Comments Thread For: Tony Thompson Explains Why Doping Should Be Legal

When asked about professional boxers using PEDs, Tony "The Tiger' says: "They're Grrr..eat!!"

If Doping is legal then it'll be a battle of PEDs and not a battle of skills

I doubt he meant Briggs who was caught and isn't on top, it's much more likely he was alluding to Klitschko who nearly 40 has an excellent physique and who beat Thompson twice (everyone loves an excuse, right?). We hear this all the time from people who lose fights or don't have the discipline to stay in shape. It's easier than believing the other guy is a better boxer. Klitschko got the money to beat the tests doe :dunce: as if Berto, Rios, Jones Jr, Salido etc didn't have money. Have you actually managed to kid yourself that Klitschko is clean, despite the well documented history of high-level Soviet doping regimes? Quite cute really.

“As long as it don’t kill a person or anything like that, you should be able to take whatever it is you want to take, but again, you tell your opponent. Lol. How do you ensure that, Tony?

he can't be talking about Mayweather he reached the tender age of 38 and still... he is Mayweather they have no right to point the finger at him because he is the best ever and doing that is a sign of hatred, no not him the rest of them are open season. Mayweather is winning based on skill, he can be 80 and still beat these young contenders b/c they have no skills PEDs don't help his game and plus it injures his legacy; he would never do that not even for... you know... millions and millions of dollars.

Christ on a bike! No. No. No. It should always be a battle of who is the best fighter, not a battle of who has taken the best substances. Exactly.....allowing it is completely ridiculous. I think testing for banned substances should be compulsory in all title fights, if not all licenced boxing. All the drugs cheats can nosh off to unlicensed or illegal boxing where they belong. Putting lives at risk and ruining careers.....bellends!

everybody knows gayweather jr is on steroids.thats who thompson was talking about. yes I say you are right payweather looks better at 40 then when young

Boxing would lose credibility if we allowed roids. Imagine if we legalized roids and in that same year guys start dying, it would look terrible. "You look at the bodies, of some of these guys, at some of these advanced ages and you tell me, is it not a little fishy?" We know who you're talking about Tony.. http://roundbyroundboxing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Shannon-Briggs-Lars-Baron-.jpg I doubt he meant Briggs who was caught and isn't on top, it's much more likely he was alluding to Klitschko who nearly 40 has an excellent physique and who beat Thompson twice (everyone loves an excuse, right?). We hear this all the time from people who lose fights or don't have the discipline to stay in shape. It's easier than believing the other guy is a better boxer. Klitschko got the money to beat the tests doe :dunce: as if Berto, Rios, Jones Jr, Salido etc didn't have money.

If Doping is allowed there'd be more dead heros and brain dead bravodos out there.kinda like you see in the streets.

lol what you think all british fighters are clean? don't be naïve You should probably let me answer the question instead answering it for me and deciding I'm naive, no? Since you asked, I don't believe all British, Russian, Polish, Mexican, Argetinian or Puerto Rican fighters are clean. I do believe that when caught none of them should be given a pass, no matter how good they appeared or how nice they seemed. If boxing fans condone drug use, we don't have a sport at all just a doping competition like 80s sprinting or 90s cycling (and that's without factoring in the added danger).

He's clearly calling Wladimir a doping cheat right here. I guess like Paulie, envy breeds jelousy and that breeds a need to criticize others accomplishments. Sad really.

Yeah, fuck them with their cheat's mentality, lives and long-term health are at stake in this sport. Glad they're getting caught more regularly nowadays, this guy shouldn't have been able to conceal it for 2 years with legal action, lying pos.lol what you think all british fighters are clean? don't be naïve

Ban the c**t. Khan should have a no contest vs Peterson and Price should sue the s*** out of Tony.lol price is also on ped's that's the whole point everybody is on it.

everybody knows gayweather jr is on steroids.thats who thompson was talking about.

I agree with him. They're not preventing PEDs, but they could regulate them. Guys are using in them in uneducated ways causing harm to themselves. With some PEDs it's almost a gray area in the difference between legal/illegal and why one's legal/illegal. They would be leveling the playing field by opening it up to both contestants, not just the one with better connections. Most PEDs are focused on out of season enhancing, making the body stronger before training camp. Some fighters use high altitude or hypoxic training to get the same benefits/advantages from doping. Yes they sacrifice more to achieve it, but they still show up for a fight with that advantage over their opponent. Some fighters are using cryo-chambers and hyperbaric chambers for faster recovery, again providing them with an artificial advantage. Where's the line and why is it a line? If fighter A has more money for better training, better sparring, and better nutrition isn't that an unfair advantage? What the true purpose of banning PEDs? Fighter A is rich and picks an opponent on short notice, how that less dangerous to Fighter B, than if he had full training camp to prepare for a guy who's on the same/similar supplement as him? Keep in mind 20 years from now PEDs will be nearly obsolete with genetic manipulation on the horizon. Altering somebody's body to have faster recovery or faster/stronger muscles.

Logic like this can only come from someone who calls D.C. home. Anyone that supports a crack smoking mayor will surely see no problem with roids in boxing. You are delusional if you think Marion Barry was or is the only politician to use cocaine. So based on your comment should Americans not support the democratic party because of the drug czar during the Carter administration snorted cocaine in the white house during a social gathering. Or should Americans not support the republican party because a senator from the state if Florida who was pushing stricter drug laws was caught in a sting buying an 8 ball of cocaine on the street. Please don't act like Marion Barry was or is the only one. For the record I'm not from DC and I absolutely am against any PED's or methods in any sport other than natural exercise

Ban the c**t. Khan should have a no contest vs Peterson and Price should sue the s*** out of Tony. Yeah, fuck them with their cheat's mentality, lives and long-term health are at stake in this sport. Glad they're getting caught more regularly nowadays, this guy shouldn't have been able to conceal it for 2 years with legal action, lying pos.

Tony T is one intelligent Brother Einstein had nothing on the genius of Tony Thompson the astute 45 yr old unschooled boxing fringe contender. Tony got a bad sample when tested for drugs now the T is trying to be logical??? What a hoot?

He said this before he got banned too.

They are all taking PEDs. With the difference that top "rich fighters" get expensive expert PED assistance... Which then distorts the level of competition further...