Ur comparing 2 different sports... its like apples n oranges. So far, as we know it, steroids has never turned an average boxer into a dynamo. Vargas used roids, but still got stopped by dlh. Shane used roids, but had a worst performance against dlh when he did. We don't have one case where roids turned an average boxer into a great boxer.
Ur comparing 2 different sports... its like apples n oranges. So far, as we know it, steroids has never turned an average boxer into a dynamo. Vargas used roids, but still got stopped by dlh. Shane used roids, but had a worst performance against dlh when he did. We don't have one case where roids turned an average boxer into a great boxer.
Is it possible that for boxers, EPO can work as some sort of a placebo? I mean you'd go thinking, "Yeah! I actually feel stronger now!" and thus make you train harder, since you've convinced yourself your stronger/faster/tougher than what you really are?
He didn't win any significant races because everyone else was abusing too.
The year he won there were many notable names missing from the field.
Any way that you cut it many cyclists were beating these blood-urine tests for years and doing it everytime. In fact cycling was probably the dirtiest sport in the world despite having the most stringent testing.
Pretending that these tests will clean up boxing is a joke, and the only thing worse than insisting they are a necessity is the fact that fans will gladly drag the name of a fighter like Andre Ward through the mud over an issue they really know nothing about.
Is it possible that for boxers, EPO can work as some sort of a placebo? I mean you'd go thinking, "Yeah! I actually feel stronger now!" and thus make you train harder, since you've convinced yourself your stronger/faster/tougher than what you really are?
But its scientific fact they EPO boost red blood cells, therefore increasing oxygen levels.
Is it possible that for boxers, EPO can work as some sort of a placebo? I mean you'd go thinking, "Yeah! I actually feel stronger now!" and thus make you train harder, since you've convinced yourself your stronger/faster/tougher than what you really are?
anything can have a placebo effect, thats not substance specific, its more fighter specific....
nothing different than a fighter training at high altitude
Is it possible that for boxers, EPO can work as some sort of a placebo? I mean you'd go thinking, "Yeah! I actually feel stronger now!" and thus make you train harder, since you've convinced yourself your stronger/faster/tougher than what you really are?
exactly, mind over matter.
Look at Carl Froch, he believes he's Ray Leonard and god damn it, he's a winner.
But its scientific fact they EPO boost red blood cells, therefore increasing oxygen levels.
its also scientific fact that training at high altitudes boost red bloodcells, therefore increasing oxygen levels. should training at high altitudes be banned???
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