It's not mandatory and Floyd has stopped getting weighed before the fights.They do weight in again right before the fight.
Floyd Mayweather and possible illegal IV thread
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They do weight in again right before the fight.
Not all the time and if they do it doesn't matter if they already made the official contracted weigh in..if floyd does one we prolly wouldn't know because unless I'm mistaken they haven't announced a fight night weight for him in a min
Black_Jesus
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Oscar DeLaHoya is not the flag runner for "olympic style" testing breaking his own USADA rules and guidelines neitherOscar De La Hoya did the same thing before the Pacquiao fight.
I'm living proof of thisNow THIS is a good point. I doubt the PEDs, but gaining weight? I can see that
Years ago my anxiety level was through the roof for some shyt so I go in to see the doctor, he takes a look at me and says u dehydrated and wants to start a iv on me.. I wasn't dehydrated but was in no means trying to argue with the doctor.
I forget how many bags I did, 2 or 3 but when I was done and looked in the mirror I damn near couldn't recognize myself.. I gained a lot of wieght.. Took me about a day in a half to look normal again.
Black_Jesus
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I'm living proof of this
Years ago my anxiety level was through the roof for some shyt so I go in to see the doctor, he takes a look at me and says u dehydrated and wants to start a iv on me.. I wasn't dehydrated but was in no means trying to argue with the doctor.
I forget how many bags I did, 2 or 3 but when I was done and looked in the mirror I damn near couldn't recognize myself.. I gained a lot of wieght.. Took me about a day in a half to look normal again.
Then it makes it even more suspicious Floyd refusing to re-weigh himself so we can all see how much he hydrated to
I'm living proof of this
Years ago my anxiety level was through the roof for some shyt so I go in to see the doctor, he takes a look at me and says u dehydrated and wants to start a iv on me.. I wasn't dehydrated but was in no means trying to argue with the doctor.
I forget how many bags I did, 2 or 3 but when I was done and looked in the mirror I damn near couldn't recognize myself.. I gained a lot of wieght.. Took me about a day in a half to look normal again.
Yeah, it was illegal to use the IV's, but Im leaning towards your theory...as well as Paulie Malignaggi's who thinks it was for rehydration purposes. Yes, it was definitely wrong and against the rules, but Thomas Hauser framed it like Floyd was using it to hide his PEDs, which I dont agree with.
Im riding with you and Paulie on this, Floyd is illegaly rehydrating himself
But at least he aint roiding up
Safe to say, his legacy is still intact imo
Exactly, like I said earlier he has always looked bigger to me fight nights then he does walk around wieght... I've mentioned it a lot around here... Floyd is not the only one who has refused being weighed fight night though.
Aint nothing suspicious breh, he's illegaly rehydrating himself to be just as big/bigger than his opponents in order to deal with their blows better since he naturally cant rehydrate up into the 160s like Maidana/Mosley/Canelo etc can. It's cheating, but on the lesser end of cheating for me...just like someone using diet pills to make weight doesnt really concern me either, but it's still illegal.
Ya I doubt he's using peds, that would be just speculation on our part.Yeah, it was illegal to use the IV's, but Im leaning towards your theory...as well as Paulie Malignaggi's who thinks it was for rehydration purposes. Yes, it was definitely wrong and against the rules, but Thomas Hauser framed it like Floyd was using it to hide his PEDs, which I dont agree with.
Im riding with you and Paulie on this, Floyd is illegaly rehydrating himself
But at least he aint roiding up
Safe to say, his legacy is still intact imo
But I don't think he needed the iv, I doubt he was dehydrated.. I think he strategically uses them to gain wieght... Which is a big deal, I mean we have wieght classes for a reason.
Knicksman20
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This is a more recent thing for Floyd meaning the last 2-4 years. HBO would show his rehydration weight & it wasn't much from his weighin. Maybe with other fighters gaining 10+lbs fight night he's counteracting that?
I wonder how long this has been going on
:Im sure it wasnt the 1st time, because as you pointed out, Floyd's "fight night weight" hasnt been taken for a while now
THE MACHINE
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Yep...if Manny was 152, how much did Floyd weigh? he was a lot bigger than Manny
...and
at "Baneweather" @Black_Jesus you a fool for that one
...and some waffle fries
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Floyd Mayweather took WADA-banned IV before Manny Pacquiao fight, according to report
Them evil azz cacs done got him.
LAS VEGAS -- On the eve of his record-breaking megafight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2, pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather took an intravenous injection of saline and vitamins that was banned under World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines, according to a report by SB Nation on Wednesday.
Three weeks after the fight, Mayweather received an exemption from the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the report said. However, Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett said USADA does not have authorization to grant an exemption. Bennett said only the commission, which was not notified of the exemption until after it was given, can give an athlete an exemption.
Although the substances contained in the IV were not banned by WADA, whose standards USADA says it follows, the fact that they were given intravenously was not allowed.
Floyd Mayweather received an exemption for the IV from the United States Anti-Doping Agency three weeks after the fight, according to the report. However, the Nevada State Athletic Commission said USADA was not authorized to grant an exemption. AP Photo/Isaac Brekken
According to the report, USADA, which had been contracted by Mayweather and Pacquiao to conduct random drug testing for their bout, sent collection agents to Mayweather's house in Las Vegas the night before the fight to conduct an unannounced drug test.
The report was published on the day that Mayweather and Andre Berto held the final news conference for their welterweight championship fight Saturday night at the MGM Grand, which Mayweather has said will be the final bout of his 19-year career.
SB Nation's account said Mayweather's medical team told the collection agents that the IV -- which reportedly included a 250-milliliter mixture of saline and multivitamins and a 500-milliliter mixture of saline and Vitamin C -- was being given to Mayweather for rehydration purposes following the weigh-in.
WADA rules do not allow intravenous infusions or injections of more than 50 milliliters per six hours "except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures, or clinical investigations."
According to the report, WADA bans such injections and infusions because they can be used to "dilute or mask the presence of another substance."
SB Nation also reported that USADA did not inform the Nevada commission about the IV until May 21, when it sent correspondence to commission officials and Top Rank, Pacquiao's promoter, notifying them that Mayweather had been given a retroactive therapeutic-use exemption, which was allowed in the contract the fighters signed to cover the drug-testing protocol for the bout. However, when the commission and Top Rank requested more information about it, they learned Mayweather had not applied for the exemption until May 19. It was granted May 20, the report said.
While Mayweather was given an exemption three weeks after the fight, Pacquiao was denied a request to be injected with the legal painkiller Toradol on fight night to ease pain in his injured rotator cuff, which he had surgery on after the bout. The commission declined Pacquiao's request because it was not made in a timely manner, and he had not previously disclosed the injury.
"The TUE for Mayweather's IV -- and the IV was administered at Floyd's house, not in a medical facility, and wasn't brought to our attention at the time -- was totally unacceptable," Bennett is quoted as saying in the report. "I've made it clear to [USADA CEO] Travis Tygart that this should not happen again. We have the sole authority to grant any and all TUEs in the state of Nevada. USADA is a drug-testing agency. USADA should not be granting waivers and exemptions. Not in this state. We are less than pleased that USADA acted the way it did."
When Mayweather and Pacquiao initially began negotiating a fight in late 2009, it fell apart over a disagreement on drug-testing protocol, which became a major hurdle in making the fight. After Mayweather accused Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs, Pacquiao sued him and Mayweather eventually agreed to an undisclosed seven-figure settlement.
Mayweather was not available for comment Wednesday night.
Them evil azz cacs done got him.