David Benavidez looks like the goods.

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Nobody has any idea if he actually has a problem with it, bit sanctimonious to be saying he has to get his head right or anything like that. Could be something he does at a party once in a blue moon. It’s a stimulant, wouldn’t affect a young athlete one way or another in the absolute slightest unless it’s a habit that affects other lifestyle choices. Stripping him is an absolute joke, and so is anyone getting on a high horse over this imo. God only knows how many athletes have done it here and there.

Yeh he may not be on the road to ruin but it's not exactly like just enjoying a joint every now and then. Experiences vary per the individual and lifestyle and the shat can be very addictive. Often you don't know addiction is a 'problem' until you're even deeper in the darker hole and as he's experiencing first hand, it's costly in more than one way. For a green young kid who was leaping back and forth with promotion, has had big fights fall out and is just tasting his first stardom I as a fan would like to see him not dabble in the nonsense. We've all sadly seen that movie before.

Looks like they are naming him 'champion in recess' and he'll have to wait for the winner of Dirrell v Avni Yildirim. Once again wbc never fails to collect those sanctioning fees . Not clear if they'll suspend or not.

Didn’t mean to single you out ofc, and you don’t have to tell me anything about addiction. People handle different substances differently though. On a per use kinda thing, I actually don’t think it’s any different to enjoying a joint now and then. I was a daily pot smoker for years and it caused me a lot of grief, I’ve only dabbled in the other stuff here and there socially and it never came close to being a problem or anything that affected me much, aside from that it let’s you just keep drinking entirely too much Just saying we don’t know, this was a random test right? Cocaine won’t stay in your system long at all, which could mean it’s a habit, or just that he’s very unlucky. Like I said the list of great fighters who had storied careers and did it here and there would be very long.

Yeh you're right bud it's a random messy thing. The first recollection from my brief run in many moons ago were the nasty tasting post nasal drips. Whatever you call it. I couldn't breath right for a couple days after . I think it was just a random VADA tests and no idea how they schedule or even conduct them. Has to be a catch 22 for young fighters as the good intention is there to 'clean up' the sport but some guy who could have been just blowing off steam one weekend..on their time..gets a bigger punishment than some diva found to actually have PEDs in his system. And not signing up draws suspicion and takes away opportunities. Not sure if it's even required? Makes absolutely no sense.