Is Evander Holyfield really a drug cheat?

[The Fightfan]

I just don't know. From what I've read and seen from old footage Evander used to walk around at 200 lbs and would lose around 10 lbs to make the cruiserweight division. In his first fight heavyweight against Tillis I believe in like 4 months he weighed 206 for that fight. I mean it isn't too much bulking up there. When he lost to Riddick and retired for a year he went from 208 to 217 and said he was working with Lee Haney six time Mr Olympian who has been found guilty of steroids. Whatever the case may be he has been getting away with it when alot of other's have been getting caught. So right now I would say no .

As I look at box rec he was 202 when he fought Tillis. Also he fought Alex Stuart less than a year later after the first fight with Riddick he weighed in at 212.

[KananKrus]

Yes. I think he went that path, shortly before facing Tyson. IMO, he did so to ensure a cability to compete against Mike Tyson, who was so menacing anad invincible around that time.

[Spicoli]

Yes. I think he went that path, shortly before facing Tyson. IMO, he did so to ensure a cability to compete against Mike Tyson, who was so menacing anad invincible around that time.

Are you serious with this

[Master]

Evander is innocent until proven guilty. Micheal Moorer shot up two divisions and nobody says anything because it can be done.

[The Fightfan]

Evander is innocent until proven guilty. Micheal Moorer shot up two divisions and nobody says anything because it can be done.

Very True.

[OumaFan]

Yes. I think he went that path, shortly before facing Tyson. IMO, he did so to ensure a cability to compete against Mike Tyson, who was so menacing anad invincible around that time.

Are you serious with this

[Kirkland Laing]

Yes he took steroids and yes most heavyweights and lots of other weight boxers do too. If they did regular random testing then plenty of big names would have been caught over the years.

[Wayne]

Yes he took steroids and yes most heavyweights and lots of other weight boxers do too. If they did regular random testing then plenty of big names would have been caught over the years.

With them only testing after the fight it is extremely easy for a fighter to use steroids all through training camp and never get caught. Random testing is the only way to catch these guys in the act but when you have no true organization ruling over fighters it's next to impossible to catch the smarter ones. Ban a guy in Tennessee he'll go fight in Arkansas. To really hurt a fighter you have to ban him in New York and Las Vegas and most of the other states won't touch him. But then there's always overseas.

[holmcall]

It depends on how you categorize Viagra!

[Wayne]

Yes. I think he went that path, shortly before facing Tyson. IMO, he did so to ensure a cability to compete against Mike Tyson, who was so menacing anad invincible around that time.

Are you serious with this

As much as I love Mike Tyson, invincible is hardly the word I would have used to describe him at the time. Lazy is more like it.