Boxing: The Who’s Who of Banned Substances

In the last decade there has been a rise of professional boxers being caught with banned substances by post and prefight drug test, and also there has been a rise of nefarious characters that already have convicted of administering steroids to athletes and boxers, or have worked miracles in boxers by creating boxers that can move up various weight divisions with power, stamina, and lean muscle in a short period of time.

Many boxers have been associated with steroids / Performance Enhancement Drugs, labs, etc.  And others have admitted to their use to law enforcement or the sports media. I don’t see the WBO, WBC, WBA, or IBF doing anything about the rise of illegal substance in boxing. Sadly, it’s all currently left up to the teams and boxers with common sense, and who are looking for their personal safety and a level playing field. Demanding USADA or VADA drug testing in their fights is the smart thing for any champion, if not they place their lives at risk. Just regular commission drug testing varies from commission to commission and not all of them are on the same page.

It will take the death of a boxer at the hands of a juiced up opponent on a cable network for any action to be taken and put another black eye into boxing. The WBA, WBO, IBF, and WBC can simply demand their boxing champions and top contenders to take random blood testing for PEDs; however, this seems not to be for their benefit. Commission should impose draconian rules against anyone caught with any banned substance in their body; however, they do not in the United States. 

1.      All boxers and champions should take it up themselves to demand USADA and VADA drug testing for each of their fights.

2.      Commissions should ban any boxer caught with any illegal substance in their system a minimum of 5 years and finned 50% of their purse.

3.      The WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF can implement mandatory random blood testing for their champions and top 10 boxers in their rankings. 

4.      The WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF can strip a champion and ban from their ranking any boxer caught with a banned substance in their system.

The Who’s Who list of banned substance and PED’s list:

Andre Berto tested positive for Norandrosterone.

Lamont Peterson tested positive for Synthetic Testosterone in his system.

Michel Trabant tested positive for an Anabolic Steroid in his system.

Timo Hoffman tested positive for an Anabolic Steroid in his system.

Joey Gilbers tested positive for Stanozolol Metabolite, Methamphetamine, Oxazepam, Dizepam, Nordiazepam, Temazepam, and Amphetamine. However, NSAC only gave a one year fine and a $10,000 fine.

Danny Batchelder found with Stanozolol and Oxandolone in his system.

Antonio Tarver found with Drostanolone in his system.

Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas tested positive for Stanozolol in his 2002 11^th round TKO defeat at the hands of Oscar De La Hoya.

Roy Jones Jr. tested positive for Androstenedione in 2000.

Richard Hall tested positive for Androstenedione in 2000.

Cruz Carbajal tested positive for Nandrolone and Hydrochlorothiazide.

Orlando Salido tested positive for Nandrolone in his fight versus Robert Guerrero in 2006. Salido obtained a drug test at a national blood lab and in their findings Salido was negative. At any rate, the NSAC changed the results.

James Toney tested positive for Nandrolone, Boldenone and Stanozolol in 2005 and 2007.

Ali Adams tested positive for Stanozolol.

Omar Nino Romero tested positive for Methamphetamine.

Erik Morales tested positive for Clenbuterol and suspended for 2 years in his defeat in the hands of Danny Garcia.

Mariano Carrera tested positive for Clenbuterol.

Stevie Johnston tested positive for Ephedrine.

Mariusz Wach tested positive for an Anabolic Steroid.

Frans Botha tested positive for Anabolic Steroid.

Larry Olubamiwo tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) and admitted to using 13 other banned substances.

Eloy Perez tested positive for Cocaine in his defeat at the hands of Adrien Broner.

Pernell Whitaker tested positive for Cocaine.

Manuel M. Vargas tested positive for Hydrocodone.

Guillermo Jones tested positive for Furosemide.

Joel Casamayor tested positive for Marijuana in his fight with Timothy Bradley.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Tested positive for Marijuana and Furosemide.

J’Leon Love tested positive for Hydrochlorothiazide in his fight versus Gabriel Rosado.

Sam Soliman tested positive for Methyslysnephrine.

Brian Magee tested positive for Oxilofrine.

Mickey Bey Jr. tested positive for Elevated Testosterone levels.

Rosendo Alvarez tested positive for Furosemide.

Joan Guzman tested positive for Furosemide and fined $3,750.

Ricardo Mayorga tested positive for Furosemide in his fight versus Oscar DeLaHoya.

Clenbuterol: Mariano Carrera and Erik Morales

Stanozolol: Fernando Vargas, James Toney, Joey Gilbers, Danny Batchelder, and Ali Adams.

Diuretics: J’Leon Love, Guillermo Jones, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Ricardo Mayorga, Joan Guzman and Rosendo Alvarez. 

Cocaine: Pernell Whitaker, Juan Carlos Gomez, and Eloy Perez

Nandrolone: Cruz Carbajal and James Toney