Comments Thread For: WBC Prez Urges Tyson Fury To Enter Testing Program For Fight

[Jewish-Reptile]

UKAD are so impotent that Hughie Fury tested positive and didnt even get penalised, he just kept boxing and ignored them.

That’s what Tyson did too, tested positive in a title eliminator and continued fighting !

[KnickTillDeaTh]

Thanks for the info. I wasn't aware of the 90 day limit, or any limit on being enrolled before a fight. can't believe there isn't a rule disqualifying for them to even sanction a fight when 1 fighter is not enrolled. The whole thing is a joke obviously and they're not as serious about drugs as they claim.

Well, I can't really agree with you on that point. WBC can't stop the fight because that would be illegal. Under federal law, the Ali act, no one other then a State Athletic Commission (who are overseen by the Feds/ABC) has the right to completely stop a fight. Federal law governs the powers and rules of the promoters, managers, and sanctioning bodies, it just leaves the way sanctioning bodies select their rankings and mandatory challengers up to the body, but they have to have a legit process, and submit that process to the Feds and the Association of boxing Commissions. They don't have the right to stop a fight, all they can do is not sanction the fight, leaving the champ unable to lose the title, and the challenger unable to win it. The champ still has to pay sanctioning fees to remain in good standing, and the fight would not be considered a voluntary defense. So basically, the WBC can do anything they want with their titles and sanctioning, they can strip champs based on their rules, but they cannot stop someone from fighting their ranked fighter. As you see when a fighter tests positive for a banned substance, WBC can suspend that fighter from fighting under their label in a sanctioned event, but they can't stop that boxer from fighting for another title unless the State Athletic commission suspends the fighter. Even still, that fighter can go overseas to fight in an un-sanctioned event out of the reach of the Feds, and the commissions. It's only congress that can fix boxing, but like what happened to baseball, they'd just make it worst.

[Vinnykin]

Well, I can't really agree with you on that point. WBC can't stop the fight because that would be illegal. Under federal law, the Ali act, no one other then a State Athletic Commission (who are overseen by the Feds/ABC) has the right to completely stop a fight. Federal law governs the powers and rules of the promoters, managers, and sanctioning bodies, it just leaves the way sanctioning bodies select their rankings and mandatory challengers up to the body, but they have to have a legit process, and submit that process to the Feds and the Association of boxing Commissions. They don't have the right to stop a fight, all they can do is not sanction the fight, leaving the champ unable to lose the title, and the challenger unable to win it. The champ still has to pay sanctioning fees to remain in good standing, and the fight would not be considered a voluntary defense. So basically, the WBC can do anything they want with their titles and sanctioning, they can strip champs based on their rules, but they cannot stop someone from fighting their ranked fighter. As you see when a fighter tests positive for a banned substance, WBC can suspend that fighter from fighting under their label in a sanctioned event, but they can't stop that boxer from fighting for another title unless the State Athletic commission suspends the fighter. Even still, that fighter can go overseas to fight in an un-sanctioned event out of the reach of the Feds, and the commissions. It's only congress that can fix boxing, but like what happened to baseball, they'd just make it worst.

They could refuse to rank any fighter in the top 15 that isn't enrolled in their 'clean boxing program', therefore stopping any one not under VADA testing from challenging for their title.

That was easy.

[KnickTillDeaTh]

They could refuse to rank any fighter in the top 15 that isn't enrolled in their 'clean boxing program', therefore stopping any one not under VADA testing from challenging for their title.

That was easy.

Ahhh, that's what they already do. Did you not read my post? The WBC cannot stop fights from happening, they just can't. All they can do is say, oh you're not enrolled then you can't win our title, but they can't stop Wilder from fighting Fury. They also can't unrank a fighter because they fought an unranked fighter. So the WBC has done what they can. They told Fury if you don't enroll, you cannot win the title, we (WBC) cannot sanction the event. That is the length of their powers as a sanctioning body.

[uppercut510]

whats going on in the UK with these peds tho?