The countdown to Beterbiev getting injured thread.

...of course he's cheating, a 39 year old man doesn't have more testosterone than a 21 year old, not naturally anyway.

 

No, but it depends which samples you are comparing?

Should a 21 year old Hindu vegetarian have "naturally" higher testosterone levels than Artur Beterbiev?

There are natural variances amongst different races of people.

Some black guys just have to whisk an egg and they have 15" biceps naturally (I am exaggerating btw) wheras someone could hit the gym 365 and barely make a physiological dent in their biology.

 

50/50 he gets injured again. Would not be surprised

 

To be fair, his style ages well. A slow plodder with fairly low volume mainly relying on strength... But yeah, I think the fact that he's virtually indistinguishable from his prime is very sus.

 

And his ripped muscles with almost 0 fat percentage.

 

We get it, the guy is so amazing that he must be cheating.

Even though you thought Bivol beat him lol.

 

He is getting the excuses in early after Beterbiev KOs Bivol this time

 

It's not so much an excuse as a remark of admiration imo.

 

Good to see some people think this highly of Beterbiev, his condition and power.

 

Beterbiev isn't just highly suspect in terms of his performance at that age, it's also the fact that his tests were highly abnormal. It's basically a shoe-in that he's taking PEDs.

We're not talking about freaky skill or 'boxing IQ' or experience or whatever, which might happen without PEDs, we're talking about his level of testosterone and HGH which is literally a hormonal situation that is highly implausible in a human male of his age.

Let's compare him to GGG, a sort of MW equivalent, who may have been on PEDs but probably wasn't. He showed signs of age decline post 35, even before, and definitely by the time he was around 40, he looked quite vulnerable.

If Beterbiev is clean then it truly would be remarkable for him to have done what he has, but it's just impossible to believe after those 'abnormal' levels.

 

All the top guys are on something. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.

 

I wouldn't say he is a low volume fighter. Quite the opposite.

 

Truly remarkable, impossible to believe.

I'm not used to seeing Beterbiev receive this much praise tbh.

 

I think Beterbiev beat Bivol 8 - 4.

 

Not on the night lol, you were shouting out about it being a robbery and you couldn't understand judges