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bogan whisperer wrote:Reading the various chat going on I stumbled on an interesting claim. That Lucas Browne had a drug test prior to leaving Australia.

Not sure if that is true, and if it is whether Browne took the test voluntarily or not?

Perhaps he took a test before leaving as some kind of insurance if he tested positively over there?

Than again, perhaps it is AVADA's pre-fight test that happened in Australia? Because AVADA claim to have tested Browne before and after the fight.

Boxer Lucas Browne set to produce evidence he hopes will clear his name



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Australian boxer Lucas Browne will go on the front foot against doping allegations on Wednesday as he continues to try and clear his name following a positive test that could cost him his WBA heavyweight title.

Browne became the first Australian fighter to hold a recognised world belt in the division with victory over Ruslan Chagaev in Grozny, Chechnya, earlier this month. That result now stands in doubt about he turned up a positive test for the banned drug Clenbuterol, which can strip weight and add muscle mass.

The 36-year-old has denied knowingly taking the drug and Fairfax Media has already revealed that his camp was in possession of internal testing they believe will clear their fighter. That will likely be produced when the 36-year-old fronts the media in his native Perth.

Pleading innocence: Australia's Lucas Browne.
Pleading innocence: Australia's Lucas Browne. Photo: Mal Fairclough

He has yet to decide whether he will have US-based drug agency VADA test his B Sample but has suggested his food or drink may have been tampered with in the lead-up to the bout. VADA is a reputable body but drug testing can be a murky business in Eastern Europe.

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It is believed Browne was tested by VADA just hours after stepping off the plane in preparation for the bout. His camp will contend that test came back clean and it was only a later test that showed signs of the banned drug, which cost Alberto Contador his 2010 Tour de France title.

Clenbuterol typically remains in the system for anywhere between a day to 40 hours so any infringement occurred in the prelude to the fight.

Browne has received support from many fans and fellow fighters, including undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who said he refused to drink any water not cleared by his camp prior to his upset win over Wladimir Klitschko
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convict wrote:What crud!. Even if it is proven something suspect went on, I really doubt the WBA will go with it. The best that can happen is the fight will be turned to a NC and a rematch will happen. The worse is being stripped and banned for whatever time.

Like a Boss wrote:

convict wrote:What crud!. Even if it is proven something suspect went on, I really doubt the WBA will go with it. The best that can happen is the fight will be turned to a NC and a rematch will happen. The worse is being stripped and banned for whatever time.

Whether Browne was nobbled or not it will be next to impossible to prove. Particularly when it occurred in a foreign country where they don't speak English and have everything to gain by not being cooperative.

Even if a rematch is the outcome, who in their right mind would go back there?

tsmithy50 wrote:And, just because the guy comes across as a 'nice guy' do you believe he didn't take something to get that extra little advantage. I'm not convinced.

N2 Shape wrote:I have never been into performance enhancing drugs, so excuse my ignorance but what advantage would taking Clen a few days out or even on the day of the fight give Big Daddy? As far as Im aware it lifts heart rate and body temp and adds in buring excess weight if you use it in a cycled manner 6 weeks on a few weeks off etc ?? An increased heart rate and body temp for a fight wouldnt be an advantage unless is acted as a 'pre workout' to give him an energy spike for 30-60mins as some pre workouts do??

Dunnu,

DA GOOSE wrote:

N2 Shape wrote:I have never been into performance enhancing drugs, so excuse my ignorance but what advantage would taking Clen a few days out or even on the day of the fight give Big Daddy? As far as Im aware it lifts heart rate and body temp and adds in buring excess weight if you use it in a cycled manner 6 weeks on a few weeks off etc ?? An increased heart rate and body temp for a fight wouldnt be an advantage unless is acted as a 'pre workout' to give him an energy spike for 30-60mins as some pre workouts do??

Dunnu,

Apparently it helps breathing so may stop a fighter gassing but I dunno.