Did fighters of the 80s, 80s and 90s use PEDS?

When you look at fighters from the 40-50s and fighters of today, the difference in physique wasn't all that big, they also showed signs of wearing down late in fights just like fighters of today (granted they fought longer), but when u compare these to fighters of the 70s, 80s and 90s, everything looks totally different in my eyes, the physique of fighters of the 80s looked like those of cartoon characters, I don't wanna say any names in specific so that fanboys don't flood the thread with childish stuff. The question is, did u guys also notice that difference or is it just me that fighters of the 80s and 90s looked better physically and had a better stamina and probably more power on average than fighters from the past and also fighters of today? it's understandable that they would be stronger and better physically than fighters before them, but what about the current fighters who all look like they're in poorer shape than the ones in the 80s? From What I know, drugs testing at the time wasn't as advanced as it is now and a lot of people in different sports were also doping, is there a high probability that these guys were on PEDs that would be banned today?

Comments (19)

Ahmed_Ismail

I think you can really notice the difference in heavyweights, look at the opponents of Klitschko, their physique and stamina, and look at the monsters from the 90s, the difference is really apparent, i was always very suspicious of how the heavyweight scene suddenly changed in the early 2000s from huge monsters with tremendous physique and stamina to a bunch of fat flabby plodders who can't go 4 rounds without gassing out.

10y ago

SplitSecond

That bull semen is another. Like I mentioned Robinson used to drink blood. Eating some worms is another. But this stuff is legal, and if these guys had steroids I don't think they'd be taking this stuff. Does Marquez still drink his urine? The answer is no btw. Marquez drank his own piss because he was clean then and needed to gain the weight.

10y ago

bojangles1987

Of course they were. They were probably legal for at least half those years, and had laughable testing when they were not. Plus the 70s-90s saw a ton of roiding in every sport. I've read some serious horror stories about how much steroids athletes were doign.

10y ago

IMDAZED

70s I don't think so... 80's perhaps a small amount 90's I think this is the ripe era for it, late 80s and straight into the 90s. 70's, yes. 80's was insane. 90's too.

10y ago

M_Bison

70s I don't think so... 80's perhaps a small amount 90's I think this is the ripe era for it, late 80s and straight into the 90s.

10y ago

SplitSecond

Yes. Everyone knows those old timey modern guys were all hopped up on bull semen & hamster testosterone. Its a little known fact Ray Mancini OD'd on bull semen back in 84 right after the Bobby Chacon bout which effectively ended his career as an elite fighter. That bull semen is another. Like I mentioned Robinson used to drink blood. Eating some worms is another. But this stuff is legal, and if these guys had steroids I don't think they'd be taking this stuff. Does Marquez still drink his urine?

10y ago

Jc8804

Tmt fans trying to drag down past greats .. I see right through the op's agenda. Everyone does it. No big deal. Floyd isnt the only one. Nope. This is the Ped era. Floyd is the pioneer of peds in boxing He made 30 percent of his career a fraudulent career By his own choices. He ruined his own legacy with peds and being a coward and a duck and a calculated cherry picker. Overated fighter

10y ago

IMDAZED

More than we could imagine. Based on the type of steroids those guys were using, you could practically tell just by looking at them.

10y ago

LarryX

http://s7.postimg.org/627386463/Duran_Screenshot.jpg I know Robinson used to drink blood. yep, i remember that

10y ago

SplitSecond

there's a book out there that talks about something roberto duran got to make wieght for the second leonard fight. "something they gave to horses" was the wording, IIRC. they've been giving horses hormones and other PEDS for far longer than they've been giving them to men. i don't think it's nearly the science today that it used to be, but i'm sure there were plenty of guys on something. if you recall, the "steroid era" in baseball was the 90's and early 2000's. guys were knocking the f#cking cover off of baseballs. http://s7.postimg.org/627386463/Duran_Screenshot.jpg I know Robinson used to drink blood.

10y ago

New_England

"give me the other bottle! the one i mixed!" panama lewis, asking for a special water bottle prior to aaron pryor's late round surge against arguello. you don't mix water with other water, lol...

10y ago

New_England

10y ago

DannyNL

Of course they did! Why wouldn't they? Drug testing was a joke. Mike Tyson talked about how he used to cheat the drug tests all the time in the 90s because he was using marijuana and cocaine. You think he wasn't using some other **** if he knew he could use whatever he wanted and easily cheat the test? You think other guys didn't have guys like Victor Conte and BALCO behind them, providing them with designer steroids and instructing them how to not get caught? Of course guys were juicing.

10y ago

The_Gambler1981

Amphetamines were real popular in the 60' and 70's also

10y ago

Slick_Rick

I think its pretty much certain. You only need to look at the parallels in Athletics to see the near impossible records (if you're clean) that were set back then. As well as the East European doping programmes that went on.

10y ago

Jc8804

No Floyd is the pioneer of the ped era. The barry bonds sammy sosa mark mcguire of boxing. The lance armstrong of boxing. #Hardworkmedication

10y ago

Ham_Porter

The 80's was such a great decade that they had to split it into two. The guy in your sig with the veins popping out out of his nostrils looks like he fought in the 80's.

10y ago

Kagami_Taiga

Of course, peds have been around since the 60s.

10y ago

JewishReptile

Yes, the same Anthony Joshua uses, only testing was less stringent and more difficult to cover up back then. Modern sciences, gotta love em.

10y ago