[Other Sport] [Boxing] Saunders stripped of WBO and refused licence

[LlcoolJ]

So that's all the Fury's and Saunders now...but all of them are innocent obviously...

Must have been the wild boar sandwiches.

 

[rippleman]

As I understand it, it was VADA which Saunders failed. This is a voluntary testing body which Saunders signed up to in addition to the regular testing. Besides, the rules don’t seem to be that difficult to follow.

Sooooo....he volunteered to sign up to take "extra" drugs tests knowing that he would fail the test as he had been taking drugs?

Yup; sounds about right. The nasty homophobe has always come over as being unbelievably thick. No loss to the sport if he never fights again.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Sooooo....he volunteered to sign up to take "extra" drugs tests knowing that he would fail the test as he had been taking drugs?

Yup; sounds about right. The nasty homophobe has always come over as being unbelievably thick. No loss to the sport if he never fights again.

Pretty much. As I understand it, he took the banned substance out of competition, which was okay for one drugs body but not another. He, or probably his gym, seemed to believe this would be okay as he’d passed with WADA. Or the VADA one didn’t count or something. I’m not sure he knowingly knew he’d fail....most likely he thought it would be okay. As you say, unbelievably thick.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

What IS IT about boxing and MMA that seems to attract these NAUGHTY characters.

I can't fathom it.

Well let's face it, do you really need any particular skill set to make a career as a professional boxer? Other than the ability to hit someone hard, take a punch yourself, and get yourself reasonably fit for fights.

The ability to read and right really isn't a priority, hence the sport's attraction attraction to naughty boys l suppose.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Our very own board is the 'joke board', in my opinion.

And Eddie could have brought the fight to the UK and allowed Saunders to continue.
But Saunders is Frank Warren's fighter, and Eddie Hearn had the opportunity to essentially turn his main competitions golden goose into a dodo.

Warren is just Fury and BJS's promoter, both are managed by MTK, which is reputed to have links to the Kinahan crime family from Dublin, so if Steady Eddie has stitched Billy Joe up then Frank Warren will be the least of his worries.

In BJS's defence the 'banned' substance was a nasal spray which he took out of competition, and in this country there would no case to answer.

I would imagine the WBO's stance on this matter has a lot to do with their relationship with Barry Hearn (And Eubank) going back nearly 30 years.

 

[Munkfish]

Well let's face it, do you really need any particular skill set to make a career as a professional boxer? Other than the ability to hit someone hard, take a punch yourself, and get yourself reasonably fit for fights.

The ability to read and right really isn't a priority, hence the sport's attraction attraction to naughty boys l suppose.

*Write

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Well let's face it, do you really need any particular skill set to make a career as a professional boxer? Other than the ability to hit someone hard, take a punch yourself, and get yourself reasonably fit for fights.

The ability to read and right really isn't a priority, hence the sport's attraction attraction to naughty boys l suppose.

Are you also a boxer?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Are you also a boxer?

You found me out!

Repeat one hundred times, write write write etc. etc.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

You found me out!

Repeat one hundred times, write write write etc. etc.

 

[BensGrandad]

I see it as fury being a temporary addition to Frank's team. But you might be right, I just don't see Fury staying there for the course.

His days with Warren will be short lived if as most expect he is beaten by Wilder.