Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan suspects 5 of his skilled opponents of utilizing performance-enhancing medication.
The Cork mild middleweight took a hardline stance towards doping, a subject that took centre stage within the sporting world final weekend.
Discussing the autumn of the Born Rivals card and Connor Benn’s failed drug take a look at in his new Irish Examiner column the Insurgent County fighter referred to as for anybody caught dopping to be charged with tried homicide.
The 38-year-old Celtic Warrior Health club mild middleweight additionally revealed he feels 5 of his 36 opponents had used Peds.
“There are too many cheats in boxing,” Spike mentioned.
“The one technique to lastly begin eliminating them is for any fighter discovered to have taken performance-enhancing medication to be charged with tried homicide.
“I’ve fought 36 instances in my skilled profession. I’m fairly certain 5 of them have been towards fighters who doped.
“What number of boxers have we seen die in a hoop or on his method out of it? What number of extra have been left mind broken?
“And nonetheless there are guys on the market getting pumped with stuff that’s going to place their opponent prone to all the above.
“It’s legal, which is why we’d like legal prices. Name it what it’s. Not simply dishonest — tried homicide. Then prosecute it as such.”
O’Sullivan additionally lamented the reputational injury the latest failed take a look at could have on the game and the fighters concerned.
“I don’t need to be right here within the weekend paper tearing down my very own sport. I truly had a stunning column written good and early this week.
“It was about what the names Benn and Eubank meant to Irish sports activities followers of a sure age and I used to be remembering strolling to Páirc Uí Chaoimh on that magical evening in 1995 with my father and three of my brothers to see Eubank Snr and Steve Collins and me being the one Irishman within the place roaring for Eubank.
“However what do the names Benn and Eubank imply to followers and informal viewers after the previous 72 hours?
“They imply boxing again within the dock, again within the gutter. A mortifying mess that solely confirmed the world how grubby and money-hungry these on the centre of among the greatest battle nights are.
“It confirmed the world that phrases don’t matter and actions don’t matter both. Solely cash issues.”
