Quote Originally Posted by Nameless View Post
Kirkland Lang posted a very good article about one of the very highest specialists on the steroids matter in another topic, the guy stated clearly that it was very easy to avoid getting caught with a 24 days window and how blood was necessary nowaday to detect steroids. Also, Victor Conte, the mastermind behind many athletes prowess, the man behind Balco, said that blood tests were vital but not for the reason we think:

"In my opinion, blood testing for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight is more important for detecting possible blood doping or use of EPO than it is for human growth hormone. Measuring hematocrit levels (percentage of red blood cells to total whole blood volume) is very important. For example, even without a positive urine test for EPO, cyclists are temporarily suspended for two weeks if their hematocrit is greater than 50%. An elevated hematocrit can provide a significant advantage to a fighter by enhancing oxygen uptake and utilization. This would benefit a fighter in training and especially during the later rounds of a fight."

He continues and explained later about the cycle thing;

""Creams, transdurmals, clear the fastest. Orals, would be next. Water-based drugs- including testosterone- would be next, then the oil-based. So some of these can clear in a matter of hours and days," explained Conte."So if you know when you’re going to be tested a week out, you go off the use of oral testosterone, for example, you’re going to test negative. So that is really an issue."

Victor Conte weighs in on Pacquiao v Mayweather drug testing saga.

Sorry but if the greatest cheater ever is so aware of that and give us such important and well articulated details, I quite believe what he says makes sense and that there is a reason to ask for random tests there.
Expert presented or not, I have yet to see any "evidence" that random blood tests do any good in proving the use of EPO, hgh or any other steroid use that testing immediately following a fight would not.

The above statement by Conte only says blood testing is a validator to urine testing with regards to the use of EPO.

He goes on but makes general statements about about the use of other substances but does not provide any proofs. Is he is selling himself as an expert, rather than providing testimony about the need for random blood testing? Is he actually saying this is how we catch cheaters? Or is he really saying lets go fishing! Why should boxing buy any of this and get on the same boat with this guy? How does it help boxing?

Science and the application of technologies are exacting. If you know what you are looking for, you don't need random!