# Floyd Mayweather: PED User?

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**Created:** [September 10, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floyd-mayweather-ped-user/730543 "2015-09-10T19:12:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floyd-mayweather-ped-user/730543/1 "2015-09-10T19:12:03Z")

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Journalist makes a lengthy and detailed case that due to his paying hefty fees to the USADA, that organization allowed FM to structure the rules in a manner that allowed for PED use. [Can Boxing Trust USADA?](http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2015/9/9/9271811/can-boxing-trust-usada)

USADA denies. [USADA Statement on Inaccurate News Reports Regarding the Sport of Pro Boxing/](http://www.usada.org/usada-statement-inaccurate-news-reports-pro-boxing/)