By Gabriel Montoya This story was originally published on Maxboxing.com Dec. 13, 2013 On Friday morning, respected veteran reporter Tim Smith broke the news that welterweight contender Brandon Rios had tested positive for DMAA (also known as Methylhexaneamine) per the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, which had conducted strict, random, anti-doping

By Gabriel Montoya Originally published to Maxboxing.com Feb 3, 2014 There are few fighters in boxing more candid than former lightweight champion Brandon“Bam Bam” Rios, 31-2-1 (23). A few months removed from his 12-round unanimous decision loss to Manny Pacquiao, 55-5-2 (38), in November, Rios joined www.leaveitintheringradio.

By Gabriel Montoya This story was originally published to Maxboxing.com on Feb, 5 2014 When we left off, former lightweight titleholder Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios, a few months removed from his lopsided loss to Manny Pacquiao, was telling one version of why he thinks he tested positive for DMAA

By Gabriel Montoya Originally published to Maxboxing Feb 10, 2014 The subject turned to trainer Robert Garcia's fighter, Brandon Rios' positive test result for the banned stimulant DMAA.“I was at some other fights. [Rios's manager] Cameron Dunkin called me. It was like December 3rd

Originally posted to Maxboxing.com on May 23, 2012 By Gabriel Montoya On Monday, informed sources revealed to Maxboxing the analysis of Andre Berto’s positive test results for 19-Norandrosterone, a metabolic byproduct of Nandrolone, a highly potent, outdated and banned substance. Berto had a concentration of 20 ng/ml

Originally posted to Leaveitinthering.com May 1, 2016 By Gabriel Montoya Can Hair Analysis Help Boxing Clarify Clenbuterol Contamination Claims? By Gabriel Montoya In the past two months, two boxers have tested positive for clenbuterol. Both men, WBA heavyweight regular titleholder Lucas Browne and WBC super featherweight titleholder Francisco Vargas,

Originally posted to Maxboxing.com January 24, 2014 By Gabriel Montoya When the corner work of strength-and-conditioning coach Alex Ariza was questioned by boxing fans who began circulating video of his work (via social media) between rounds 11 and 12 of the Marcos Maidana vs. Adrien Broner fight, the Texas

Originally posted to Maxboxing.com on May 1, 2012 By Gabriel Montoya The sport of boxing has been undergoing a change in the way it looks at Performance Enhancing Drug (PED) use and PED testing. The wave began nearly three years ago during negotiations for a fight between Manny Pacquiao

Originally posted to Maxboxing.com on Oct 12, 2012 By Gabriel Montoya Thursday, October 18, 2012 was supposed to be the final press conference for the grand re-introduction of big-time boxing to Brooklyn courtesy of an exclusive deal with the brand new $1 billion Barclay Center by Oscar De La

By Gabriel Montoya This was originally posted to Maxboxing on February 21, 2012 On February 7 of this year, I wrote a story called “Texas Stumbles into the Drug Testing Era.” http://www.maxboxing.com/news/max-boxing-news/texas-stumbles-into-the-drug-testing-era The story recounted the events surrounding the Texas Athletic Commission’s failure

By Gabriel Montoya Originally posted to Maxboxing.com Feb 12, 2012 In one of the biggest title fight blunders in memory, the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation revealed Monday afternoon that they simply forgot to book an anti-drug testing lab to handle urine samples collected during this past Saturday’