Former two-weight world champion, Paulie Malignaggi, has spoken out against the boxing business that doesn’t take anti-doping seriously.
After it was reported that Conor Benn had returned a Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency test with ‘adverse analytical findings’ for banned substances, the fight between him and Chris Eubank Jr was in doubt. Although many people, including the British Boxing Control Boardsaid that the event should be canceled or postponed, the people involved are still working to make it happen this weekend.
Speaking on his YouTube channelMalignaggi first mentions the reported substance – clomifene.
“My first thing is, it’s not a drug that you can accidentally take. Now, why it’s banned, I don’t know – a lot of these drugs can be masking agents… they do other things that lead to their status as performance enhancers, not all enhancers. Performance boosters are all steroids. “
The former Welterweight champion, who retired in 2017, continues to criticize the sport in general for its anti-doping procedures, or lack of them.
“This is a bloody sport, and sometimes it is literally life and death. So I take these things very seriously but I don’t see that maybe people are taking it seriously – I just don’t see businesses taking it that seriously.”
“No one ever talks about the fact that boxing is the least tested and weakest professional sport out of all the major sports in the world. The chances of the boys slipping through the cracks and getting doped are probably more than any other sport. “
“If you had a sport full of dopers, what would happen? If you’re a boxer, you’ll concoct your own potion to protect yourself because if you’re going clean against an adulterated fighter – which is more likely when you’ve reached a certain level – then This is not a Rocky Movie. It’s in Hollywood, man. No one beats a mixed martial artist when they are clean.”
Ultimately, Malignaggi settled on whether the fight between Benn and Eubank Jr should take place on Saturday. Given the information he had at the time of recording, he said no.
“In any other sport, an athlete would be banned or suspended immediately without question, and only in boxing can this defeat happen and people are still talking about it. maybe there’s a way the war can still happen… that shows you how a lot of money runs around the world. “
“Listen, I don’t think this fight should happen, regardless of anyone’s opinion. You have a failed drug test here, and I hope this fight doesn’t happen. I hear they’re still trying to make that happen, but we’ll see. “
We look forward to today’s news on the condition of the bout and, in turn, the event itself.
