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Opinion: Alycia Baumgardner Won’t Be Heavily Punished for Positive Drug Test

BoxingAugust 21, 2023

Opinion: Alycia Baumgardner Won’t Be Heavily Punished for Positive Drug Test

We’ve had nearly a week to digest the news regarding Alycia Baumgardner and her positive drug test for two banned steroids. Baumgardner tested positive for mesterolone...

Erik Skoglund: What Is He Willing To Do? Part Two

WorldwideMarch 15, 2022

Erik Skoglund: What Is He Willing To Do? Part Two

This is the second part in a two-part story. The first part can be found HERE. THE BROTHERHOOD It is a brotherhood that no one wants...

Kovalev Told Duva He Didn’t Knowingly Ingest PED, Tainted Supplemented Mentioned As Possible Culprit

WorldwideJanuary 15, 2021

Kovalev Told Duva He Didn’t Knowingly Ingest PED, Tainted Supplemented Mentioned As Possible Culprit

Tuesday, Jan. 19 update: In case you were curious, as I was, here you go: YES, Buddy McGirt is still trainer to Sergey Kovalev. The NY...

Source: Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller, After Latest PED Problem, Could Get One Year Ban, Maybe Two Years

WorldwideJuly 7, 2020

Source: Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller, After Latest PED Problem, Could Get One Year Ban, Maybe Two Years

The charismatic heavyweight boxer Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller made the news again when word dropped on June 27th that he’d tested positive for a banned substance,...

Three Strikes and He’s Out? Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller Tests PED Positive, Off July 9 Card

WorldwideJune 27, 2020

Three Strikes and He’s Out? Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Miller Tests PED Positive, Off July 9 Card

Jerry Forrest will be fighting July 9 on ESPN, but no, it will not be against Jarrell “Big Baby Miller. The Brooklyn bred fighter, who lost...

Three Doctors Put Forth Provocative Facts, Opinions & Questions on Coronavirus

WorldwideMay 13, 2020

Three Doctors Put Forth Provocative Facts, Opinions & Questions on Coronavirus

The following is a piece written by Sheryl Wulkan, M.D., John Stiller, M.D., who you probably don’t know…and Margaret Goodman, M.D., who you may well, because...

Fighters In VADA Testing Can Get Free Supplement Check

AnnouncementsApril 15, 2020

Fighters In VADA Testing Can Get Free Supplement Check

Fighters who get flagged for using a banned substance almost never say, “Yep, you got me, I was looking for a short-cut, I don’t think the...

Alejandra Jiminez Tests Positive Following Fight With Franchon

WorldwideJanuary 25, 2020

Alejandra Jiminez Tests Positive Following Fight With Franchon

The WBC dropped some news Friday, fall-out from the Jan. 11 clash between WBC and WBO 168 pound champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn and Alejandra Jiminez, which unfolded...

Will Chavez Jr Fight In Arizona Despite Nevada Suspension?

WorldwideNovember 20, 2019

Will Chavez Jr Fight In Arizona Despite Nevada Suspension?

UPDATE: The Nevada commission told Julio Cesar Chavez Jr that his suspension stands. Chavez, the son of the Mexi-legend, can re-visit the issue during next month’s...

WorldwideJune 5, 2019

WBC Removes Jose Pedraza and Shakur Stevenson From Ranking For Not Registering For Clean Boxing Program

This press release came from the office of the World Boxing Council today (Wednesday). The boxers Pedraza and Stevenson both fight under the Top Rank banner....

Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller Admits It: “I Messed Up

WorldwideApril 20, 2019

Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller Admits It: “I Messed Up

One test, then another, then yet another… It was ludicrous, almost comical, if the stakes were no multi-million dollar high and if we didn’t know that...

Willie Monroe Jr’s Strategic Partner Adrian Clark Speaks About PED Positive

WorldwideDecember 17, 2018

Willie Monroe Jr’s Strategic Partner Adrian Clark Speaks About PED Positive

Adrian Clark is one of the new breed of managers in the game, and full disclosure, I’ve been impressed with his hustle and his decency. Clark...

WBC Says Willie Monroe Popped Positive On VADA Test

WorldwideDecember 15, 2018

WBC Says Willie Monroe Popped Positive On VADA Test

The main event of the Dec. 22 card at Barclays Center might be in flux, with word out that featured pugilist Willie Monroe tested positive for...

Golovkin Trolls Canelo With Savage Video Spoof

WorldwideApril 18, 2018

Golovkin Trolls Canelo With Savage Video Spoof

“Super human power requires a special ingredient,” the man, Abel Sanchez says, as he tucks into a steak, cutting the hunk of meat as he looks...

WorldwideMarch 5, 2018

Canelo Tests Positive For Clenbuterol

Boxing heartthrob Canelo Alvarez is in the news today, in a bad way. The hitter, counting down to his sequel scrap with Gennady Glolovkin, a middleweight...

Can “Common” Smith Ruin “Special” Hopkins Adios Bash?

WorldwideDecember 16, 2016

Can “Common” Smith Ruin “Special” Hopkins Adios Bash?

“The Final One,” the last bout of Bernard Hopkins’ pro career, unfolds tomorrow evening in Los Angeles and on HBO. We have not seen the likes...

WBC Lauds Boxers Who Signed Up For Heavier PED Testing

CanadaOctober 12, 2016

WBC Lauds Boxers Who Signed Up For Heavier PED Testing

Writer types like to take the easy route and do the shooting the fish in the barrel thing, regularly slaying boxing’s sanctioning bodies for idiotic and...

Klitschko and Fury Both Good To Go With VADA Testing

WorldwideSeptember 17, 2016

Klitschko and Fury Both Good To Go With VADA Testing

September is heading towards the second half home stretch and October beckons. It’s not a strong month for big bouts, as in the US, college football...

WorldwideApril 6, 2016

About PED Testing For Wilder-Povetkin…

The testing thing popped up three weeks ago when the new WBA secondary heavyweight champion Lucas Browne popped positive for a banned substance following his win...