PED Testing Confirmed For Jean Pascal vs. Lucian Bute

“InterBox, Lucian Bute, Jean Pascal and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) hereby confirm that antidoping tests are in place leading up to their fight scheduled on May 25th at the Montreal Bell Centre. All parties have agreed on all procedures and both fighters have approved the antidoping program,” read a joint statement released on Tuesday.

This statement confirms the strong speculation that was hovering all week in Montreal that both fighters would be tested for performance enhancing drugs.

The upcoming fight between former light heavyweight champion, Jean Pascal and ex-super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute has the entire city exited to see which of these fighters is the one true champion of Montreal. A bout of this magnitude needed to have some barometer to keep both fighters honest.

According to the joint press release, the testing will be administered by an undisclosed organization, which is a little troubling. Who knows how honest this organization actually is?

When questioned about this, Yvon Michel declined to comment saying that the organization that will be administering the test is very reputable.

On May 25, HBO will air a Memorial Day weekend double-header, starting with 6:30 p.m. live coverage of the super middleweight rematch between IBF super middleweight beltholder Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler, who decisioned Froch in April of 2010, from the O2 Arena in London.