Does anyone else think we should just legalize steroids

There was never any report clearly and definitively linking Alzado's brain tumour with steroid use, only Alzado's claim himself.

I don't deny steroids cause serious long term health problems, but like you said, they're still mostly unknown.

 

Another ******ed response from a clueless, yet hilariously stubborn, muppet.

Steroids don't give supernatural abilities, think that's obvious otherwise you would have been our batman, even virtually. What steroids do is improve performance, therefore called cheating. It pretty much makes someone perform beyond their actual limit, it surely doesn't develop skills nor does it develop ring IQ, which is why a steroid user is still beatable in a skill oriented sport. It's like saying Margarito loaded his gloves yet lost one-sidedly to Mayweather, so let's legalize it. The reason why Mayweather won is because he pretty much avoided all those loaded punches with his defense, does that mean we should legalize loaded gloves based on that too?

Look, if you're simple minded and can't comprehend you need to get your ass in a boxing gym. Maybe experience is the only answer your obviously limited brain could manifest.

 

My main issue is with steroid abuse here. I understand they're not a death drug, that's going to strike you dead if you so much as sniff it, but they still allow you to push your body beyond what it's naturally capable of, and in a lawless sport like boxing I don't see that going down well.

 

A lot of steroid abusers died of cancers that were rare in the general population. We aren't Nazi Germany so we can't do the definitive testing required but the anecdotal evidence was pretty strong.

 

Wtf?

 

The smartest post in this thread, and one which(I hope) the thread started will understand.

 

Well yes, they do give an athlete superhuman abilities, if you define the term in its literal and not comic-book meaning. Being able to run faster, train harder, lift more weight, increase your stamina, increase your lean muscle mass. PEDs allow you to do all that beyond what you would naturally be able to achieve. Were PED users in boxing crippling opponents left and right? No, but they had the heightened potential to do so, just as Margarito and Tito had. When Roy Jones broke Virgil Hill's ribs with a single punch how much of that was down to him alone?

 

How does that make it any better to legalize steroids?, are you ******ed?

The Margarito thing was used as an obvious example. Sadly you're far too dumb to understand my point.

Now inject yourself with steroids to post more bullcrap online.

 

PEDs can make you stronger, faster, more explosive, all of which can add to your punching power. To me they're eminently comparable, both morally and in terms of the heightened risk they pose to an opponent.

 

So are all the drugs used for asthma such as inhalers which can even be sold over the counter (Primatene Mist) or doctor prescribed. Steroids are used all the time, by everyday people. And just like any other drug, as long as they aren't being abused there are little to no adverse effects. Basically, if used in moderation, they're no different from taking any other drugs.

 

And there is the point. The cheaters now will just use more than everyone else. I think the line in the sand now is reasonable and there is no need to move it.