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DRUGS ARE RIFE

@SweetD001

ONE OF the most striking things that I noticed from the fallout of Conor Benn failing a drug test was the level of naivety among those in and around boxing. The naivety in continuing to respond to positive PED tests on a caseby-case basis, as if there hasn’t been enough to suggest PEDs are prevalent in the sport. The naivety in blithely accepting the decentralised and confusing governance of drug-testing throughout the sport. The naivety in believing boxers aren’t interested in gaining an unfair advantage.

That there was so much denial and benefit of the doubt given to Benn was further evidence that those who work in the sport and its supporters haven’t really grasped the idea that PEDs are a major

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