The calm within the storm. Julio Cesar Chavez' girlfriend, Frida Munoz, revealed that the boxer is very calm and resting in Las Vegas, after it was announced on Wednesday that he had tested positive for marijuana.
Munoz even added that Chavez Jr. had taken to relaxing and playing at the Las Vegas Casinos.
"Julio is calm. He is a man of few words, very reserved. Right now he's playing in the casino. He hasn't said anything about that (doping)," said Chavez' partner to Reforma.
The one person that did seem very upset over the news was Chavez Sr. who simply replied with "I don't want to talk about that, I"m sorry."
Bob Arum, president of Top Rank which represents Chavez Jr., confirmed the results of the tests last night with his usual controversial statements.
"I can't really get excited about it. There's no promoter in boxing who could pass the marijuana test, including myself."
Meanwhile, the Nevada Athlteic Commission will not give the official results until Friday or Monday. Meanwhile, the WBC has said they have received no notification about Chavez Jr.'s positive results.
"Julio is going to have to explain to the commission what happened and the commission will be guided accordingly. If there was a trace of marijuana, to me, it's not the same as using a performance-enhancing drug. That is cheating," continued Arum in an interview with ESPN.
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Doping has made, and ended, the careers of some of the most talented athletes in sports. Her,e we take a look at some of the most striking instances.
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Lance Armstrong (Cycling-USA): The last of the notorious cases involved one of the greatest cyclists in history. Although he always maintained his innnocence, Armstrong finally decided not to fight the USADA's doping charges, which the organization announced would result in Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles.
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Marion Jones (Track and Field-USA): In October 2007, Jones confessed to U.S. Federal Court that she had been using illegal substances in competition, so her five Olympic medals won in Sydney in 2000 were stripped, and she lost all prizes earned since September 2001 and was suspended for two years.
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Barry Bonds (Baseball-USA): In 2011, federal prosecutors recommended that Bonds be put in jail for 15 months after he was accused of lying to a grand jury that he had never taken illegal drugs. Bonds was found guilty of obstruction of justice in April 2011. Bonds owns the single-season home rnu record with 73 in 2001, and he is the all-time home run leader with 762.
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Tim Montgomery (Track and Field-USA): Held the world record in the 100 meters in 2005, but then he was accused of doping by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Montgomery admitted he received steroids and growth hormones from BALCO, like so many other athletes. He was convicted in 2005 and stripped of all his trophies from the date of March 31, 2001, including his world record run.
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Alberto Contador (Cycling-Spain): The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended Contador for two years for consuming a 'contaminated food supplement.' The cyclist had all his achievements wiped out, including winning the 2010 Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia in 2011.
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José Canseco (Baseball-Cuba):In 2005, Canseco admitted to steroid use in his book 'Juiced,' in which he claimed that 85 percent of Major Leguers were also using steroids. He specifically named former teammates Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, Rafael Palmeiro, Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Gonzalez, claiming that he himself had helped them with injections. Most of the players denied the allegations, but Giambi admitted to using steroids in testimony before a grand jury in the BALCO case.
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Salvador Carmona (Soccer-México): During the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, Carmona was far from the Mexican camp (along with teammate Aaron Galindo) after a match against Brazil for no apparent reason. Later, it was discovered that both players were kept apart from the team because they had tested positive for norandrosterone. Both players were suspended for a year, and finally, the CAS ruled against Carmona, giving him a lifetime ban.
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Ben Johnson (Track and Field-Canadá): He tested positive for illegal substances during the 1988 Olympics, and was stripped of his gold medal in the 100 meters and banned for two years. Then, when he tried to return to the sport, he tested positive again and was banned for life.
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Jan Ullrich (Cycling-Germany): The 1997 Tour de France winner was suspended for two years by the CAS for doping, and he lost all his victories from May 2005. Ullrich retired in November 2007.
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Diego Armando Maradona (Soccer-Argentina): His drug problems were so serious that he was tested positive on several occasions. In the 1994 World Cup in the U.S., Maradona tested positive for ephedrine, norephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine and metephedrine during a group match against Nigeria.
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Martina Hingis (Tennis-Switzerland): On Nov. 1, 2007, Hingis announced her retirement after testing postivie for cocaine. She was suspended for two years starting in 2007, annulling her Wimbledon results, and she lost out on $129,481.
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Wilder Medina (Soccer-Colombia): In 2011, the Mayor of the Colombian Soccer Division initiated a case against Medina for marijuana. On Sept. 26, 2011, Medina was suspended for one year.
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Mark McGwire (Baseball-USA): He confessed to using steroids in the 1990s, citing his usage as a solution to his health issues at the time. In 1998, he and Sammy Sosa waged a memorable duel where both broke the single-season home run record, which McGwire set with 70 taters.
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