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Quote Originally Posted by Trainer Monkey View Post
Cmon,everybody secretly knows Bonds was juicing on HGH,just without proof,what can you do.
And if you broke in to his house screaming "AHA,IVE GOT YOU NOW" and there was no got to get,youd look pretty bad
There are accounts of Bonds testing positive for steroids.. Unfortunately it was before the steroid tests were implemented. Therefore, when you have money, and some big names working for you, you will find those loopholes (See: OJ Simpson)..

It's not a secret, and they have proof.

This is still a chemical test versus a human witnessing a physical object being illegal..

This is a BIG deal, and in sports, ESPECIALLY as testosterone driven as boxing, I don't think there needs to be a quiet voice.. If someone travels in a basketball game, everyone yells "THATS A TRAVEL!!" to the ref.. I don't think that if someones life was on the line, anyone would be quiet about worrying about loaded gloves.

You're used to boxing, financially, on a much much much much lesser level.. and i don't mean that in a bad way at all.. i'm just saying that these boxers are making millions upon millions.. the promoters are very wealthy, and these are professionals.. If there is not someone monitoring the wrapping of gloves in every fight, then there are issues far beyond this one incident.
They really arent,the cuts are the same levels,its just the size of the pie. Those cuts are more or less industry standards,in some cases they're mandated by law,in some cases we just agree to do it like that.
So we've had this discussion before about boxer pay.
And Im a little higher on the food chain then you think,Ive booked a little higher then that.
By the time it reaches fight night,the promoter is only there to wave and wear a nice suit. At that point its down to the event coordinators,you can almost watch them develop grey hairs,boxers are like herding cats. The commision guy is overworked as hell too, he gives the wraps a perfunctory little squeeze at best,even for a prize fight.
Now in this case,the commision is saying they saw dust come off his wraps,very well could be true.
But I have a suspicion somebody knew something