of world level fights, because the difference in financial reward is so immense it is obviously too hard to turn down for some fighters.

http://www.boxingscene.com/bertos-failed-test-new-details-good-news-andre--53089

Berto might be Ok according to the above article. Basically saying that the traces of nandrolone in his system were so low that its more likely that he was contaminated rather than ingested it to attempt to gain in any way.

aja424 wrote:So Floyd had a valid point all along. There needs to be olympic style testing because the difference between winning and losing is marginal in the majority of world level fights, because the difference in financial reward is so immense it is obviously too hard to turn down for some fighters.

Floyd has always had a point, it's the way he made it that was the issue.