Does Benn's failed test cast a shadow over his Father?

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  1. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The steroid cycle would’ve been long before the camp. Hence taking clomid for PCT.
     
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  2. Bob Flaps

    Bob Flaps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He personally selected the promoter-trainer combination for Conor and despite a dicey start which could have seen the experiment end quickly, stuck with it. Never been any secret.
     
  3. EJC83

    EJC83 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It really isn't. Nigel is Conor's dad, Nigel was also off his tits when he was a fighter and after, people have a pop at Calzaghe doing cocaine after he retired but Benn was in with the Essex Boys for crying out loud. Nigel has worked closely with his son for years and will have seen the physical development, if he didn't know what was going on the stuff he was getting up to when he was younger coupled with some of the shots he took have had more damage than first thought. Nigel knew.
     
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  4. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    About 9 months back wasn’t C.Benn kicked out of the WBC rankings because he wouldn’t sign up to the clean boxing program?
     
  5. alpo1

    alpo1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Boxers in the 90s were doping harder than the guys today. Look at the beasts who were at heavyweight.

    Uncle Nige was also in with all these essex drug pushers and picked the sims mob as his boy's camp.
     
  6. Wass85

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    People would be surprised at what goes off behind the scenes IMO.

    You would think fighters with the status of an AJ or somebody have drug testers in the team, that way they can perfect their cycles and get everything out of their system just in time for the fight.

    The question is how do they sometimes get it wrong?
     
  7. alpo1

    alpo1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Human error. Like sometimes a dose will be mistimed or a short life drug they thought they were taking was mislabeled/scammed with a longer life one.
     
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  8. Astro

    Astro Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Take a look at Tommy Morrison. Totally pumped with steroids.
     
  9. Wass85

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    It is still surprising that they don't have testers in the camp, unless of course they have and they felt confident that he would pass. Let's remember that it's a game of give and take, the cheats are always trying to invent ways to stay ahead of the testers and vice versa.
     
  10. jarama

    jarama Active Member Full Member

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    To be honest I think all sports are on the gear, I know lads in amatuer local rugby team that on steroids,
     
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  11. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    yep the company he kept its pretty damn
     
  12. moog

    moog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree
     
  13. DON1

    DON1 ICEMAN Full Member

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    Not really, the doubts were on Nigel Benn from back in the day. He was on the gear for sure, didn't we already know that?
     
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  14. Bulldog24

    Bulldog24 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  15. Guru88

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    Yep, enough said. If you don’t think Nigel was on gear and Conor is on gear you either have a dangerously low IQ or you just liked Nigel Benn too much to allow yourself to think objectively. Nigel used to go to Spain doing his training camps/steroid cycles with Tony Tucker ffs
     
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