did ali, ssr and srl ever take supplements

The golden age was very corrupt they had smelling salts used blinding against on gloves, used drugs, fixed fights etc. It was like the wild wild west.

if you consider performance enhancers "vitamins" then yea............... :pat: See previous post, above yours... :pat:

anybody know did any of these great fighters took vitamins of any kind to get an edge or was it old school eat right train hard, rest repeat They were probably on drugs, like Meth or some type of drug like cocaine. I know Ali was given some type of enhancement injections in his later career, some doctor injected him before the Holmes fight to get his energy levels up. It was in a documentary on espn 30 30 or something they talked about the doctor giving Ali some injections because his energy was so low, but never said it was steroids. Ken Norton was rumored to be on the juice he was good friends with Lyle Alzado. Back in the golden age they had NO drug testing and many fighters were using something because it wasn't illegal.

injected with what? vitamins? if you consider performance enhancers "vitamins" then yea............... :pat:

Vit. B12 and E was used a lot years ago. I used to give my fighters a B12 shot 48 hours in front of the bell and I used it when I fought years before that. Other than that diets were strictly kept intact and hydrating was controlled as scale time got closer. Everyone is different and what may work for one doesn't work well for another. Most fighters who are full time fighters know their bodies very very well. Ray

usage of? vitamins? duran said that he was injected with something at least 4 times.......

I'm sure they all tried out a few things here and there back then. Highly organised and systematic doping didn't exist to the same degree though. Specially tailored substances for athletes were rare if they existed at all. The same results wouldn't have been guaranteed that are guaranteed nowadays, so there probably would have been less incentive to dabble in that stuff than there is now.

Sugar Ray Robinson used to drink his own blood, which would increase red blood cell count similar to EPO.

anybody know did any of these great fighters took vitamins of any kind to get an edge or was it old school eat right train hard, rest repeat I'm curious as to why you keep talking about supplements. This isn't the first thread I've seen you make on supplements

:sucks: and irrelevant.A case of a bored poster looking to cast aspersions for what purpose?

It was in the 30 for 30 Ali-Holmes documentary. They said it was probably one of the reasons he was so gassed and sluggish in the fight. Honestly though it could just be some rumor they put in the doc to make Ali look better and make the story a little more interesting. He was apparently specifically taking it for weight loss He was gassed cause he was old and shot and had parkinsons syptoms by that point.... but yeah the thyroid pills didnt help.

anybody know did any of these great fighters took vitamins of any kind to get an edge or was it old school eat right train hard, rest repeat Ali took thyroid medication for the Holmes fight to loose weight because he was old, shot and fat at that point. Not really much of a PED, it weakens you, he lost a lot of weight but was obviously shot.

The stupidity in this thread is near to overwhelming. Think you're clever with your agenda? Real subtle. Fvcking retarded web ninjas, omg.

how the hell would we know?

That's a very strange strategy since being hyperthyroid causes muscular degeneration just as much as fat loss. I definitely wouldn't call it a "performance enhancer". Unless he was hypothyroid to begin with and taking it for medical compensation. It was in the 30 for 30 Ali-Holmes documentary. They said it was probably one of the reasons he was so gassed and sluggish in the fight. Honestly though it could just be some rumor they put in the doc to make Ali look better and make the story a little more interesting. He was apparently specifically taking it for weight loss

Ali took thyroid pills when he fought Holmes to lose weight. I don't know if it was illegal or not. That's a very strange strategy since being hyperthyroid causes muscular degeneration just as much as fat loss. I definitely wouldn't call it a "performance enhancer". Unless he was hypothyroid to begin with and taking it for medical compensation.

Maybe, but just for aesthetic purposes since most big fights back then were rigged by the mafia.

Roids have been around since the 30's................. And it's well known ALi was shoving whatever pill he was told to in his mouth well the thread title should of just said drugs instead of supplements. Protein shakes, creatine, fat burners are "supplements"

supplements didn't exist back then. Roids have been around since the 30's................. And it's well known ALi was shoving whatever pill he was told to in his mouth

supplements didn't exist back then.