Metabolites of Nandrolone were found in Andre Berto

The Haitian-American professional boxer Andre Berto tested positive for Nandrolone. The Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) conducted the drug testing.
 Andre Berto was scheduled to fight against Victor Ortiz on June 23, 2012 in Los Angeles. This boxer agreed to submit to random drug testing before the fight. T: E ratio method and carbon isotope ratio testing were used; they both indicated about application of Nandrolone.
It was already the second time this month, when the VADA tested boxers and caught them using steroids. The first boxer that tested positive this month due to tests conducted by the VADA was Lamont Peterson. He had to meet Amir Khan. It is quite ironically that Peterson requested random blood and urine testing. The drug test conducted by the VADA manifested that Peterson had testosterone of exogenous origin certain weeks before the match.
The tests conducted by the VADA impacted on financial position of certain companies obviously. For example, Golden Boy Promotions lost great potential profit due to positives of Lamont Peterson. It was estimated by the CEO of the company Richard Schaeffer that the company lost 250, 000 dollars.
The cancelation of the fight between Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz will probably not influence greatly on financial position of certain promotional companies because another boxer will possibly replace Andre Berto and will meet Ortiz.
Andre Berto didn’t explain what had caused his positives. He hired the attorney Howard Jacobs that would represent and defeat him.
Andre Berto confirmed that he had never used steroids. Thus, he claimed that he investigated with his attorney what could cause positives for steroids. The fighter Andre Berto concluded that he had never cheated; he achieved success in sport because of hard work and dedication.
The attorney Howard Jacobs was hired by numerous other athletes who turned out to be victims of fake dietary supplements.
It is claimed that since Nandrolone has quite long half life and it is detected easily, it is not widespread among doping sportspersons. But it has been displayed many times that certain food supplements contained the compound nandrolone which led to positives for steroids. But since sometimes not every ingredient is written on the label, sportspeople become victims of contaminated sport supplements.