Heavyweight PED use, itemized

Inspired by a suggestion by @NoNeck, this is a list of the PEDs that heavyweights have been caught (or admitted) using.

The purpose of this list is to provide a jumping-off point to research the effects of these drugs on performance. That way, we can get a better handle on how much effect these things would have on era vs era fantasy fights.

Rather than trying to look for every PED in the book, we might as well focus on the ones that heavyweights have actually been caught using.

Since this is a work in progress, I'm mostly starting with just the Wikipedia entries as sources. Others are free to add their own material to this thread.

Evander Holyfield - testosterone and glukor; possibly HGH
https://www.espn.com/espn/news/story?id=2782741
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evander_Holyfield

Hughie Fury - nandrolone
https://apnews.com/article/becaf03dcfa84f89bbdcaf95acb38a9c

Dillian Whyte - diabonol, but UKAD ultimately said he was cleared; earlier separate incident with methylhexaneamine
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/28238799/dillian-whyte-doping-charge-dropped-eve-fight
https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/21968362.amp

Juan Carlos Gomez - cocaine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Gómez

Muhammad Ali - Thyrolar and Benzedrine
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/1...Tuesday-he-was-taking-a-double/6780339739200/ & Hauser's Muhammad Ali biography around p. 413, per Amazon.

Tyson Fury - benzoylecgonine (marker for cocaine?), nandrolone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Fury
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_...ils-drug-test-positive-result-benzoylecgonine

Lucas Browne - clenbuterol, ostarine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Browne

Joseph Parker - missed test
https://www.*******.com/amp/joseph-parker-promoter-explains-why-boxer-missed-drug-test--118620

Andy Ruiz - marijuana
https://www.*******.com/bob-arum-tommy-zs-lawyer-shocked-with-test-results--38507

Shannon Briggs - drug tests find 800% higher testosterone levels than are appropriate for a man his age (also notes Browne's positive test for ostarine)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Briggs

Francois Botha - nandrolone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francois_Botha

Dennis Bakhtov - methylhexanamine
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Bakhtov

Chris Arreola - Marijuana
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Arreola

Mike Tyson - cocaine, Marijuana
https://syndication.bleacherreport....r-fights-reveals-how-he-passed-tests.amp.html

Tony Yoka - unspecified; technical testing protocol violations
https://www.*******.com/tony-yokas-appeal-rejected-doping-ban-upheld-by-judge--130890

Andrzej Wawrzyk - stanozolol
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Wawrzyk

Mariusz Wach - unspecified
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariusz_Wach
https://web.archive.org/web/2013011...-bout-closes-chapter-peds-082100169--box.html

James Toney - stanozolol
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Toney

Tony Thompson - hydrochlorothiazide? The article mentions a diuretic and a masking agent
https://www.*******.com/ukad-thompson-failed-drug-test-david-price-ko--94050

Vitali Klitschko - unspecified steroid as an amateur
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Klitschko

Erkan Teper - Methandrostenolone, testosterone, growth hormone
https://www.*******.com/erkan-teper-reportedly-fails-drug-test-price-ko--99637
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erkan_Teper

Antonio Tarver (as a heavyweight) - synthetic testosterone
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_...e-synthetic-testosterone-insists-took-illegal

Bermaine Stiverne - methylhexaneamine (also notes Povetkin tested positive for ostarine)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermane_Stiverne

Tyrone Spong - clomifene
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrone_Spong

Alexander Povetkin - ostarine, meldonium
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Povetkin

Luis Ortiz - nandrolone, others (chlorothiazide & hydrochlorothiazide, both diuretics and masking agents, apparently)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Ortiz_(Cuban_boxer)
https://www.*******.com/team-luis-ortiz-claims-hes-clean-offers-comical-proof--83449
https://www.*******.com/luis-ortiz-suspended-one-year-by-wba-failed-test--122055
https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story...-fails-drug-test-bout-deontay-wilder-canceled

Tommy Morrison - unspecified steroids
https://www.*******.com/amp/tommy-morrison-blames-steroids-hiv-result--7969

Eric Molina - dexamethasone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Éric_Molina

Jarrell Miller - HGH, EPO, GW1516
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarrell_Miller

Manuel Charr - drostanolone, trenbolone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Charr

Bob Hazelton - primarily deca-durabolin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-01-01-8902220419-story.html

Jameel McCline - EPO, Procrit, HGH, others; says everyone was using PEDs at the highest levels (I think Tyson made a similar statement)
https://www.ringtv.com/543520-jameel-mccline-admits-ped-usage-everybody-was-using/
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/mccline-steps-steroid-ring-article-1.228883



...It would be interesting to look at annual top 10 heavyweight lists from Ring Magazine circa 1995 to 2022, with fighters highlighted in red who failed a drug test at least once as a heavyweight. (You could probably add more if you included heavyweights who failed tests in other weight classes, like Roy Jones.)

 

Mike Tyson and Jameel McCline agree with you.

 

I probably could also add Ali's use of diuretics before Holmes (which, however, did not help him.)

 

Ortiz was being prescribed nandrolone for high blood pressure?

If you happen to have any sources on the confirmations (I assume the testing body rescinded its judgment?), it would be an interesting addition to the thread.

 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/1...Tuesday-he-was-taking-a-double/6780339739200/

Got it now. Thanks.

 

1990

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3. Razor Ruddock
4. James (Buster) Douglas
5. Tim Witherspoon
6. Carl Williams
7. Francesco Damiani
8. Riddick Bowe
9. Ray Mercer
10. George Foreman

1991

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3. Riddick Bowe
4. Razor Ruddock
5. Ray Mercer
6. George Foreman
7. Tim Witherspoon
8. Tony Tucker
9. Lennox Lewis
10. Michael Moorer

1992

Title Vacant

1. Riddick Bowe*
2. Lennox Lewis
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4. Michael Moorer
5. Tony Tucker
6. George Foreman
7. Razor Ruddock
8. Ray Mercer
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10. Alex Garcia

1993

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2. Riddick Bowe
3. Lennox Lewis
4. Michael Moorer
5. Michael Bentt
6. Oliver McCall
7. Ray Mercer
8. Phil Jackson
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10. Mike Hunter

1994

Title Vacant

1. George Foreman*
2. Oliver McCall
3. Riddick Bowe
4. Michael Moorer
5. Lennox Lewis
6. Herbie Hide
7. Larry Holmes
8. Henry Akinwande
9. Jorge Luis Gonzalez
10. Lionel Butler

1995

Title Vacant

1. Riddick Bowe
2. Lennox Lewis
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4. Michael Moorer
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6. Bruce Seldon
7. Frank Bruno
8. George Foreman*
9. Alexander Zolkin
10. Henry Akinwande

1996

Title Vacant

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2. Lennox Lewis
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4. Michael Moorer
5. Andrew Golota
6. Ray Mercer
7. Henry Akinwande
8. David Tua
9. Riddick Bowe
10. Tim Witherspoon

George Foreman* (lineal?)

1997

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2. Lennox Lewis
3. Michael Moorer
4. Ray Mercer
5. Tim Witherspoon
6. George Foreman
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8. Ike Ibeabuchi
9. David Tua
10. David Izon

1998

Title Vacant

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2. Lennox Lewis*
3. Michael Grant
4. Michael Moorer
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6. Chris Byrd
7. Ike Ibeabuchi
8. David Tua
9. Andrew Golota
10. Hasim Rahman

1999

Title Vacant

1. Lennox Lewis*
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3. Michael Grant
4. Ike Ibeabuchi
5. David Tua
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8. Andrew Golota
9. Derrick Jefferson
10. Oleg Maskaev

1990-1999, Fighters marked in

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who either admitted to using banned substances, who were later caught, or who failed a drug test sometime in their careers, or skipped a test (only one example of this last category so far.)

 

2000

Title Vacant

1. Lennox Lewis*
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3. Kirk Johnson
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5. David Tua
6. Wladimir Klitschko
7. Oleg Maskaev
8. Michael Grant
9. Hasim Rahman
10. Chris Byrd

2001

Lennox Lewis, Champion

1. Wladimir Klitschko
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3. Chris Byrd
4. Hasim Rahman
5. Kirk Johnson
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7. John Ruiz
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9. Fres Oquendo
10. David Tua

2002

Lennox Lewis, Champion

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Chris Byrd
3. David Tua
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5. John Ruiz
6. Hasim Rahman
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8. Kirk Johnson
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2003

Lennox Lewis, Champion

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2. Chris Byrd
3. Corrie Sanders
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6. David Tua
7. John Ruiz
8. Wladimir Klitschko
9. Fres Oquendo
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2004

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, Champion

1. Chris Byrd
2. John Ruiz
3. Hasim Rahman
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5. Monte Barrett
6. Andrew Golota
7. Fres Oquendo
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9. Corrie Sanders
10. Lamon Brewster

2005

Title Vacant

1. Chris Byrd
2. Hasim Rahman
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4. Lamon Brewster
5. John Ruiz
6. Monte Barrett
7. Calvin Brock
8. Wladimir Klitschko
9. Samuel Peter
10. Nicolay Valuev

2006

Title Vacant

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Oleg Maskaev
3. Samuel Peter
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6. Serguei Lyakhovich
7. Lamon Brewster
8. Nikolay Valuev
9. Ruslan Chagaev
10. John Ruiz

2007

Title Vacant

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Samuel Peter
3. Oleg Maskaev
4. Ruslan Chagaev
5. Nikolay Valuev
6. Sultan Ibragimov
7. Serguei Lyakhovich
8. Vladimir Virchis
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   (debated; see above)
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2008

Title Vacant

1. Wladimir Klitschko
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3. Ruslan Chagaev
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5. Nikolay Valuev
6. Sultan Ibragimov
7. Samuel Peter
8. Oleg Maskaev
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10. Alexander Dimitrenko

2009

Wladimir Klitschko, Champion

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3. Eddie Chambers
4. Ruslan Chagaev
5. David Haye
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7. Denis Boytsov
8. Nikolay Valuev
9. Alexander Dimitrenko
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Fighters in

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only failed a marijuana test, to my knowledge. (Even though Tyson does remark in one of his interviews that marijuana improves boxing performance.)

 

2010

Wladimir Klitschko

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2. David Haye
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4. Tomasz Adamek
5. Ruslan Chagaev
6. Eddie Chambers
7. Denis Boytsov
8. Nikolay Valuev
9. Alexander Dimitrenko
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2011

Wladimir Klitschko, Champion

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3. Tomasz Adamek
4. Eddie Chambers
5. Alexander Dimitrenko
6. Robert Helenius
7. Denis Boytsov
8. Ruslan Chagaev
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10. Kubrat Pulev

2012

Wladimir Klitschko, Champion

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3. David Haye
4. Kubrat Pulev
5. Tomasz Adamek
6. Robert Helenius
7. Denis Boytsov
8. Ruslan Chagaev
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2013
Wladimir Klitschko, Champion

1. Kubrat Pulev
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3. Tomasz Adamek
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6. Robert Helenius
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8. Odlanier Solis
9. Ruslan Chagaev
10. Deontay Wilder

2014

Wladimir Klitschko, Champion

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4. Kubrat Pulev
5. Bryant Jennings
6. Deontay Wilder
7. Vyacheslav Glazkov
8. Mike Perez
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10. Ruslan Chagaev

2015

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, Champion

1. Wladimir Klitschko
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3. Deontay Wilder
4. Kubrat Pulev
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7. Vyacheslav Glazkov
8. Bryant Jennings
9. Ruslan Chagaev
10. Anthony Joshua