Montreal (August 10, 2016) – Groupe Yvon Michel’s (Mgbatị) 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 na 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,” ọzụzụ Marc Ramsay kwuru.
”Dabara nke ọma, 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 President Mauricio Sulaiman kwuru. “The CBP is the first ever attempt in our sport to have a safety platform for our athletes and, more importantly, to share the much needed information on PED´s and illegal procedures which could harm our heroes of the ring.”
Banyere YVON MICHEL GROUP (Mgbatị): Groupe Yvon Michel (Mgbatị) e tọrọ ntọala na 2004 nke Yvon Michel na ndị otu ya dere. Ọrụ nke nzukọ a bụ mmepe nke ndị ọkpọ ọkpọ dị elu site na nkwado nkuzi na karịsịa site na njikwa asọmpi. Iji mezuo ebumnobi ya, GYM na-arụsi ọrụ ike na-ewe ndị talent ma na-ahazi mmemme. GYM is associated with the popular series, “Premier Boxing agbachitere (PBC),” ma mepụta mmekọrịta dị ukwuu Videotron na Loto Quebec, Egwuregwu TVA, Center Videotron, Casino de Montreal and Lac Leamy, Tonik GroupImage na Lapointe Dental Center, in addition to collaborating closely with Rixa Promotions.
