Scrap? Do boxers get breathalysed before a fight?

[0james0]

I can't imagine they would, it's not illegal afterall.

It's one way to numb the pain I suppose!

[Fenster]

It must be against the rules to enter a boxing match with alcohol in the system? You can't have people clumping each other if their brains have been slightly fuzzed.

Jockey's are not allowed to race horses if the merest trace of booze is detected. They are strictly tested before each meeting

[Saddo]

i don;t think they do because we would never have witnessed a Hatton fight

COME ON...I'LL TAK YAZZ ALL ON ~hic~

[greynotsoold]

A few years back Fernie Morales from El Paso fought Orlando Canizalez and was stopped in the 12th. An hour and a half later he collapsed in the parking lot with a BAC of .2-plus, and neurological damage that ended his career.
I've always thought Larry Merchant should be tested.

[Fenster]

A few years back Fernie Morales from El Paso fought Orlando Canizalez and was stopped in the 12th. An hour and a half later he collapsed in the parking lot with a BAC of .2-plus, and neurological damage that ended his career.
I've always thought Larry Merchant should be tested.

What does that figure mean? Equate it to an amount of drink.. like how many pints of beer, spirits or glasses of wine?

Is it too large an amount to have consumed after the fight?

Maybe this question ain't so stupid after all....

[greynotsoold]

I don't know how many drinks that would be, but the legal limit for being drunk behind the wheel is .08. At the time there was speculation that that was an awful lot to drink in such a short time after the fight. Personally, I don't think so, when you consider that he probably hadn't eaten anything since at least 4 hours before the fight, weighed 118 lbs, and was probably pretty dehydrated after 12 rounds...
As an aside, Morales recovered pretty well. A friend of mine, that I spoke to the other day, sees him in the gym almost daily, training fighters there in El Paso.

[Scrap]

An old Pal of mine, in 61 who liked a Drink. Was on a Bill in St Helens, and was in with the local Heavyweight Hero. Ref brings them into the centre of the Ring for instructions. He turns to my Mate and smells Booze, says to Him you been Drinking. Yes and Im Pissed, He got stopped in Two.