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Lucas Browne stripped of WBA belt & suspended for 6 months

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2016/05/ ... six-months?

I hope Chagaev retires, so we can see Luis Ortiz get rid of Fres Oquendo once and for all.

Freedom2013 wrote:I hope Chagaev retires, so we can see Luis Ortiz get rid of Fres Oquendo once and for all.

Chagaev has already announced his retirement. So unless he changes his mind, Ortiz fights Ustinov with the winner fighting Oquendo.

Seems to have gotten off pretty lightly.

Any news on Sturm ?

Mr. Plainview wrote:Seems to have gotten off pretty lightly.

Not really.
It seems the WBA believes Browne did not intentionally do anything wrong.
Unfortunately for Browne intent is 100% irrelevant.
Saying evil gremlins spiked your food with banned substances does not invalidate a positive drug test.
The six month suspension probably isn't a big deal but losing the belt has to have hurt his future options and potential earnings.

Perseus wrote:

Mr. Plainview wrote:Seems to have gotten off pretty lightly.

Not really.
It seems the WBA believes Browne did not intentionally do anything wrong.
Unfortunately for Browne intent is 100% irrelevant.
Saying evil gremlins spiked your food with banned substances does not invalidate a positive drug test.
The six month suspension probably isn't a big deal but losing the belt has to have hurt his future options and potential earnings.

so browne will fight again starting 9/5/16. true ?

dickbelden wrote:so browne will fight again starting 9/5/16. true ?

I'd await confirmation of the date before assuming too much.

Was he planning to fight again within 6 months anyway?

Does the result stand or get overturned? I see it has not been changed to an NC on BoxRec.

The whole thing was a bit fishy. Browne supposedly was the one who requested VADA testing, and passed a blood and urine test only 5 days before the fight. The idea that he then took a bunch of steroids subsequent to that, knowing there would be a post-fight test, makes very little sense.

jujigatame wrote:Does the result stand or get overturned? I see it has not been changed to an NC on BoxRec.

The whole thing was a bit fishy. Browne supposedly was the one who requested VADA testing, and passed a blood and urine test only 5 days before the fight. The idea that he then took a bunch of steroids subsequent to that, knowing there would be a post-fight test, makes very little sense.

With a lot of the doping I hear different "dealers" claim there product is untraceable.

Also you can get framed by someone spikeing your drink.

gutted for browne, if he can keep his arse in the gym for 6 months he should be okay for a good return

A lot of people eating the Mexican meat. Maybe that's where Kid Galahad brothers started working.

Shame, but he can bounce back.

GOOD... Get this disgraceful tattooed cheater out of the sport. Luis Ortiz should have a better opponent than Ustinov. But when Ortiz has a better World Title it will be harder for the top Heavyweights to ignore him... He needs to move on Fury, Joshua, and Wilder very soon because he's 37.

Queue Anthony Joshua's next victim

Riddick Blowe wrote:Was he planning to fight again within 6 months anyway?

Hard to say. But he was planning to fight next with the benefit of a title to his name, and that has been taken away.

i have lifted an trained all my life ,someone please tell me how this helps a HW ???