Do you believe Anthony Joshua is 'clean'?

[yoz]

I notice there's been a fair amount of talk here about his 'suspect' physique, so...

Do you think Anthony Joshua is a clean athlete?

Some idiots just won't believe he's on PEDs because that would mean that there's a fighters juicing and getting away with it. The naives ones believe that the cheaters get caught. Can you imagine how it would feel to them to realice they favourite fighter is on PED? specially that one who claimed he was trying to clean up the sport and ended up more muscular at 38 than at 28.

Yea i wont be convinced hes clean until i see him pass some tests. Either he's cycling or hes a freak of nature.

That HGH gut doesn't lie.

I think he will have a very short prime, IMO he's probably pushing his body to the max, probably won't be long until his joints and ligaments start falling part from the wear and tear.

honestly it's the most obvious case i've seen. he has HGH gut these days

One thing I got from the physiques at the weigh in were...

Whyte is definitely OFF the Peds.

AJ is still stacking like a boss.

To clarify, i'm an AJ fan. I think he'll go on to win a world title. It's just every AJ thread, it seems, is littered with accusations...

Edit: poll added.

[The Hammer]

Clean until proven dirty.

[SN!PER]

He looked similar in the Olympics, and they have very rigorous testing.

[D.Caesar]

I have no reason to believe he's not.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

He did say he learned a lot from the Klitschkos.....

[yoz]

He did say he learned a lot from the Klitschkos.....

[alexguiness]

AJ does have that roid gut.

I usually give athletes the benefit of the doubt, but it's hard to do that looking at Joshua.

Olympic testing is meaningless, look at what the Russian federation got away with for years.

[Jewish-Reptile]

He did say he learned a lot from the Klitschkos.....

Daggum, is that you ?

I have no reason to believe he's not.

Who is that in your avatar ?



I voted not sure, how can we ? He is suspect. And as stated he is huge compared to the past. He has a dishonest past and a shady promoter, it'll be interesting to see if he maintains that shape if he ever fights on a foreign card. I have my reservations but I'll never call him outright dirty without proof, this said I would not be shocked if he was busted.

[Tom Cruise]

Most likely no. But thats not due to him being in great shape, its because hes a pro athlete bringing in big money.

[Gr1fter]

His physique doesn't look unachievable with the small army of nutritionists, personal trainers, and financial backers that are behind him. He's a top level athlete who trains probably 6 times a week, and has probably been weight lifting for 10+ years. There's nothing "freakish" there- his most eyecatching pictures are ones where he's clearly flexing very hard.

I think the doubt surrounding Joshua just reflects how cr*p heavyweights have looked in recent years- we're not used to seeing guys like this. Don't forget that most ripped boxing physiques we see are restricted by weight limits- wheras in the unrestricted HW world Joshua can bulk up as much as he likes. Hence he looks particularly unusual by boxing standards.

The guy is basically a bodybuilder though- are we saying that it's impossible for a natural bodybuilder to look like Joshua? I don't think so. David Haye and AJ's physiques aren't that dissimilar, yet i never hear the former being doubted.

*that said, it wouldn't surprise me if AJ briefly dabbled with roids in his youth, given the whole dealing conviction. I don't think he's using now though. Vitali Klitchko tried roids as a teenager, and no one really holds that against him