Bad Left Hook, Global Boxing News and Commentary

VADA will be in charge of drug testing for the November 23 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios.

Dr. Margaret Goodman tells Bloody Elbow that VADA has offered to oversee an extensive blood and urine testing program for their fighters with no administrative fees.

Timothy Bradley asked for and received USADA testing for Saturday's fight with Ruslan Provodnikov, and said in an interview this week that he hopes for boxing to expand its normal drug testing procedures.

An examination of what has happened in the wake of positive VADA and USADA drug tests in boxing, and why there is no reason to look at them as a failed endeavor that should be tossed to the side.

If Nonito Donaire is going to fight Guillermo Rigondeaux, he wants the Cuban to take random drug testing.

HBO analyst Jim Lampley recently addressed the use of performance enhancing drugs in boxing, warning that the worst thing possible "hasn't happened yet," but if nothing changes, "it surely will." Take a look at exactly what Lampley had to say, and ho

Bob Arum says that despite claims to the contrary, neither Manny Pacquiao nor Juan Manuel Marquez suggested additional drug testing for their fight on Saturday until last week.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission has randomly drug tested Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson, the coaches for the current season of The Ultimate Fighter Fridays on FX TV.

Shane Carwin and Roy Nelson appeared on their way to VADA testing for their fight. But now, Carwin's manager is explaining that he doesn't see why VADA is good anyway and calls the agency "anti-Carwin."

Rory Macdonald says that he doesn't want to do what "everyone else" does and would like to take more short notice fights in 2013. First, he has to get by B.J. Penn at UFC on Fox 5.