Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
Basically i would say you're wrong. It depends how much you eat.

If you train all day everyday and more calories than you're burning you will gain muscle and size.
Just like the strong men.
Obviously you have to eat a lot. Gallons of milk, kg's of chicked kg's of beef. etc..
No offence bro but I can tell you know diddly squat on this topic..
Yeah and what boxers do you know that each that much?? If anything i'd say a boxers diet is more carb heavy than protein to keep up energy levels. Plus the smart ones will know which ones to take to minimise muscle gain and maybe maintain and increase power. Its not easy to put on muscle..you aren't gonna put on muscle by boxing unless you have freaky genetics. Its mainly a cardio sport..you will get ripped and burn fat but you won't put much on in the way of muscle. You need to hit the weights in general to put on size...and usually follow a certain protocol that will build muscles. Boxers don't usually train this way if they do weights. They would normally circuit or focus on specific power exercises.

Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
So you say they help in recovery. Why bother. A boxer will get 6 months between fights plenty of time to recover.
I'm not talking about recovery between fights..I'm talking about your recovery WHILE you're training for a fight. Most fighters train daily and this is hard for the body to take, it can easily lead to over training. So believe me the most beneficial side of steroid use for a boxer would be the recovery aspect. The fact that you can go balls to the wall every time and not experience much loss in performance.

Quote Originally Posted by Wasp
I have no problems with peple in sport taking drugs. But it has to be one way or the other.
Either they totally legalise the drugs or they give life time bans to those who fail the tests.
That would be fair but you're missing my point! The smart boxers will take the steroids that don't stay in the body for long enough to be detected!! Some steroids waste metabolites are out of your body within a week where as others like Deca (nandrolone) will hang around for 18 months..hence why moron James Toney got caught.
My point is the smart boxers will never get caught even if a lifetime ban is threatened!!