Hoping to set a new standard in the boxing world, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Shane Mosley will be going under an Olympic-style of drug testing in preparation for their fight on May 1.
The fighters’ representatives were together with Travis Tygart from the United States Anti-Doping Agency during a conference call to discuss the program which the fighters were to undergo. The said program is more extensive and more thorough than the one currently being used by the state athletic commissions.
According to Richard Schaefer, “This is one of the biggest events I’ve seen in the sport of boxing, and if this introduces Olympic-style testing to boxing, we not only have delivered a great fight but also leveled the field for athletes.”
Mosley and Mayweather have agreed to be subjected to an unlimited number of times of blood and urine tests that are not announced. This is to be done before and after the fight. The rest results will then be stored so that the agency can test it in the future. The samples that are taken will be screened for all types of drugs that are banned from WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency). This includes THG, which are designer steroids and human growth hormones.
