Steroids in Boxing

[Kev]

Steroids in boxing is not rampid,,Of all sports boxing probably has the least amount of guys on anibolic steroids.....With that being said it does not mean there are not cases of it but less then more I should say....

I wouldn't be so sure man..the problem with tests is that for them to be accurate they would need to be done on an almost weekly maybe even every other day basis. If a boxer is smart or has somebody smart in their camp they will have the knowledge that not every steroid stays in your system for a long time. For example James Toney was caught with Nandrolone..this tells me he or whoever gave it to him isn't very clever because Nandrolone shows up in tests 18 months after it's taken.
There are certain steroids that are in and out of your system in a week, some even days and these are the ones the smart boxers with any knowledge of steroids will be taking. You can run them all the way up until your last week of training camp and you won't show positive come fight night because it's out of your system.
Also for the member that said steroids aren't useful in boxing except to move up in weight..thats a very broad statement indeed. Steroids aren't always used for gaining weight. They help with your recovery (very important when you're going through a gruelling training camp), help with your agression, help with your power and help with your strength. It just really depends what you take..without getting too scientific there are a multitude of steroids out there that are excellent for the boxer and some that are not. Nandrolone being one of them..that usually causes some water retention which is probably why Toney looks like a big fat bloated mess at heavyweight.
Just think though..As a world class boxer there is always somebody hot on your heels ready to take those big paydays and big matchups from you if you falter..How important would it be for you to stay at that elite level of competition and keep making your big money? You'd need to be the best you can be. I think steroids are more prevailant than we think (and if used correctlt, they're not necessarily the devils work like the US government would have you think).

Honestly I really can't see the problem in using them. Who decides what drugs and supplements are legal and which arn't, and what are their decisions based on?

I won't pretend like I know anything about the subject but why is it ok for example to take creatine but not steroids? Why is it ok to intranvenously rehydrate after a weigh in allowing fighters clearly too big for a division to dry up and then rehydrate artificially with little side effects?

If anything seems unfair to me it's the reyhdration process as that allows fighters who really shouldn't be fighting in a division to fight there against much smaller men.

Guys who want to bulk up to fight bigger men are the braver in my opinion so why penalise them?

As I say I really don't know much about this so not claiming my opinion is right, just wandering what the more knowledgeble think about it?