Report: Floyd Mayweather used a banned IV one day before Manny Pacquiao fight

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The day before Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s highly anticipated bout against Manny Pacquiao, agents for the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) conducted a surprise drug test on Mayweather and found evidence of an illegal IV being used on the boxer, according to Thomas Hauser of SBNation.

The fluids that Mayweather’s camp says were administered to the fighter — saline and vitamins to combat dehydration — are not banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which sets the standards used by Usada. The use of the IV, however, as well as the decisions by Usada to not notify the Nevada Athletic Commission and to retroactively issue a use-exemption, raise several red flags.

The New Jersey Athletic Commission first learned about the use of the IV on May 21, 19 days after the fight, according to the report. That was when Usada informed the commission that a retroactive therapeutic use exemption (TUE) had been granted to Mayweather. SBNation learned that Mayweather did not apply for the TUE until May 19, more than two weeks after the fight… see more

source: businessinsider

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