Retired fighters we felt were on PED's!?

[15rounder]

This is the most stupid thread since I made a thread about which fighter would die next. Speculating about legends that you think may be cheating is not good.

You're not a Floyd Mayweather fan are you?...lol

[Nameless]

The only thing I will say about boxers and Ped's is:

There are way more boxers than we might imagine that are using substances. Why? Because there is too much money involved and because boxing is ill ruled on that matter; too many different agencies, organisations and laws that are more than different from a state to another. Without uniformity of tests and laws with rigorous controls, you can be sure that those who got caught are only the peak of the Iceberg.
For those interested in that matter, I HIGHLY recommand you to read the following article by Don CAtlin, one of the top notch leader in matter of anti-doping techniques, the article is not too long, well written and sums up damn well the problem:

Max Boxing - News - Dr. Don Catlin on Anti-Doping in Boxing

So who was/is on dope? I won't say a name but this; way more than what we might think.

Good stuff.

But, the reason I started this thread was because everyone had an idea Pac and Mosely were on PED's by looking at their performance- and then that triggered investigations.

So, alls I'm suggesting is that looking back- who would you consider based on what we know now as tell-tale-signs of PED's. ??

Well, just with the eye, it's pretty tough to say, especially many changes can be make in matter of diets and training and if you do not specifically follow one boxer on his entire journey, there can be doubts but hard to prove.
IF I absolutely got to give an example (though I admit there is no scientific evidence backing my personnal observation), I'd tend to be very doubtful about a boxer (for example), who always struggled to make 12 rounds because of his cardio when he has very good phyical trainer with him but that would somehow and magically at some point make 12 rounds without a drop of sweat.
The body has its limits, it is possible to improve it but I'll always be skeptical wherever there is a 100% and total revolution.

[Cormega]

I made a thread about which fighter would die next.

LOL!

To answer the question thought, I'd bet my fucking house that Tyson was on steroids.

Even when Cus was still around, or are you talking about the post prison Mike who was lifting weights all the time?

[Cormega]

Hi,

I know this post is speculating by its very nature, but any fighter of old that you can think back on and have an inclination that they used PED's??

For some reason I always felt that Hagler used PED's. I hate to tarnish a good name like that, but he always appeared too jacked up and too machine like to be natural.

I also feel that Aaron Pryor used PED's. You can tell by the way he fought that he had something extra, more than the other guy.

Who else do you feel had PED's. (I also feel Sugar Ray Leonard used PED's in some of his fights- the fight vs. Hearns 1 and the fight vs. Duran II, the "no mas" fight.

What do you say?

According to Luis Resto it was crushed up asthma pills that were given to Pryor in his water and Resto was given the same.

[Master]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

[Cormega]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

Ray was a cokehead bro.

[Master]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

Ray was a cokehead bro.

Being on coke and using PED are two very different things. Floyd uses injections in his hands which are banned in some states. Does that make him a cheat?

[Cormega]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

Ray was a cokehead bro.

Being on coke and using PED are two very different things. Floyd uses injections in his hands which are banned in some states. Does that make him a cheat?

I'm not saying he used coke as a PED, but I don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility that he could have done some lines before some of his fights which may or may not have enhanced his performance. If Floyd uses those injections for a fight in a state in which they're banned then yes, he is cheating... Not big time cheating like loading your gloves or being roided up, but he would be breaking the rules.

[Master]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

Ray was a cokehead bro.

Being on coke and using PED are two very different things. Floyd uses injections in his hands which are banned in some states. Does that make him a cheat?

I'm not saying he used coke as a PED, but I don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility that he could have done some lines before some of his fights which may or may not have enhanced his performance. If Floyd uses those injections for a fight in a state in which they're banned then yes, he is cheating... Not big time cheating like loading your gloves or being roided up, but he would be breaking the rules.

It is a huge leap to say someone using coke is more likely to use PED.

[Cormega]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

Ray was a cokehead bro.

Being on coke and using PED are two very different things. Floyd uses injections in his hands which are banned in some states. Does that make him a cheat?

I'm not saying he used coke as a PED, but I don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility that he could have done some lines before some of his fights which may or may not have enhanced his performance. If Floyd uses those injections for a fight in a state in which they're banned then yes, he is cheating... Not big time cheating like loading your gloves or being roided up, but he would be breaking the rules.

It is a huge leap to say someone using coke is more likely to use PED.

It isn't actually, but I didn't say that.

[Master]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

Ray was a cokehead bro.

Being on coke and using PED are two very different things. Floyd uses injections in his hands which are banned in some states. Does that make him a cheat?

I'm not saying he used coke as a PED, but I don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility that he could have done some lines before some of his fights which may or may not have enhanced his performance. If Floyd uses those injections for a fight in a state in which they're banned then yes, he is cheating... Not big time cheating like loading your gloves or being roided up, but he would be breaking the rules.

It is a huge leap to say someone using coke is more likely to use PED.

It isn't actually, but I didn't say that.

It is and you are saying that if not then you are now.

[Cormega]

You cannot keep making this BS up about Leonard.

Ray was a cokehead bro.

Being on coke and using PED are two very different things. Floyd uses injections in his hands which are banned in some states. Does that make him a cheat?

I'm not saying he used coke as a PED, but I don't think it's outside of the realm of possibility that he could have done some lines before some of his fights which may or may not have enhanced his performance. If Floyd uses those injections for a fight in a state in which they're banned then yes, he is cheating... Not big time cheating like loading your gloves or being roided up, but he would be breaking the rules.

It is a huge leap to say someone using coke is more likely to use PED.

It isn't actually, but I didn't say that.

It is and you are saying that if not then you are now.

Yeah, I'd say someone who fucks around with drugs outside of boxing is probably slightly more likely to use drugs that will enhance their performance than someone who avoids drugs altogether, but that isn't what I said about Ray. I said he was a cokehead (which he's admitted to himself) and that it wasn't outside the realm of possibility that he could have gotten high before some of his fights, which may or may not have enhanced his performance. I don't know whether he did or not, but I know he was a cokehead because why in the fuck would he lie about that?

[Master]

I thought he was using coke after his peak when he retired after about the 5th time.

[Cormega]

I thought he was using coke after his peak when he retired after about the 5th time.

I honestly don't know when it was. I just read an interview a while back in which he said he was doing a shitload of coke for a while there.

[Master]

I thought he was using coke after his peak when he retired after about the 5th time.

I honestly don't know when it was. I just read an interview a while back in which he said he was doing a shitload of coke for a while there.

Yes I read it to but thought it whilst he was in retirement. He was a very talented fighter, Manny said the most talented fighter he ever saw at the Kronk gym, so would hate to think he used anything. I do not like Leonard at all but he was an amazing fighter.