Heavyweight PED use, itemized

On a somewhat related note, do you happen to have a link to a newspaper with Mike Tyson's "everyone was doing it" quote? Just wanted to put it on record in this thread alongside McCline's similar statement, for those who want additional corroboration that it's widespread.

 

Lewis and Ruddock's steroid spat:

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/10/29/Lewis-Ruddock-spar-over-steroids/7345720334800/

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/10/30/ruddock-lewis-spar-over-steroid-use/?outputType=amp

 

No worries. I'm sure I'll bump into it again. I think it's in one of the articles where he admits to faking the urine tests.

 

Can't find it yet, but here are a couple others saying it's widespread to put alongside McCline:

https://syndication.bleacherreport....e-in-boxing-far-greater-than-we-know.amp.html

https://www.*******.com/amp/mia-st-john-comes-clean-on-use-peds-estimated-20-fights--130830

 

At popular request, I've distinguished people who just failed marijuana tests from people who failed other tests. Marujuana-only positive tests (which there are some statements from Tyson that it improves performance, but be that as it may...) are now in

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Cocaine is still red, though, since people were alleging its use as a performance enhancing stimulant as early as Dempsey, IIRC

I also highlighted Dillian Whyte, one of the instances of Tyson Fury, and Joseph Parker (for skipping/missing a test, although I'm wondering whether that should be a different color, since it's technically not a positive or suspension.)

 

Anyway, this thread has really strengthened my suspicions about how widespread PED use is. It's actually quite remarkable when you just lay it all out. There's much more positive evidence than I thought. As tests get better, more and more of the top 10 list gets red.

I'm thinking guilty until proven innocent is the more accurate lens to view this stuff. I suspected it before, but I'm more convinced now.

 

Michael Hunter missing, but not failing, a test:

https://boxing-social.com/news/sula...c-clean-boxing-program-whereabouts-violation/

I think he's the same Michael Hunter who got caught for marijuana as an amateur in 2011:

https://www.usada.org/sanction/usa-boxing-athlete-accepts-sanction-for-doping-violation/

 

Tyson working (comparatively late in his career, around 2003?) with the same bodybuilding nutritionist who worked with Ronnie Coleman: https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/drobson242.htm

Hearns accuses Leonard of PED use in 1989. As an interesting side note, this article also confirms that steroids aren't banned by the WBC in 1989, which the Lennox Lewis article also stated:

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/0...-Leonards-newly-bulging-biceps/2795613281600/

Holyfield refuses a steroid test against Bowe in 1992. The commission backs his refusal. The article explains just how nonexistent steroid testing was in the early 90s. (For example: "Holyfield says he is willing to take a steroid test, but no boxing commissions in the United States administer them.")

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/11/09/Boxing-Notebook-Bowe-camp-wants-steroid-tests/4571721285200/