RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR MOMENTS THAT STAY WITH YOU
December 2025 Volume 102, No. 13
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B runo Surace’s Cinderella story only lasted six months. Not because of what happened in his rematch with Jaime Munguia, but because of what happened afterwards with Munguia’s drug testing and the way the results were handled. Surace, who earned The Ring’s 2024 Upset of the Year award for his sixth- round KO of Munguia last December, dropped a 12-round unanimous decision to Munguia in their immediate rematch on the Canelo Alvarez-William Scull undercard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 3. Later in the month, it was revealed that a Munguia urine sample taken by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) the day after the fight returned an adverse finding for exogenous testosterone. If you’re not familiar with the word “exogenous,” it means the testosterone was administered into the body via injection, pills, patches, gels, etc., and you don’t have to be an anti-doping expert to know that adding that hormone to an athlete’s body acts as a performance enhancer. Doing so increases muscle mass, strength, energy
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Jaime Munguia hasn’t seen many negative consequences for his positive test results.
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levels and red blood cell counts, which aids stamina. It should come as no surprise that exogenous testosterone is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which classifies the synthetic hormone and its metabolites as banned substances under category S1, anabolic agents. Substances under this category are banned for athletes both in and out of competition. In a just world, Munguia would have taken full responsibility for what was in his system – even if he maintained his innocence. He, his team and the boxing organizations regulating the May 3 event would recognize that Surace had been wronged. Munguia would be punished – fined a significant portion of his purse and suspended for at least a year – and the official result of the rematch would be changed to a no contest. However, we do not live in a just
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