Lamont Peterson positive for Taking drugs? Khan fight off????

[DavilaJones]

Hypogonadism

That is an article that goes into great detail explaining why some males have low testosterone levels. It also answers the question posed earlier as to what is 'unusually low' levels of testosterone.

I hope its helpful to anyone who's interested

[Rantcatrat]

Another article about it: Max Boxing - Main Lead - Dick Pound, Victor Conte and Don Catlin Speak on the Lamont Peterson Case

[DavilaJones]

One part in that story caught my eyes:

"Most people are 1:1. But in sports, you can be 4:1, meaning nearly four times the normal limit. In New York and Nevada, you are allowed to be 6:1. As I have stated in the past, CIR resting caught Peterson with synthetic testosterone in his system but a legal limit T/E ratio of 3.77:1."

He was using it but it was at the legal limit of it. This is getting strange, is he a cheating prick, a nice guy who's branded cheater on a technicallity or WBA will make a strange rulling (we had strange ones before) and he gets to keep his belt due to medical conditions?

[p4pking]

Exactly, it doesn't really make any sense. Thanks for posting that article Rant, that's by fair the best account of what actually happened so far. Peterson did in fact press for the stricter testing, and would almost certainly have been able to fight without being detected had he not. That is what is so bizzare to me, was he suspicious that Khan was using something even more obvious? Is he retarded? If he in fact did have unnaturally low levels of testosterone and only took the one tablet administered by a doctor he may be able to save some face here, but to not disclose the conidition and then believe that it wouldn't be detected in the more advanced tests is really strange. I'd like to believe he was poorly informed by his doctors or something. There is just no reason someone knowingly using a banned substance would push for the tests like that.

[DavilaJones]

However as much as I like Lamont Peterson I can't deny the single fact that it is his sole responsibility to inform his opponent, the commission and the sanctioning body that he was taking the testosterone pill for a medical purpose, if thats why he was being administered by his doctor for it.

If he were to have done that he could have gotten a Therapeutic Use Exemptions but he did not and woe is him and he'll be forever branded a cheater because of it.

Stupid man stupid mistake god damn it I wanted to see the rematch.

[alqaqa]

i think Khan should get his belt back

[Althugz]

i think Khan should get his belt back

No, Khan should not get his belts back. The guy tested within very normal levels ffs. He was actually smack down in the middle range. Yet everybody is jumping on him and calling him a cheater. I actually feel for the guy - he made the stupid mistake of not reporting it and now he gets most of the uneducated public who haven't the first clue about the situation branding him a cheater.
I'll say again, it's fishy as hell that HE was the one pushing for the VADA testing and then getting caught.
I wonder what Khan's testosterone levels were?