Comments Thread For: WBA Unveils 'Fair Boxing' - Their New VADA Drug Testing Program

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The World Boxing Association officially introduced its "Fair Boxing" program, which the sanctioning body designed to combat the use of banned substances in boxing. The announcement was made at a press conference earlier today in Panama City, Panama. Fair Boxing is a program that the WBA will regulate in a partnership with the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA).
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[joe strong]

If promoters & boxers want to really stick it to the sanctioning bodies then they should all refuse to sign up with the program. All the top guys refuse then the governing bodies would have no bonafide contenders & big promoters to get sanctioning fees from. Screw the WBA/IBF/WBC & WBO. Let them go bankrupt when they got no real contenders or big money promoters to gouge. Who cares about belts anymore? With all the corruption & ridiculous amount of titles I say just stop dealing with them. Just make big money fights without the big 4 involvement. make drug testing a part of the contracted fights.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Thank you Mayweather for making boxing a cleaner sport.

TBE TBE TBE

[Teetotaler]

Meanwhile usada is.........what exactly is gonna happen to usada? Or hell what if a boxer asks to be tested by them rather than vada?

[drenlou]

Mayweather escaped in the nick of time

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Meanwhile usada is.........what exactly is gonna happen to usada? Or hell what if a boxer asks to be tested by them rather than vada?

Im assuming that if they are competing for either the WBC or WBA they won't be able to opt out for USADA.

[Scipio2009]

Meanwhile usada is.........what exactly is gonna happen to usada? Or hell what if a boxer asks to be tested by them rather than vada?

USADA is still the gold standard of random testing in the US, with Track&Field, Cycling, Olympic sport, etc all still keeping their faith in USADA.

Boxing, as far as I can tell, is the only sport that bothers with VADA (and the only reason that boxing even bothers with VADA is because the better system costs more than twice as much).

Anyone with the willingness to front the costs, chooses to go with USADA and that likely won't change

[nycsmooth]

This really skipped a lot of the issues they need to get more into specifics as far as the article it left a lot wanting as far as what is needed or what is to be done restrictions penalties B+ etcetera...

[sicko]

Great to see WBA step up like the WBC and at least ATTEMPT to clean up the sport!

Meanwhile usada is.........what exactly is gonna happen to usada? Or hell what if a boxer asks to be tested by them rather than vada?

USADA is not in business because of Boxing LMFAO they been around a long long time before Mayweather Came Calling for them to do testing for his matches.

Also they do testing for the UFC In General Now.

[PittyPat]

VADA... WADA... USADA... Even the testing agencies are alphabet soup.