This year seems to be full of issues and controversies for Mayweather. After the undefeated champ, Floyd Mayweather Jr., was stripped of his welterweight world title for not being able to pay "sanctioning" fees to the World Boxing Organization (WBO) for his "fight of the century" against the Filipino pride, Manny Pacquiao-- he is once again in hot waters for a new boxing related issue.
SB Nation, on their website, posted that Mayweather, just following the weigh-in for his fight against Pacquiao, had received a retroactive therapeutic use exemption. It was found out after a collection agent from United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) noticed at his home IV's containing multi-vitamins and Vitamin C.
The said mixes, in themselves, are not prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). However, intravenous administration is prohibited by WADA. On a quoted statement by sbnation on 2015 WADA regulation, it was stated that "intravenous infusions and/or injections of more than 50 ml per 6 hour period are prohibited except for those legitimately received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures, or clinical investigations."
For easy understanding such act is prohibited because aside from being administered for the purpose of adding specific substances to the body of athletes, an IV can also hide the presence of another substance which was previously ingested by an athlete or might be added to it in the near future.
Following the reports, Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather's fierce opponent during the fight of the century, was quick to comment about the said issue. For on a text message he sent to PhilStar's Abac Cordero, he said that "Truth finally came out and I was vindicated. Mayweather camp used to accused (sic) me of using PED. Now, look at what happened. I hope Floyd Mayweather would learn a good lesson out of it."
Now if accusations were true, then sanctions would surely be given to the boxing champ. However, the drug testing agency, USADA, issued a statement claiming that the SB Nation report contains "numerous unfounded and false accusations and that this should not happen again."
Mayweather, who is on the spotlight and who will be fighting Andre Berto in his 49th pro fight likewise issued a statement, saying that he is "very proud to be a clean athlete" while denying any wrongdoing. And as for the former three-time division champion Shane Mosley, he considers the report that came out on SB Nation claiming Mayweather took (intravenous) IV shots containing vitamins as just part of the hype of the upcoming Mayweather-Andre Berto fight.
