They can give a fighter an advantage in certain areas, be that cutting weight, strength, stamina whatever it is. Now if one fighter is on them and the other isn't, it's an unfair advantage.
You'll probably say "show me" but what do you want to be shown? If they do not provide an advantage then why would fighters take them and risk a fine, ban etc?
Why is it bad for boxing? Again these fighters get certain advantages from PEDs and it's unfair on the fighters who are clean. If everyone was allowed to take them, it'd be an even playing field and we wouldn't be having these discussions.
There's a netflix documentary on the Conte scandal and there are certain athletes on there that benefited from it that are on the documentary talking about what advantages they got from PEDs and how they improved as a result. Some would break records and get to positions they would never be in without the PEDs. It's bad for sport if certain substances are banned and some athletes get those advantages while clean athletes don't.
Having loaded wraps may be more dangerous but it's similar in that one fighter has an unfair advantage over the other.
You'll probably say "show me" but what do you want to be shown? If they do not provide an advantage then why would fighters take them and risk a fine, ban etc?
Why is it bad for boxing? Again these fighters get certain advantages from PEDs and it's unfair on the fighters who are clean. If everyone was allowed to take them, it'd be an even playing field and we wouldn't be having these discussions.
There's a netflix documentary on the Conte scandal and there are certain athletes on there that benefited from it that are on the documentary talking about what advantages they got from PEDs and how they improved as a result. Some would break records and get to positions they would never be in without the PEDs. It's bad for sport if certain substances are banned and some athletes get those advantages while clean athletes don't.
Having loaded wraps may be more dangerous but it's similar in that one fighter has an unfair advantage over the other.
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