Ali Funeka tested positive !

[whiskey]

Caught using a banned diuretic to make weight !

Las Vegas Review Journal lightweight contender Ali Funeka tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide after his fight with Joan Guzman, which took place on March 27 and was televised by HBO. Hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic on the Nevada Athletic Commission's banned substance list. Fighters often use diuretics to increase their rate of urination, which assists them in losing weight, but the use of diuretics are prohibited by the Nevada commission.

The fight had trouble from the start as Guzman was very overweight on the day of the official weigh-in. He was 144-pounds, nine-pounds above the weight and nearly two weight divisions above the lightweight limit. An agreement was reached at the late hour to allow both fighters to hold a second weigh-in on the morning of the fight, with a stipulated clause that didn't allow Guzman to weigh more than 150-pounds.

Now, Funeka has tested positive for hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic that is on the Nevada Athletic Commission's banned substance list. Funeka faces a suspension and fine when the commission meets Friday.

Funeka made $140,000 for the fight and Guzman was fined 25% which came to around $31,000.

[Adamj1987]

oh well at least he made weight

[banjo]

So to put it simply, one failed to make weight and the other cheated to make weight?

[Adamj1987]

So to put it simply, one failed to make weight and the other cheated to make weight?

sounds liek it

[whiskey]

People are now claiming that the substance in question is mainly used as a masking agent for more sinister products.

That water loss is just an added benefit.

It doesn't exonerate Guzman's situation, but at least he was clean.

[Hagler2002]

. Hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic on the Nevada Athletic Commission's banned substance list. Fighters often use diuretics to increase their rate of urination, which assists them in losing weight.

I can confirm Guinness has a similar effect but seems to alter the weight in a different way.

[Jeff Thomas]

Dear, oh dear.... One team were unprofessional and the other criminals. Brilliant- what is this sport coming to. Ban both 12 months.

[chinny]

Didn't Funeka recieve some of Guzman's purse?? What happens to that?

[Autobarn]

fvcking hell, sometimes you can't believe some of this stuff. i was going to commend funeka for actually bothering to make weight and the sacrifices he made - unlike his opponent.

perhaps funeka felt he was screwed twice in america, so to even things up he cheated?