ESPN’s Dan Rafael has obtained a copy of the Nevada Athletic Commission Complaint against Canelo Alvarez. The 8-page Complaint outlines the violations stemming from two failed drug tests for the banned substance Clenbuterol.
Alvarez claims that the findings in his drug tests are a result of tainted meat he likely consumed while training for his May 5th fight in Mexico. In the past, fighters in boxing and the UFC have been cleared of anti-doping violations due to tainted meat. Still, the issue is being taken seriously by the NAC which has scheduled a hearing on April 18th. As a result of the proximity of the hearing to the May 5th rematch with Gennady Golovkin, the huge fight which promises to do as well business-wise and maybe better than last September’s event is in jeopardy.
According to the Complaint, Alvarez failed two urine tests administered by VADA on February 17 and 20th. The urinalysis was examined by the Sports Medicine Research and Testing Laboratory finding Clenbuterol in the samples.
Whether or not Alvarez intended to ingest the banned substance is of no significance according to the Complaint as it is the standard rule. As a result, his license in Nevada has been temporarily suspended until the April 18th hearing.
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Payout Perspective:
It’s interesting that there seems to be no urgency in resolving this matter prior to the May 5th event. With a lot financially at stake, one would think that the parties, including the Commission, would want to expedite the hearing process. The hearing will be very important and one would think that Alvarez’s lawyers would need to prepare a strategy which would show that it was likely that tainted meat was the cause of the findings. This might mean providing a daily nutritional regiment for Alvarez which might pinpoint the kind of things he ate which may have caused the findings.
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