[Wallet]

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has suspended Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for nine months and fined him $900,000 for testing positive for marijuana after his fight with Sergio Martinez in September. The commission members grilled Chavez, who was speaking by telephone from Mexico due to visa problems, before deciding on the punishment. The suspension is retroactive to September, when he fought Martinez, so Junior is out until June 15. The fine is 30% of his $3 million purse. He must also test clean before his next fight.

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/chavez-jr-fined-and-suspended-by-nsac-174818

"He must also test clean before his next fight." Well, yeah, that's the idea.

 

[Bryn]

This is retarded.

 

[Noonaldinho]

Fat Dan reckons his ban started after Martinez fight so he can fight in June :lol:

 

[Indigo Pab]

900k for weed? Fucking hell I'm gonna have to step up my stealth game if that's the going rate after being caught.

 

[allenko1]

everyone could've known how this was going down. not really a suspension for him. he'll probably fight in the summer. so he's in the mix. really damage done to his career, he just better not mess up again...

 

[Jim Bowen]

What a load of bullshit.

 

[sim_reiss]

That fine is ridiculous. He's been punished worse than Berto, Peterson, Tarver and Morales put together and all because of one pre-fight bake session :rasta :rasta

 

[allenko1]

yeah, its a joke...

 

[Lunny]

What a joke.

 

[Indigo Pab]

Reckon it's a bit of a joke lads.

 

[JamieC]

One word : Joke (bit of a)

 

[Bryn]

Jokes.

 

[Teddy Atlas]

DISGWACEFUL

:atlas

 

[w;dkm ckeqfjq c]

Fuck him. Fair enough it's only a bit of pot but cheating is cheating. Everybody should get a 30% fine for drugs.

 

[Lunny]

Fuck him. Fair enough it's only a bit of pot but cheating is cheating. Everybody should get a 30% fine for drugs.

It's not cheating though.

Cheating is getting an unfair advantage over your opposition. Weed is hardly a performance enhancing drug.

 

[Bryn]

Fuck him. Fair enough it's only a bit of pot but cheating is cheating. Everybody should get a 30% fine for drugs.

atsch

 

[Vano-irons]

:lol: am I the only one that agrees with this?

At the end of the day, he is a professionally athlete who shouldn't be taking this stuff a month before the biggest fight of his career. It is 100% cheating too. While he may not be gaining an advantage per say, he has cheated the fans who bought ringside tickets and paid top dollar for the PPV. He isn't training to the 100% of his ability, something which Roach did he bollock about. Instead, he just thought fuck it and got high.

It is also the second time he has failed a drugs test, and the punishment is rightfully more extensive.

I honestly don't understand the logic. Boxing fans call for a lifetime ban on fighters who test positive for PEDs, but don't want them 'fined too munch' should they take an illegal substance. Its illogical.

 

[JamieC]

I honestly don't understand the logic. Boxing fans call for a lifetime ban on fighters who test positive for PEDs, but don't want them 'fined too munch' should they take an illegal substance. Its illogical.

But weed is not performance enhancing, if he wants to diminish his performance crack on imo

 

[Vano-irons]

But weed is not performance enhancing, if he wants to diminish his performance crack on imo

It's still cheating the fans

 

[Indigo Pab]

atsch

This.

By definition, you really need to be gaining something which could be perceived as an unfair advantage to "cheat". I don't know about the rest of you, but the fact that I'm shitter at just about everything in my life right now(apart from being a swagged mufugga who spills nothin' but trill of course, though many of you heathens probably don't hold such aspects of life at the high standards I do) than I used to be is evidence enough for me that marijuana doesn't offer such perks.