Putting to rest the "Roid Jones Jr" ****.

[Vigilant3]

It has actually been shown to raise the aggressiveness levels in people. I'm not talking about snapping peoples' necks for looking at them funny, but a heightened level of aggression. It also gives the user a feeling of invincibility. If that was the case RJJ would have taken many more risks than he did in the ring. And I'm not talking about the fights that he chose, I mean the way that he fought them.

[THE REED]

damn, i knew about andro and the deal, but u added a lot more **** on it

which is why he was never suspended.... it was also LEGAL, WHEN it was in his body... as the fight that he tested positive was in 2001 oe 2002 and hey didnt ban the substance til 2004...

so it was legal while it was in his system, and he never tested positive for it again....

[ElGranLuchador]

luckily thats all in the past and now that roid jones jr is out of steroids we can see the true fraud he is

[THE REED]

luckily thats all in the past and now that roid jones jr is out of steroids we can see the true fraud he is

like the piece of **** in your avater? do you have any idea what kind of idiot you look like to everyone making statements about someone taking steroids and the guy in your avater killed his family because of the same thing?

Your one of the biggest jokes in this place.

[ElGranLuchador]

like the piece of **** in your avater? do you have any idea what kind of idiot you look like to everyone making statements about someone taking steroids and the guy in your avater killed his family because of the same thing?

Your one of the biggest jokes in this place.

never said steroids were good
at least benoit took steroids to look better
roy used them to cheat on his fights and unfairly win

[AznAssassin]

It has actually been shown to raise the aggressiveness levels in people. I'm not talking about snapping peoples' necks for looking at them funny, but a heightened level of aggression. It also gives the user a feeling of invincibility. If that was the case RJJ would have taken many more risks than he did in the ring. And I'm not talking about the fights that he chose, I mean the way that he fought them.

Well Shane mosley seems like a nice guy who isn't so agressive. Mistake me if i'm wrong, but i believe Mosley had a needle or two stuck in his ass.

[RichCCFC]

I don't think he took steroids, what good would it have done anyway?

Steroids are mainly for building muscle.

[abadger]

They consider it a precursor, not a steroid in itself. However, as I already posted in the main post androstenedione was tested and shown to have no muscle building effects beyond normal supplements whatsoever (in dosages that were available). They only produced testosterone, which would make it an anabolic precursor, in the most extreme cases where someone was taking the maximum possible dosage per day (300g). Even in that case it still offered no benefits to strength or muscle size.

Also, lucky, you got any references of the most intelligent people in the world denouncing Wikipedia? Most of the more intelligent people that I've talked to agree that it is a great source, but is to be taken at its face value. If you don't trust something on the site you can check its source (the citations are open to the public). If you find something wrong you can fix it.

Wikipedia is banned as a source for academic work in most universities in the UK and US.

Not saying that the article in question isn't accurate though.

As for Roy, if the substance he took wasn't banned in boxing then we have no basis to criticise him really.

[abadger]

Your point about agressiveness levels proves nothing though. If Roy had taken steroids there is no guarantee he would be some sort of snarling shouting beast, people can control themselves. Also, boxing is by its nature aggressive, Roy punches people for a living.

Lots of the other things you say are perfectly reasonable, as I've said, the main question is not whether the subsyance was a steroid, its whether he was allowed to take it. In snooker, beta blockers are banned, but they're as far from steroids as its possible to be.

[abadger]

I don't think he took steroids, what good would it have done anyway?

Steroids are mainly for building muscle.

Might help a middleweight go up to heavyweight.....just saying.