Andre Berto claimed that he had never used steroids

The WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto tested positive for the steroid Nandrolone. He was tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA).
 This boxer was scheduled to meet Victor Ortiz on June 23, 2012 in Los Angeles. He agreed to submit to random drug testing before the match. Both “A” and “B” urine samples indicated about usage of the anabolic steroid Nandrolone.
It was already the second time this month, when the VADA tested fighters and caught them using steroids. The first boxer that tested positive this month due to tests conducted by the VADA was Lamont Peterson. He was scheduled to meet Amir Khan. It is quite ironically that Peterson requested random blood and urine testing. The drug test conducted by the VADA indicated that exogenous testosterone was in this boxer’s system several weeks before the match.
The tests conducted by the VADA influenced greatly on financial position of several companies. For example, Golden Boy Promotions lost significant potential profit due to Lamont Peterson’s positives. It was estimated by the CEO of the company Richard Schaeffer that the company lost 250, 000 dollars.
The cancelation of the fight between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz will probably not influence greatly on financial position of certain promotional companies because Andre Berto will be possibly replaced by another boxer who will fight against Ortiz.
Andre Berto didn’t explain what had caused his positives. He hired the attorney Howard Jacobs who would represent and defeat him.
Berto claimed that he had never utilized steroids. Thus, he noticed that he investigated with his attorney what could lead to positives for steroids. The boxer Andre Berto concluded that he had never cheated; he achieved success in sport due to hard trainings and dedication.
The attorney Howard Jacobs was hired by numerous other athletes who turned out to be victims of fake food supplements.
It is said that since the steroid Nandrolone has quite long half life and it is detected easily, it isn’t very popular among doping athletes. But it has been defined many times that certain food supplements contained the compound nandrolone which led to positives for steroids. But since sometimes not every ingredient is listed on the label, athletes become victims of contaminated sport supplements.