If the sanctioning bodies choose not to take action, there isn’t a lot the state commissions can do. For some time I’ve tried to get a law passed similar to Nevada but we haven’t got that done yet. I think most people are surprised at that…they think all boxers are tested. This was not a nasal decongestant.”ī: Does the state of Nevada have a law on drug testing? Jacob Hall: “All I saw on any of the websites was that Murad Muhammad said Roy Jones tested positive for take some (nasal decongestant). He just wanted to know what the facts were, like you.”ī: Wow, that’s hard to believe – that only one media outlet from France has called you about this. He wasn’t involved with Roy Jones back in 2000. Brad Jacobs called to verify if the facts were true about Roy failing the test. Jacob Hall: “Brad Jacobs, now an advisor for Jones, and a reporter from some paper in France, and that was it. Also, I did tell Roy Jones that there are some amateur boxing clubs here in Indiana and he did send a check in the amount of $250 for the Indianapolis PAL.”ī: How many people have called you since the Richard Hall interview? Roy Jones’ people were very cooperative and very easy to work with to reach a settlement. And I have documents…what I’m saying, I can back-up. What surprised me about this is that the IBF chose not to do anything. And the other was in California, and those results were negative. One fight was in Louisiana and those results were negative. We couldn’t take action (because there is no drug testing law in the state of Indiana) but what we agreed to was before his next two fights, Roy Jones would submit the results to more drug tests to Indiana. But why take a second test when he failed the first one and admitted to taking a steroid? That’s where it ended. Whether that’s what he took or not we don’t know, but he did test positive and admitted to taking a steroid. That’s not illegal but it is an anabolic steroid according to the IBF and other other sanctioning bodies. Through his attorney, Jones admitted he had been taking an over-the-counter product called Ripped Fuel. And there’s no way you’re going to know about it. What do the sanctioning bodies do when they get positive test results? Suspend? Fine? They didn’t in this case. I think most people are surprised at that. Most states that don’t have drug testing laws, the test results go back to the sanctioning bodies. The drug testing company sent us the results. Indiana has no law on drug testing as probably the majority of the states in the U.S. And at that time, Jones’ attorney Fred Levin and the Indiana Attorney General’s office got involved.
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The Indiana Boxing Commission followed up – I talked to Jones’ people and said we were going to declare the fight a no-contest, suspend and fine him.
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He didn’t mention that in his interview (the now infamous interview of July 18 with Bragging Rights Corner and Doghouse Boxing).Ī letter was sent to both (Jones and Hall).
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Hall was about ten times above an acceptable level. He was five or six times over an acceptable level. Richard Hall’s astonishing claims – that Roy Jones, possibly the greatest fighter in ring history – tested positive for steroids after their May 2000 fight, have now been confirmed today by Jacob Hall, the Commissioner of Indiana Boxing.ī: Did Roy Jones test positive after his fight against Richard Hall? (Don’t believe it? Google search Roy Jones and Steroids and see what you find.)īy Scoop Malinowski (Story was originally posted in 2003.) Note the double standard in how the media has avalanched on the Pacquiao-Mayweather war of words, yet virtually ignored the fact of Jones testing positive. Here’s the original story which was posted at in 2003. I picked up on the story, contacted Indiana State commissioner Jacob Hall, who unequivocally stated Jones did indeed test positive, but the blockbuster story never really broke big like you might have expected, compared to the Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Ben Johnson, Shane Mosley and Marion Jones controversies. The Jones situation only came to light after his 2000 Indianapolis opponent Richard Hall inadvertantly revealed the fact in a 2003 interview with ’s Alladin Freeman. Back in 2000, Roy Jones really did test positive and admitted to using steroids, however the mainstream sports media barely touched that red-hot story, for mysterious reasons. Manny Pacquiao has only been suspected of using steroids – and the media has blown it so far out of proportion, some wonder if the baseless charges could actually be true.
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Flashback: When Roy Jones Tested Positive