Browne fails drug test

[Tam Seddon]

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/repo...ug-test-329772

Has he been shafted by team Chagaev somehow? He's never done anything like this before and always comes across as a good guy. I'll be gutted if it's true

[nuggetdotcom]

Got to feel sorry for Ricky, possible dirty tricks could deprive him of a 'contender'

[Violent Demise]

Got to feel sorry for Ricky, possible dirty tricks could deprive him of a 'contender'

He's probably the one who gave it to him

[ross]

Got to feel sorry for Ricky, possible dirty tricks could deprive him of a 'contender'

He's probably the one who gave it to him

Im not for one minute accusing Hatton of taking steroids but he came from a body building gym and eventually used Kerry Kayes an ex body builder as a nutritionist so Hatton should also have a good knowledge of what his fighters should and should not go near and ai find it hard to believe he would neot sit down with his investments and not go through what they shouldnt be touching.

[Kirkland Laing]

Clenbuterol is such a dumb steroid to take anyway. Steroid users with not much money take it. Pro athletes who make a lot of money can afford a designer steroid that doesn't show up on tests and is out of the system really quick anyway. Browne took something given to him by somebody who knows very little about the testing side of steroids and so got caught. If Hatton's people had given him something they would have been much more professional and knowledgeable about it and he would have tested clean.

[ross]

Hatton and Brownes relationship is an odd one. Browne was criticising Hatton a while ago for not keeping him active. I doubt Browne has any real money, he doesnt fight often enough and doesnt have, bar his last fight, big fights. Anything is possible in what really happened but looking likely hes going to lose the belt and be suspended.

[imp]

Disgraceful.

Unless it was planted?

[Ron Swanson]

Clenbuterol is such a dumb steroid to take anyway. Steroid users with not much money take it. Pro athletes who make a lot of money can afford a designer steroid that doesn't show up on tests and is out of the system really quick anyway. Browne took something given to him by somebody who knows very little about the testing side of steroids and so got caught. If Hatton's people had given him something they would have been much more professional and knowledgeable about it and he would have tested clean.

To be fair though most of the steroids designed to be hidden suck. They are good at not being seen but not nearly as effective as others that are not hidden. I'm amazed EPO isn't used more often than steroids because it is both beneficial and hard, very hard, to catch. Hell, it probably is used just like stated before is very hard to catch.

[Kirkland Laing]

Clenbuterol is such a dumb steroid to take anyway. Steroid users with not much money take it. Pro athletes who make a lot of money can afford a designer steroid that doesn't show up on tests and is out of the system really quick anyway. Browne took something given to him by somebody who knows very little about the testing side of steroids and so got caught. If Hatton's people had given him something they would have been much more professional and knowledgeable about it and he would have tested clean.

To be fair though most of the steroids designed to be hidden suck. They are good at not being seen but not nearly as effective as others that are not hidden. I'm amazed EPO isn't used more often than steroids because it is both beneficial and hard, very hard, to catch. Hell, it probably is used just like stated before is very hard to catch.

Angel Heredia reckons he can take any steroid and tweak its chemical structure so it isn't a banned substance and also cycle some of them out of an athlete in 24 hours. He says the real top athletes who can afford to spend 100k an event can have a designer undetectable steroid made for them and only the people who can't afford the top stuff/advice get caught.