Few days before his fight with Andre Berto, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is rocked by accusations that he used prohibited drugs before his fight with Manny Pacquiao last May.
While his detractors and haters were quick to judge that he cheated in the match, Floyd insists he did not do anything wrong.
"As already confirmed by the USADA Statement, I did not commit any violations of the Nevada or USADA drug testing guidelines," Floyd Mayweather Jr. said in a statement.
"I follow and have always followed the rules of Nevada and USADA, the gold standard of drug testing."
Floyd Mayweather Jr. also reminded the public that he was the one who championed campaigns against drug use in professional boxing field.
"Let's not forget that I was the one six years ago who insisted on elevating the level of drug testing for all my fights," he said.
"As a result, there is more drug testing and awareness of its importance in the sport of boxing today than ever before. I am very proud to be a clean athlete and will continue to champion the cause."
The undefeated (so far) American welterweight boxer allegedly received banned IV treatment before Pacquiao fight according to a report by SB Nation's Thomas Hauser. In his article called "Can we Trust USADA?", Hauser elaborated how Mayweather Jr. got his hands on IV.
"The collection agents found evidence of an IV being administered to Mayweather. Bob Bennett, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which had jurisdiction over the fight, says that USADA did not tell the commission whether the IV was actually being administered when the agents arrived. USADA did later advise the NSAC that Mayweather's medical team told its agents that the IV was administered to address concerns related to dehydration.
Mayweather's medical team also told the collection agents that the IV consisted of two separate mixes. The first was a mixture of 250 milliliters of saline and multi-vitamins. The second was a 500-milliliter mixture of saline and Vitamin C. Seven hundred and fifty milliliters equals 25.361 ounces, an amount equal to roughly 16 percent of the blood normally present in an average adult male.
The mixes themselves are not prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which sets the standards that USADA purports to follow. However, their intravenous administration is prohibited by WADA."
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