This is what BJS got caught with and used an excuse of "nasal spray" for a substance which is not widely used in the UK or the USA to begin with. Similar to steroid cheat Fury and his "boar meat" bullshit excuse, IMO they both got caught and sought out legal advice on what to say. This is different to the situation in Mexico, where Clen is widely used in the cattle industry, so much so that the organisers have now raised the tolerance levels for Mexican fighters because of the increasing number of cases. So yes, eating the meat has triggered numerous positive results because even trace amounts show up(which is what Canelo had). Anyway this is what was in BJS' system, who thought it right to throw stones from glass houses:
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Unlike the above, many of the listed performance enhancing effects for Clenbuterol listed by armchair experts on boxing forums are not attainable at low doses. It helps you shed fat while retaining more muscle(both of which are still cheating), than a lot of the alternatives, it's a poor choice for anything else really. That's why Oxiflorine is worse for me. Those other listed effects for clen were found only in high doses, the relevance there is that Canelo was found with trace levels and if you were taking high amounts it would stay in your system a lot longer(especially for the hair follicle test). Many people have made the argument that Canelo doesn't train in Mexico but his results were actually consistent with him ingesting a small amount while he was in Mexico(people don't care about reading into things before creating their "gotcha" arguments it seems). The hair follicle test especially would have gave away heavy usage over a longer period and it did the opposite, it basically cleared him. Secondly the reason people wont be doing high doses, especially not over a sustained period is that it has not been deemed safe for human consumption in the USA for a reason(again unlike the above substance BJS was using). Body builders can maybe get away with the negative side effects(heart problems etc) more but championship boxing requires immense levels of fitness. It just wouldn't be worth it.
I should state that I'm not excusing Canelo for what he had in system, he has enough money to hire people to handle all of that and should be responsible for what he puts in his body, other Mexican fighters might not have the same luxury though and his excuse does leave more benifit of the doubt than BJS or Fury's have for me. It was right he was sanctioned but a life time ban for a weight cutting drug is far too excessive, steroids would be a different matter. He has never been found with steroids in his system though and it doesn't even look like he's on steroids, people have to say "look at his neck", look at his arms and legs, they are in proportion. People like to think they can tell when they don't have a clue really, same with AJ "look at his gut" it's bollocks. I'd say Manny Pacquaoi was more suspect than Canelo, his leg muscles were way out of proportion and he didn't just "retain strength" going up multiple weights he became a bigger puncher if anything, yet fanboys leap to his defence. I like Manny Pacquaoi more as a fighter for what it's worth but I'm just tired of the ridiculousness when it comes to Canelo.
The double standards with boxing fans is rife.
