Boxing And PEDs
It’s a mess. It’s also hard to write about. Take the case of Juan Manuel Marquez. He enlisted a confessed PED dealer, one who said he has since reformed, as his S&C coach. In his welterweight fight before enlisting Memo Heredia, against Mayweather, Marquez was paunchy and ineffective. The man’s a natural featherweight, 21 pounds below welter. Post-Heredia, he nearly beat Pacquiao in their third meeting, and was more powerful and cut than before. In the 4th meeting, he was hulk-like and frighteningly knocked out Pacquiao — a guy he had never even put down before. Then he undergoes some advanced testing for the Timothy Bradley fight and the power isn’t evident. Then he fights Mike Alvarado with no apparent advanced testing, shows up with chest acne and the power is evident.
It’s a mess. It’s also hard to write about. Take the case of Juan Manuel Marquez. He enlisted a confessed PED dealer, one who said he has since reformed, as his S&C coach. In his welterweight fight before enlisting Memo Heredia, against Mayweather, Marquez was paunchy and ineffective. The man’s a natural featherweight, 21 pounds below welter. Post-Heredia, he nearly beat Pacquiao in their third meeting, and was more powerful and cut than before. In the 4th meeting, he was hulk-like and frighteningly knocked out Pacquiao — a guy he had never even put down before. Then he undergoes some advanced testing for the Timothy Bradley fight and the power isn’t evident. Then he fights Mike Alvarado with no apparent advanced testing, shows up with chest acne and the power is evident.
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