MONTRÉAL (August 10, 2016) – Groupe Yvon Michel’s (FITNESSSTUDIO) world-ranked boxers have enrolled in the newVADA/WBC Clean Boxing Program (CBP), created by Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) and the World Boxing Council (WBC).
Adonis Stevenson, Lucian Bute, Eleider Alvarez und Artur Beterbievwill now participate in a serious new protocol in which they may be blood and/or urine tested anytime, 365 days per year. They must be available at all times for an unexpected test.
All of the WBC champions and WBC top 15-ranked fighters have untilSeptember 9to conform to the new protocol or they willbe removed from the WBC rankings and suspended from any activity in the WBC.
”This is a step in the right direction but what will really be important in the next few years is for this structure to always keep improving in order to properly regulate professional boxing,” trainer Marc Ramsay sagte,.
”Zum Glück, boxing is rarely the target of doping cases, but tightening the rules can only be beneficial to prevent tempted athletes to follow the wrong path,” added GYM vice-president, operations and recruitment, Bernard Barré.
”I am fully in favor of these new measures so all of us in the program will be playing on the same plain field,” remarked Stevenson, the WBC world light heavyweight champion.
“The WBC is proud to see the exemplary dedication of GYM for the welfare of the sport and we are grateful for their support to enroll Champion Adonis Stevenson and all of their WBC top 15-ranked fighters in the WBC – VADA Clean Boxing Program,” WBC-Präsident Mauricio Sulaiman kommentiert. “The CBP is the first ever attempt in our sport to have a safety platform for our athletes and, wichtiger, to share the much needed information on PED´s and illegal procedures which could harm our heroes of the ring.”
ÜBER YVON MICHEL GROUP (FITNESSSTUDIO): Groupe Yvon Michel (FITNESSSTUDIO) wurde gegründet 2004 von Yvon Michel und seinen Mitarbeitern. Die Mission der Organisation ist die Entwicklung hochrangiger Boxer durch Coaching-Unterstützung und insbesondere durch Wettbewerbsmanagement. Um seine Ziele zu erreichen, GYM actively recruits talent and organizes events. GYM is associated with the popular series, “Premier Boxing Champions (PBC),” und hat wichtige Videotron-Partnerschaften mit Loto Quebec aufgebaut, TVA Sport, Center Videotron, Casino de Montreal und Lac Leamy, Tonik GroupImage und Lapointe Dental Center, in addition to collaborating closely with Rixa Promotions.
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