There are pics of him at age 13 where he's 180lbs+ of solid muscle. He was natural, one in a million genetics. Now, he might have juiced some after jail. If you look at his physique in his first fight out of jail, he was 10lbs heavier than his prime but considerably leaner. But I don't think he touched it prior to then -- I don't think he needed to.
It's not inconceivable he was given supplements as soon as he begun training. Nor is it like peds take years to kick in. Changes happen almost instantly if your body responds well to them.
What he was was a freak of nature. He was like 13-15 and looked like he did at 20 which is nuts. Also, Mike has been extremely honest as far as past drug use, I don't recall him ever saying he was "hulked" up.
True. If he'd juiced, at some point, he'd probably have admitted it. Then started crying, leaving everyone in the room feeling awkward as ****. (His podcast can be a trip if any of you haven't listened to it; if you want to hear awkward, listen to the first time he has SRL on, dear god).
A young Mike Tyson was a natural, he was discovered by legendary Cus D Amato, and trained by our very own Sangria, who did a wonderful job molding Iron Mike into the stylistic champion that he could be, they then enlisted the help of Kevin Rooney, who polished Mike's style in the ring.
Of course I really have no way of knowing for certain. My guess would be that he was natural before Prison and Juiced afterwards, but that is just a guess.
He was a genetic freak and was near 200 lbs more or less solid at 12. That being said, he was about as clean as any pro athlete during the free for all 90s. Not that today's pros are clean but the juice was really loose in the 90s, barely any attempt to test anyone.
I remember when I read his book, I was more surprised that he smoked Marlboros regularly than mentioning steroids. As a side note it might still be on YouTube, but he was in a gym, and a guy asked him how much he could bench press and Tyson responded very frankly " I don't know?" Tyson genetically was a pure Mesomorph.
Except thats not what happened. Cus saw his potential much of it based off his physical prowess at such a young age.
Not saying its what happened. Just clarifying that drugs will make a teen look a lot more muscular than they could otherwise be. The rise of instagram influencers has repeatedly shown that to be the case.
If he was coming up today maybe but back then no, boxing trainers were hardly an authority on anything to do with steroids then and Mike never really lifted weights until his second career.
I don't know for sure. Mike Tyson is 15 years old here. If he is a natural here, he must have been a natural before prison. If he is on steroids here then he started taking them at 14 years old. This content is protected My guess is that he was natural until 1991, and after that I don't know. Basically I didn't say anything and everything is just assumptions; demagoguery. This content is protected
