If you don't think boxers also use hormones, just like all other athletes you are mistaken. I train athletes and let me tell you, MANY boxers have asked me questions about hormones. In any sport and in anything in life if you wanna be the best, if you are willing to have your face punched in then you are certainitly willing to use a male hormone to help you recover from training, make you feel fresh, healthy and strong. Read the book grow young with hgh and you'll soon see. Also read the book, death in the locker room from the early 80's ...many athletes inetrviewed from all sports said, "everyone I know takes something". By the way, the authors of death in the locker room, bob goldman and dr ronald klatz continued research and wrote another book in the 90's...that's grow young with hgh and encourages use and proper hormone levels to feel and be your best. Anyone that is an athlete and accepts the fact that your body will no longer produce hormones after 30 and does nothing about it is not too smart. In ten years, take it from me there will be no more testing for hormones because you simply can not tell a 30 years old, 40 year old that they have to accept aging and the diseases associated with it. Try telling that to a 40 year old women using her steroid; estrogen and progesterone and you qwill see millions of pissed off women matrching at the white house...male hormone rplacement is the same thing as is growth hormone. Doctors are now using growth hormone to regenerate fractured bone faster, prevent joint replacement due to arthritis.... Lets see where the future takes use, because the news with there sensationalism, bull**** "experts" are being proven wrong every single day. As of now the only real people out spoken about it are a majority sports reporters and fans....not athletes...why do you think that is? Unless you actually are in the arena, competing (like the Roosevelt speech says) you do not, could not and will not understand.
and this is the problem with the mainstream mma fans...they really do NOT get jui jitsu. I will say this, try it and you will think way differently...it is incredibly difficult and challenging. I appreciate it for what it is and it is incredible. Also, like a couiple weeks ago, a person I know, Phil Baroni, was toe to toe with a guy, absorbing and given blows with 4 oz gloves on....4oz.....these guys that take shots like that are incredibly tough. Also, if you have a friend that can give you a rear naked choke, have him do it and do NOT tap out and simply pass out....just like Phil, the warrior did and then tell me you don't appreciuate it.
Friday night Fight Nights has been a really good influence for casual boxing fans and attracting more. For example in my local pub they recently got sky sports about a year ago. On fridays they used to put crap on the TV like darts, motor sport or golf. I used to go every friday and aske them to turn it over to the boxing which the landlord had no idea that it was shown. After a few monthst the pub was actually attracting more punters becasue people were coming into the pub to watch the fights and they began to take an intrest in the fighters and the divisions and they prefered it to the Pay per view fights becasue they thought that u see less mismatches and more competivtive fights in the lower rankings.
Yeah, Cung Le is a pretty entertaining guy. His rules allow for takedowns, incidentally, and he's making the transition to MMA. So far, he's taken part in a fight that many consider one of the best, most unorthodox "striking" displays they've seen in MMA (although it was against a tomato can). Perhaps Judo would be more to your liking...
boxing is for real! it's been here for too long and for me it's an art. there is real danger all the time ,there are taking chances all the time ,you'll sure to get hit all the time, and there is using your head all the time like a chess game. in ufc, once you get tackled down by a grappler it's all over no matter how hard you use your headatsch atsch atsch it's just getting the first move and it's over!:!: where's the thrill in that? in boxing there are conflicting styles like a boxer vs. a brawler, and you don't have to get on the ground to see who wins coz both of you will be exchanging blows standing up and you can't really say that a boxer would win or a brawler will win that's what makes it exciting to watch!:good :good :good
agreed :good friday fight nights have really stepped up...espn knows the score now. they also have the best commentary team
UFCs rise has been good for boxing, but I do feel the UFC has plateaud some and will fall a little. Like boxing it will have its ups and downs, but will always have the hardcore fans.