My New Article on the Number of Current Champs in their 30's

Good article.

The widespread use of PEDS in sports has meant athletes can fight well into their 30's now and maintain peak performance. Mayweather is the poster boy of an athlete who uses PEDS and not showing any signs of regression or ageing in their mid to late 30's.

The fact that a boxer can maintain a high level performance twinned with them having years more of experience means they're a very formidable opponent.

 

Unless a boxer is willing to be tested for 365 days a year without notice or warning then you may as well point the finger at them especially as in Mayweathers case where there's no obvious sign of deterioration for a man who is 37 years old with the wear and tear accummulated from over 20 years of boxing training, sparring and fighting.

 

Well the three tests that Mayweather failed are essentially the same as what Peterson failed on, Testosterone boosters that give the fighter sustained stamina, sharpness and alertness. Mayweather just happened to have a "doctors notes" for them and USADA just hushed the whole thing up.

Vegas is the only place in America that always T boosting although even the UFC recently put a stop to the pratice as all their fighters were doing it.

If you're a boxer who is a resident of Vegas, it's like 99% chance they're based there for the reason because it's also the place to get easy access to the latest and best Performance enhancing drugs.

 

One loss "ruins careers" and turns off the fans so much nowadays that guys must take the slow and easy way up.

 

Interesting article, but it's all hearsay really. You forgot a big component and that is activity level, which also should have been a poll option. Chavez is probably one of the last of the elite fighters to have over 60-80 fights while he was on the p4p list. Robinson and others had much more. The top 10 p4p average today is just over 40, many only fighting 1-2 times a year.

 

Also bare in mind that fighters dont

1.Fight as often

2.Medical checks to be allowed to fight are more stringent

3.Knowledge of training and nutrition is superior

4. Medical science has improved. Injuries that used to end careers or curtail them are not fixable.

All those things combined allow fighters to fight longer.

Thats before we get onto the PED issue

 

Wow great article man! :good