question about peds and boxing

High profile fighters from certain nations with money behind them will still have the advantage of the best quality drugs etc. Understandably a lot of people would oppose the idea on safety concerns, and obviously it will never happen but personally I'd be all for it think it could be amazing.

 

Thing about PEDs is that different boxers have different hormone levels anyway. Some fighters will have naturally far greater testosterone levels than others so it’s already not a level playing field. If they actually blood tested boxers and documented hormone levels and then allowed boxers to use drugs to reach a maximum level of testosterone that way it would technically be the fairest thing because everyone’s hormone levels would be the same.

 

Boxers will go through side effects. The likelihood of death in the ring will increase. It may lead to us turning a new leaf on recreational drugs that makes them more accepted. So many implications for the worst.

 

Wouldn't be an advantage now would it.

 

Yoyo wonder why all boxer no use Peds in order to make better fight.

 

It would turn into a competition of who has the best doctors and nutritionist behind them and who is the better boxer would matter less. The guys with more money at their disposal would have an even bigger advantage than they already do. These drugs aren't cheap and to truly maximize their use isn't simple.

 

It would force every boxer (or athlete if extended to all sports) to use PEDs — which many have proven dangerous side effects — to use them to compete.

You can say ‘everyone is doing it’ but that doesn’t make it true. By allowing something that gives a huge advantage, you’re practically making it mandatory to compete.

Imagine if we also said “from now on, boxers will be able to remove the padding from their gloves and wear brass knuckles underneath.” Well, you want to step into the ring with someone with loaded gloves if you don’t have the same advantage? Of course not, so anyone who boxes would have to use them. Same thing if you legalize PEDs.

I got a better idea — lifetime ban for first offense, no excuses, no exceptions. Yeah a few would still use them to get an edge, but after a few high-profile careers were ended the message would get across that the reward isn’t worth the risk.

 

Yep and I'll add a 1 year imprisonment. Especially for any sport where there is heavy contact. It's not sport anymore, it's assault. I've sparred against very hard hitting heavyweights that are no where near the top 50 in the world and none of them dope. I can only imagine the power of the top elite heavyweights and if you add PEDs to that picture, that would be scary. Eye sockets will be destroyed, jaws will be dislocated, someones bound to die with advancement of PEDs.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...t-is-it-and-has-anyone-died-as-a-result-of-it

Drugs kill the Guardian are saying in this article there is no proof but it has been know that over 20 cyclist from the Beniux countries died from heart attacks after using EPO in the 90s
Drugs kill you but whats worse ?

If we have a race on the track and you take drugs you will beat me
If we fight over 8 rounds in the ring and you take drugs you might be able to kill me

Drugs must never be tolerated in any contact sport

 

Team sport. Dynamic is a little different. Also even though it is a contact sport it isn't a combat sport. Different risks. You are also actually putting the family at risk.

 

So in other words it would just be like the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint in track and field has been for the past 40 years.

So what?

Yes there are a few top boxers probably not on PEDs and fighting clean at a disadvantage. But, the vast majority are. Look at what has happened to Erkan Teper since he was hot for it. Suddenly he has no power and is losing every fight against anything above a can level.

Fighters will be able to use masking agents to hide the PEDs, pay off testers to know when the "random" tests are, and even pay off the authorities to hide the failed tests. Or just not be there when testing time comes.

 

Some boxers failing drugs tests- Tyson Fury, Billie Joe Saunders, James Toney, Dillian Whyte, Lucas Browne, Lamon Brewster, Hasim Rahman, Roy Jones, Evander Holyfield etc etc

Please can other posters add more to the above.

Reports from Tommy Morrison and Francois Botha that everyone in the 80s and 90s was on Roids in the HW scene.

Come on dude stop living in Alice in Wonderland. Everyone is on this stuff.

 

No it would not be. 100 metres your looking to improve your speed. Boxing you're looking to knock some one unconscious, or rearrange their face.