Would Vitali Klitschko be competitive in other eras?

[Jedi Vader]

He didn't take performance enhancers to make it to the Olympics. He had an injured leg and was given a painkiller at the military hospital that contained a banned substance, he wasn't really aware of that. Nothing to do with performance that he couldn't make without.
Your post is nothing but assumption and the part where you list the many fighters that have been caught with substances is actually an argument for Vitali who has never been caught in his entire professional career.

Klitlickery of the extreme order.

[SirTomJones]

Klitlickery of the extreme order.

care to disprove this claim?

[Jedi Vader]

care to disprove this claim?

Why should I??? Vitali admits it himself and got kicked off the team. He was caught with steroids in his system.

That's a fact.

[Superflo777]

Why should I??? Vitali admits it himself and got kicked off the team. He was caught with steroids in his system.

That's a fact.

The drugs admission is made in Vitali's autobiography, which has just been released and so far is available only in German. In it, Klitschko reveals that he turned to steroids after aggravating an old leg injury he had sustained in a kick-boxing tournament.

"He went to a normal Ukrainian doctor who gave him something that would heal it, but he didn't check the doping list," Boente said.

Klitschko admits that it was a steroid - and shortly afterwards the substance showed up in a routine drug test.

There's your facts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...oid-abuse.html

[Jedi Vader]

"Vitali, you are hereby removed fron the Olympic team immediately for having a banned steroid in your system."

Fact.

[boxingking500]

"Vitali, you are hereby removed fron the Olympic team immediately for having a banned steroid in your system."

Fact.

no one gives a ****

Fact.

[Jedi Vader]

The drugs admission is made in Vitali's autobiography, which has just been released and so far is available only in German. In it, Klitschko reveals that he turned to steroids after aggravating an old leg injury he had sustained in a kick-boxing tournament.

"He went to a normal Ukrainian doctor who gave him something that would heal it, but he didn't check the doping list," Boente said.

Klitschko admits that it was a steroid - and shortly afterwards the substance showed up in a routine drug test.

[SirTomJones]

Why should I??? Vitali admits it himself and got kicked off the team. He was caught with steroids in his system.

That's a fact.

There's your facts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...oid-abuse.html

uh oh

[Jedi Vader]

uh oh

Vitali taking steroids and being removed from the olympic team is fact and ownership whether you like it or not..

[Dubblechin]

Vitali Klitschko earned his PhD in Sports Science the same year he tested positive for steroids before the Olympics.

And we're supposed to believe that Vitali -- the highly educated Sports Science Doctor, experienced international boxer and kickboxer -- went to a doctor who gave him painkillers that had steroids in them and Vitali "didn't check the doping list" to see if they were banned substances and the doctor didn't tell the athlete or his coaches what they had in them.



He was desperate to make the Olympic team, he was injured, he took drugs to speed his recovery, he thought they'd be out of his system by the time he got tested, and he got caught. Everybody who gets caught claims they didn't know what they were taking. But very few have a PhD in Sports Medicine.

He's either lying or he's a moron who should've had his degree taken away.

Now, the 40-year-old athlete, who was broken down with all sorts of injuries as at 20- and 30-year-old, is fit as a fiddle, performing at his very best and never gets hurt. Vitali Klitschko meet Roger Clemens.

I still think Vitali would hold his own with fighters from the past. I just don't think he'd still be fighting at this age. He'd have retired with injuries by his early 30s.