Traces of Nandrolone were found in urine samples of Andre Berto

The professional boxer Andre Berto tested positive for Nandrolone. The drug testing was conducted by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA).
 This boxer had to fight against Victor Ortiz on June 23, 2012 in Los Angeles. This boxer agreed to submit to random drug testing before the match. Both “A” and “B” urine samples indicated about application of the anabolic steroid Nandrolone.
It was already the second time this month, when the VADA tested boxers and caught them administering steroids. The first of them was the boxer Lamont Peterson. He had to fight against Amir Khan. It seems to be strange that Peterson requested random blood and urine testing. The drug test conducted by the VADA showed that exogenous testosterone was in system of Peterson certain weeks before the fight.
Financial position of certain companies was affected due to tests conducted by the VADA. For example, Golden Boy Promotions lost essential potential profit due to positives of Lamont Peterson. It was determined by Richard Schaeffer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, that the company lost 250, 000 dollars.
The cancelation of the fight between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz will probably not cost so much because Andre Berto will be possibly replaced by another boxer who will fight against Ortiz.
The boxer Andre Berto didn’t explain what had caused his positives. This fighter hired the attorney Howard Jacobs that would represent and defeat him.
Berto confirmed that he had never administered steroids. So, he noticed that he investigated with his attorney what could cause positives for steroids. Andre Berto concluded that he had never cheated; he succeeded in sport because of hard work and dedication.
The attorney Howard Jacobs defeated numerous other sportspersons who turned out to be victims of fake nutritional supplements.
It is confirmed that since Nandrolone has very long half life and it is detected easily, it is not widespread among those who dope. But it has been manifested many times that certain nutritional supplements contained the compound nandrolone which caused positives for steroids. But since sometimes not each substance is enumerated on the label, athletes become victims of contaminated sport supplements.