"For the first time, you have professional athletes in the sport of boxing approaching us to implement an anti-doping program and those athletes are now full enrolled in this program," stated United States Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis T. Tygart as he, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe held a conference call to discuss the drug testing program for the upcoming clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley.
"At this point, both athletes have agreed to USADA's testing protocols, including both blood and urine testing, which is unannounced, which is anywhere at any time. Our staff has met with each athlete and their camps to explain the procedures and the process and each athlete has submitted their whereabouts information so that they can be located for this unannounced blood and urine testing," he revealed, giving details about the procedures that both fighters will be subjected to. "There is no limit to the number of tests that we can complete on these boxers. Of course, those will be distributed among the boxers in a fair manner. Any positive test will be published following a thorough legal process provided under our protocols. And of course if one or more of the boxers commits an anti-doping rule violation, WADA code penalties will be put in place."
MUCH MORE DETAILS FROM TYGART BELOW...
"This really started, I guess, back at the end of last year when Floyd's camp and Golden Boy approached us to learn more about our program."
"This is our program. They're held to the same standard that all Olympic athletes around the world are being held to, which is the WADA code standard, so as I mentioned previously, they're in our competition testing pool, they're providing us their whereabouts, they're subject to the same list of prohibited substances that the World Anti-Doping Agency propagates."
"The sanctions are WADA code sanctions, so there's a 2-year penalty/suspension that will be put in place and disqualification in advance of this fight if a boxer tests positive."
"There are at least 4 potent performance-enhancing drugs that are not detected in urine, including Human Growth Hormone, HBT, which is Homologous Blood Transfusion, HBOC, and that spelled H B O C, which is synthetic hemoglobin, and then the passport program...It is just simply false to say that urine can detect everything that you would be concerned about. It can't. You'd have to do blood. There's no other reason we would be doing blood. If we didn't have to do blood to have an effective program, why would we do it? It makes absolutely no sense."
"We did education with both fighters last weekend and they provided there whereabouts information to us, so we know where to find them 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and they have an obligation to update that as the weeks progress. They're subject to testing, both blood and urine, no advance notice at any time all the way up until and after the fight."
Testing protocol sounds very good I look forward to a nice, clean fight