Vitali Klitchsko: does Peter even have a chance?

[Lance Uppercut]

I think it's just as naive to assume that the first time a drunk driver is arrested is the first time he was caught. Sure, he was caught only once and that's where it ends so far as the facts go, but I don't buy anybody who says their doctor prescribed them something and they didn't know what it was. That would be beyond irresponsible on both parties parts to the point of not being believed.

To piggy back on your comment, in college, I used to catch shop lifters for a retail store. When caught, almost everyone of them would swear it was the first time they ever stole anything.


Apparently, some members of this forum would naively buy that explanation.

On those same lines, do you believe that James Toney only used steroids twice: the two times he was caught.

When someone is definitively caught cheating by an objective test, they lose the "benefit of the doubt."

[Wayne]

I was willing to give Toney the benefit of the doubt after the first time. He didn't get ripped overnight and he had been plagued by injuries. I thought he might have taken something just to heal his body, but after the 2nd time. Hell, he's stupid for not turning that fat into muscle and my esteem in him has plummeted.

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To piggy back on your comment, in college, I used to catch shop lifters for a retail store. When caught, almost everyone of them would swear it was the first time they ever stole anything.


Apparently, some members of this forum would naively buy that explanation.

On those same lines, do you believe that James Toney only used steroids twice: the two times he was caught.

When someone is definitively caught cheating by an objective test, they lose the "benefit of the doubt."

Exactly. Hadn't heard about this failed test before, but it's turned my opinion against Vitali for good.
The vast majority of drugs cheats plead ignorance, after all, prison is full of people who didn't do it. As a PhD in sports science his pleading of ignorance is even more ridicilous.

[Wayne]

Exactly. Hadn't heard about this failed test before, but it's turned my opinion against Vitali for good.
The vast majority of drugs cheats plead ignorance, after all, prison is full of people who didn't do it. As a PhD in sports science his pleading of ignorance is even more ridicilous.

I hadn't even thought of that, but you're absolutely right. That makes Klitschko's claim of 'innocence' even more unbelievable.