Lanardo Tyner, two others fail drug tests on Feb. 28 Mayweather Promotions show

Welterweight Lanardo Tyner was supposed to be facing Jermall Charlo this past weekend on the Sho-Extreme portion of the Keith Thurman-Julio Diaz card that took place in Carson, California.

Tyner was inexplicably pulled out and was replaced by a late substitute. BehindTheGloves.com was informed from a trusted source that Tyner had failed a drug test following his Feb. 28 split decision loss to Chris Pearson on a ShoBox card promoted by Mayweather Promotions that took place at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.

BehindTheGloves.com contacted the Oneida Indian Nation Athletic Commission to find out more information. Executive director/commissioner Dan Gustafson informed BTG that it is their policy not to release names, but did tell BTG that not one, but three fighters failed drug tests in relation to that show.

UPDATE: Literally minutes after this story went up, Fighthype released a piece saying that the other two fighters that tested positive were Mayweather Promotions fighters Luis Arias and Chris Pearson, who both tested positive for marijuana.

The Oneida Commission also informed BTG that the suspensions were for 45 days, meaning technically both Pearson and Arias could have fought on this weekend’s Mayewather-Maidana card. So it was up to Mayweather Promotions to keep them off the card.

BTG had information previously that the two fighters in question were the ones who tested positive, but awaited confirmation. BTG reached out to Pearson’s publicist Radio Rahim for a statement a few days ago and was provided with the following statement:

“Chris is sparing with Miguel Cotto. He feels his last performance showed him areas he needs to work on. He opted to continue working on his technique while getting Cotto ready for Martinez. Chris will be back in the ring soon, facing tough competition and showing vast improvement.”

In that statement, there is no admission of a positive test.

-Mark E. Ortega / @MarkEOrtega

-Managing editor at www.BehindTheGloves.com

Love, Pearson win, Jack upset by Edwards on ShoBox

Friday night in Verona NY, Shobox featured three undefeated fighters in showcase bouts. In the main event 26 year old super middleweight J’Leon Love (17-0, 1 NC, 10 knockouts) outclassed Vladine Biosse (15-3-2, 7 KOs) en route to a 10th round TKO. Time of the stoppage was 0:45.

Love dominated the fight throughout. He hurt Biosse on numerous occasions. It was an ugly fight at times with both men being cut in the fight.

This was a solid performance for Love who nows looks ahead for a bigger fight.

In a shocking upset Derek Edwards (27-3-1, 14 KOs) scored a spectacular first round knockout over previously undefeated Badou Jack (16-1-1, 11 KOs)

The 34 year old Edwards landed a massive overhand right hand that Jack walked right into. Jack was hurt really bad but beat the count.

Edwards landed another right hand that put Jack down again and the referee stopped the fight. Time of the stoppage was 1:01 in round one.

Edwards was stopped by Adonis Stevenson in round three in 2011. He was also stopped by Matt Korobov in round nine in his last fight. This is the biggest victory of his career.

This was a big setback for Jack who was said to be in line for a match against James DeGale in a title elimination bout possibly underneath Mayweather’s PPV in May.

23 year old prospect Christopher Pearson (14-0, 10 KOs) stepped up in competition against tough veteran Lanardo Tyner (31-9-2, 20 KOs) and scored a split decision. The judges scored the bout 76-75 for Tyner, while two judges had it 78-73 for Pearson.

Pearson landed more punches while Tyner landed the more impactful punches.

Tyner knocked Pearson down in round six. It started with an overhand right that rocked Pearson then Tyner landed a barrage of punches that sent Pearson to the canvas.

It was a closer fight than the judges scored it. This should be a good learning experience for Pearson.

The card was promoted by Mayweather Promotions and televised on Showtime.

-David Lopez / @PRLopez333

-Contributor to www.BehindTheGloves.com