Yes & dont forget Shane Mosely claimed he only took medication for allergies & swore he'd passed 2 polygraph tests proving it. BUT Then BALCO showed up with receipts & Mosely was CAUGHT!!!!!!!! I'll never forget his face when he had to admit he'd CHEATED!!! But he never got punished did he??
I started a thread on this a while back with a photo of him as a cruiser weight. People were saying it was photoshopped, but I remember the photo on a magazine cover. The other photo next to it was his PED's heavyweight form. Wow, what a difference. Yes Holyfield was a major PED cheat, and got two gift draws that should have been looses. ( Lewis and Ruiz )
The fact that some big Holyfield fans ( we know who they are, ahem Blade ) avoid threads like this tells you everything.
All boxers, All Athletes used, use and will use PEDs, Evander Holyfield pushes himself harder than everyone and comes at Top. The 2030s PEDs will allow strong spirited athletes to rejuvenate their bodies back to their physical prime, Holyfield will be on top and possibly exceed his prime. Evander Holyfield will fight again, it will be one of the biggest fights in boxing history, Undisputed Cruiser weight world champion. Then the peasants will cheer him on to take on the semi-auto beast reigning at Heavyweight.
Yes, however, I think the vast majority of top heavyweights in that era did. They were easy to obtain and there was basically no testing.