So is there anyone out there who acually believes Anthony Joshua is a clean athlete?

[Basco]

It definitely is hard to imagine him looking the way he does alongside all the boxing training he does and the weight training its a clear case of overtraining if he is managing to do all the cardio, boxing training, and a full body workout 7 days in a week it's not that much really.

This is true. When you train to do 12 rounds, considering all the cardio involved, it will be hard to support muscle growth unless.....

[hugh grant]

If Bruno wasn't on PEDs then josh isn't. They look the same

[M Bison]

This is true. When you train to do 12 rounds, considering all the cardio involved, it will be hard to support muscle growth unless.....

I'm not a big believer on this genetic shiet, genetics make your body look good but overtraining is overtraining and that supports degradation assuming you're doing it naturally ofcourse.

[M Bison]

If Bruno wasn't on PEDs then josh isn't. They look the same

Natural bodybuilder


Why is Joshua competing pretty close to a guy who dedicates nothing else to his sport choice of just bodybuilding?

[Basco]

I'm not a big believer on this genetic shiet, genetics make your body look good but overtraining is overtraining and that supports degradation assuming you're doing it naturally ofcourse.

I am with you. The muscles need rest to grow and you don't get much when you are training for 12 rounds, let alone adding bodybuilding to the regimen. Boxers train mostly for cardio, their power come from the conditioning of the existing muscle and the ability to sustain the intensity for those 12 rounds. Every time you add muscle (especially big amounts) you have to deal with a tradeoff which usually comes at a high price in cardio resistance. Then again, there might be some legal stuff out there we don't know about.

[AliBombaye]

Not what so ever.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

No, AJ is definitely on roids.

So are the vast majority of professional athletes, and to some extent, even college athletes (hell, even in high school especially here in Texas).


It's just how it is.

[-Freddy-]

I also think most of these boxers are on it.

Look at other sports like cycling when Lance Armstrong was competing and how terrible it was.

Maybe boxing needs a huge scandal like that to really rip the lid off.

[Fury4daWIN]

I'm not a big believer on this genetic shiet, genetics make your body look good but overtraining is overtraining and that supports degradation assuming you're doing it naturally ofcourse.

Genetic variance is a factor in anything, but there are limits to how much your genetic predisposition can take you. Joshua's way over the limit.

[Fury4daWIN]

I also think most of these boxers are on it.

Look at other sports like cycling when Lance Armstrong was competing and how terrible it was.

Maybe boxing needs a huge scandal like that to really rip the lid off.

I'm not even sure anyone would care. Boxing is so unutterably corrupt I wouldn't be surprised if everyone didn't just move on as usual after the token righteous indignation has played out.

Look at the situation with Povetkin. That might be the future of the sport, unfortunately.