Doping In Boxing

To piggyback off of this point, people also need to understand that many dopers do not get caught, despite testing positive. You see, whenever someone tests hot the organization has to have either a zero tolerance policy in relation to a drug or prove that the only way they they could have tested hot was because they were doping. The name of game for athletes, then, is to create enough suspicion around the results that the organization cannot say with absolute certainty that the athlete was doping. Someone like WADA has to know that said athlete doped because it doesn't have the budget to pursue cases of grey, especially when big money athletes can drag court cases out. Plenty of athletes have suspicious biological passport results but their PED team is smart enough to know that they need to keep within certain ranges so they don't trigger a legal response.

 

Deep.

 

I'd say using PEDs to recover is exactly why it is cheating. You used PEDs, you recover quicker, you can train more. The more you practice the better you are.
A guy trains his whole life on PEDs and briefly comes of them for an event so he tests clean. He is going to be so much better than a guy who was 100% clean his whole life. The PED cheat has so much more practice and training under his belt. It's really a situation of once you use, you are forever benefiting (barring any hormonal damage from excessive abuse)

 

A man of principle is one thing, but if you're able to beat the testing you may as well call for all the testing you can. It only hurts the less sophisticated operations.

If those three all fought each other and the other 7 disappeared it would be the best year of HW boxing we've had in a long time.

Unfortunately all three are hitting the point where the temptation to dope becomes much greater than it's ever been.

 

Family livelihoods are at stake.

 

Great post.

 

Its funny. Because for years weight lifters who became famous like Arnold and such would endorse these work out routines they did.
And of course everybody would jump to do them because hey your talking about Arnold who knows about weightlifting!
Then years latter you find out that unless your jucing you can physically do his routine naturally.

 

Another good indicator of doping not already mentioned, is fighters who are able to compete at world level at 35 years old and over.

This especially applies to fighters who at 35+ are fighting at the same level or a higher level, than they were were when they were 25 or 30.

It simply isnt biological possible without PEDs to be fighting at world level at 35 and over. If you look at previous eras you were all washed up.

Today, at a very weak division like HW. Fighters over the age of 35 are belt holders and challengers for belts.

If you want to understand how rife PEDs are in elite professional sports. I recommend listening to larry olubamiwo on various podcasts.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...s-dope-for-money-my-goal-was-to-make-a-living

Very good read.

This isn't the usual false apology of someone who got caught. It's someone who's fully come clean about a career if deception.

This is much more Chael Sonnon than TJ Dillshaw.

 

I remember a competitor of Armstrong said after his last win was asked if he thought Armstrong was cheating, he replied, " he has to be because the rest of us were"..

 

You are absolutely right, today a 37 year old Joe Louis on roids would be a killer