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Wee Tommy wrote: ↑03 Apr 2020, 07:35

paddy chavez wrote: ↑03 Apr 2020, 07:32

Completely different to me mate I've stuck most drugs in me for fun but I'd never take PEDs . not saying Tyson wouldn't just I've never heard that he was on steroids before

Folk tend to keep it quiet mate. Especially pro boxers.

Why wouldn’t you take PEDs?

I guess I'd want to win off my own back not because I've cheated .

paddy chavez wrote: ↑03 Apr 2020, 08:09

Wee Tommy wrote: ↑03 Apr 2020, 07:35

Folk tend to keep it quiet mate. Especially pro boxers.

Why wouldn’t you take PEDs?

I guess I'd want to win off my own back not because I've cheated .

The guys that get to the top like to win at all costs. Head buts, elbows, ear bites etc

Wee Tommy wrote: ↑03 Apr 2020, 08:11

paddy chavez wrote: ↑03 Apr 2020, 08:09

I guess I'd want to win off my own back not because I've cheated .

The guys that get to the top like to win at all costs. Head buts, elbows, ear bites etc

Being a bit dirty is fine there's a ref to decide what's allowed . I used to play a lot of golf and it's pretty much up to you to be honest with yourself I'd play with guys that I'd see take 6 shots and they'd say they got a par you're only kidding yourself I think

The Tyson/Ruddock steroids anecdote might be from Mama's Boy, but I no longer own the book to check. It could also be in Heller's book, or one of the numerous boxing magazines from 1991, or a later one, or all of the above.

It staggers me that people go on about Holyfield and steroids, like they don't think literally everyone in the 90s, and today, are on PEDs. Everyone was bigger than Holyfield, and on steroids, but Holyfield is the villain? Tyson Fury's the biggest guy out there, with every conceivable physical advantage, but still feels the need to use PEDs.