I am reading Roberto Duran's biography named "Hands of Stone" (by Christian Giudice) and on page 146, Duran said this about his 2nd fight with Edwin Viruet:
"They gave me this injection to get stronger and faster....an injection that they give to horses....."
Here is the source: read the yellow marked part:
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the 70-80's was the golden age of steroids, according to heredia
ped's kept popping into my mind watching a 37 year old duran vs barkley
the other guys, leonard/hagler/hearns i think where definitely roided to the teeth too
lol @ people making excuses for the guy. he clearly said he was given something to make him faster and stronger that was supposed to be given to hoses to make them lose weight??.
I've read the book, and if you read Carlos Eleta's quote the doctors have it to him to lose a LOT of weight quickly! Duran balooned up to 180 - 200 lbs between fights!
Have you ever seen Roberto Duran at lightweight? Why would he need something to make himself Strong and Fast when he already was strong and fast?? Which was more likely? That or giving a guy who had trouble making 135 something to help him lose weight?
I have top level show horses and it was probably Winstrol...which is, in fact, an anabolic steroid.
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The fact that they told him they would inject him with a PED and he accepted is enough proof that he was willing to cheat, even if it didnt have the expected effects
Well if those substances aren't banned by the commission or the sanctioning body, then it's not cheating. Today it would be the equivalent of training in high altitude or using hyperbaric chambers.
the man killing his own legacy........sometimes you should just be quite about certain things duran.
if they gave him one injection who's to say he didn't receive numerous injections? if he had one i can bet you a million dollars that he's received others.
and plus he had the infamous "panama lewis" working his corner..........doesn't surprise me with a guy like panama lewis.
I've never heard of an anabolic steroid to lose weight!!:bottle:
lol @ people making excuses for the guy. he clearly said he was given something to make him faster and stronger that was supposed to be given to hoses to make them lose weight??.
I have top level show horses and it was probably Winstrol...which is, in fact, an anabolic steroid.
I've never heard of an anabolic steroid to lose weight!!:bottle:
i could be wrong, as i have not looked into it specifically, but i seriously doubt there were drug tests being administered, or sanctions against what we call "PED" use when duran was a lightweight. that was 30-40 years ago.
if it's not illegal it is not cheating.
Exactly. I mean we are talking close to 40 years ago. Did they even have provisions for performance enhancing drugs back then? Performance enhancing did not even start to become a real science until the 80's, before then it was probably not only fully legal, but also dangerous from the sounds of it!LOL
He took PEDs and probably had a bad reaction, it happens sometimes when taking illegal substances.
Whether he succeeded or not he tried to cheat and who is to say he didn't try other injections.
Well he that right hand he caught from Hearns cleaned him out anyway.
If you don't know what the drug is you can't make accusations of cheating. Energy drinks improve performance so technically that's a PED, Caffeine was a banned substance until 2004.
I'm not too bothered about this but,
Firstly, No one seems to have considered what the banned list of substances was at this time to be cheating it would need to be on this.
Secondly, their have been many cases where athletes have confessed to doping, thinking they have received PED and actually the Dr /Team have been giving them a placebo.
He took PEDs and probably had a bad reaction, it happens sometimes when taking illegal substances.
Whether he succeeded or not he tried to cheat and who is to say he didn't try other injections.
Well he that right hand he caught from Hearns cleaned him out anyway.
i could be wrong, as i have not looked into it specifically, but i seriously doubt there were drug tests being administered, or sanctions against what we call "PED" use when duran was a lightweight. that was 30-40 years ago.
if it's not illegal it is not cheating.
I heard he was given horse tranqs to weaken him so that odds on his next fight would be massively against him at which point they took him off the tranqs, which returned him to normal killer levels
Yes i just pulled it from my ass
the old horse tranque hustle.
Yeah i forgot about Boldenone/Equipoise...it could be that too. Plenty of MMA and boxing guys have been caught for it in the past IIRC.
If i wanted to get yolked I could just go into my horses's medicine cabinet :lol1:
horses, huh?
that's pretty cool, man. i'm not very familiar with them, but they seem like very cool animals.
I heard he was given horse tranqs to weaken him so that odds on his next fight would be massively against him at which point they took him off the tranqs, which returned him to normal killer levels
Yes i just pulled it from my ass