Comments Thread For: Brazilian heavyweight Jose Adilson Rodrigues Dos Santos dies age 66

[low blows]

How are you so sure Evander wasn’t juicing? He started at 175, moved up to cruiser, then became a legend at heavyweight. Holyfield trained with eight-time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney. Maybe he was clean, maybe he wasn’t; but no one can say with certainty that Holyfield wasn’t on PEDs. It was that era. If I had to bet my life on it, I’d lean towards Evander being juiced.

He was juiced and was a more obvious juicer if he you understand weight gaining in boxing and the history of smaller men moving up to the open class. Plus he had a "stiff heart" which is a tell tale sign of juicing as many bodybuilders have this after decades of juicing. Also he had the PED delivery to "Evan Fields" who he claimed was his brother or another relative.

[MatteoAlderson]

The Foreman KO was awsome. On the steroids use concerning Evander, he weighed 205 for the Rid**** Bowe fight in November of 1992. For the rematch one year later he weighed 2017. 12 pounds of pure muscle is possible in a year, but it's an impressive feat and very difficult to do. With experts like Mackey Shilestone it's possible. Adilson beat James Tillis, Alfredo Evangelista and Bonecrusher Smith. If you go to boxrec the fight against smith was a split decision with one judge having 9 rounds to 1 for Smith and The other two have it by 1 and 2 points for Adilson probably a Brazilian robbery. Anyways mad respect and props to Adilson he was one of the top 30 Heavies in the world for about 7 years. Rest in peace! We are still here talking about you!

[BodyBagz]

There has to have been 100,000s of boxers
MAYBE 1% died from it.

Let's not panic just yet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh yeah, RIP

[Boxingfanatic75]

How are you so sure Evander wasn’t juicing? He started at 175, moved up to cruiser, then became a legend at heavyweight. Holyfield trained with eight-time Mr. Olympia Lee Haney. Maybe he was clean, maybe he wasn’t; but no one can say with certainty that Holyfield wasn’t on PEDs. It was that era. If I had to bet my life on it, I’d lean towards Evander being juiced.

I am 100% certain he was juicing. Maybe I read the comment wrong

[CubanGuyNYC]

I am 100% certain he was juicing. Maybe I read the comment wrong

A misunderstanding, then. I’m not as sure as you are, but I would bet on it. Strangely enough, maybe more damning than anything else was that “Evan Fields” alias. To be sure, no one from that era is beyond sus-picion. Mother-f-uckers are still doing it.

[Boxingfanatic75]

A misunderstanding, then. I’m not as sure as you are, but I would bet on it. Strangely enough, maybe more damning than anything else was that “Evan Fields” alias. To be sure, no one from that era is beyond sus-picion. Mother-f-uckers are still doing it.

I’ve always said anyone not on VADA 24/7, has done, is doing or is thinking of doing. There’s absolutely no reason whatsoever that all shouldn’t be enrolled and the sanctioning bodies along with the promoters pay a part of their cut. That’s why I always laugh when people lambast those that have failed tests because it’s some form of hero worship that their guy didn’t. To that I say, yours just hasn’t been caught yet.

[The D3vil]

Man, it's crazy, I've always looked at how George Foreman KO'd him & thought "he's definitely going to feel the residual effects of that".

I've been saying that for YEARS

Foreman's scary KO of Joe King Roman also made me say that.