Floyd, Shane make blood pact for tests
19.03.10
There will be blood.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Instrumentality Thursday outlined parts of the Olympic-style drug-testing program it has put in flourish for the blockbuster May 1 fight between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and former BALCO patron Shane Mosley .
USADA's regimen, which includes random blood sampling and other finicky measures, outpaces any other anti-doping effort in professional boxing. Both fighters volunteered for the USADA program. Prospects for a anterior to bout between Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao foundered over disputes over drug-testing procedures.
In a seminar call Thursday, representatives for both boxers were joined by USADA CEO Travis Tygart , who said Mosley and Mayweather will give notice of USADA of their whereabouts at all moments between now and the fight in Vegas. USADA may keep the fighters' samples in storage for testing in the remote future, when anti-doping science may have evolved to detect now-unseeable substances and methods.
"These athletes are courageous in their position and their desire to be held to the most stringent anti-doping program to conserve their right to compete clean," Tygart said. "At this point, both athletes have agreed to USADA's testing protocols, including both blood and urine testing, which is unannounced, which is anywhere, anytime."
Source: New York Daily News