roy jones and PED's..

[jaded]

Innocent till proven guilty...
Can you be 100% sure he didn’t use PED’s? No
Can you be certain he did use PED’s during his career? No
I’m personally convinced A LOT of current and former boxers are/were on PED’s, but until there is proof, they remain innocent.

The 2000 letter informing him he tested positive for anabolic steroid was posted in the OP...it's old news.

[low blows]

Prior to 2008/2009 PED's were not treated as serious an offense as today and it was somewhat accepted in professional sports that most athletes used them. The testing was much more easier to pass and sometimes when big stars like Roy Jones Jr failed a test...it might be swept under the rug and hushed up. Athletes would deny using them and everything was fine.

Then Marion Jones went to jail in 2008 for lying to federal agents in 2003 about her usage of PED's and the investigation into Balco named Sugar Shane Mosley as a Balco client. Mosley gave deposition to a grand jury admitting using them in 2003. The Mosley transcripts were part of a massive BALCO file that was under protective order from 2004 until 2009 and then became public knowledge.

Testing and penalties then became a whole different affair. But still at the highest levels athletes use top chemists to help them pass tests and if you're a super money maker in Las Vegas the commission may not want to tip the apple cart and let certain things and people have a little extra leeway.

Back in the day Roy Jones Jr was not really doing anything that many others...if not most others did and nobody really cared all that much about it...at least not as much as today anyways. The attitude was very different then.

All I have to say is hi Roy!

[BattlingNelson]

I didn't read all that but if he never tested positive I will assume he never used peds. He was naturally a great fighter. PEDS were not use that much when he was in his prime.

He DID test positive for steroids.

[iamboxing]

innocent I say even if he used steroids, **** anyone who says otherwise....cant call someone a cheat for something that doesn't improve skills or stamina...like panama ****face thats a real scumbag

['b']

innocent I say even if he used steroids, **** anyone who says otherwise....cant call someone a cheat for something that doesn't improve skills or stamina...like panama ****face thats a real scumbag

Not gonna get involved with whether Roy was a cheat or not, but that's silly.

Ever had steroids or known someone who has? Silly question, if you had personally had steroids you'd know

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

The 2000 letter informing him he tested positive for anabolic steroid was posted in the OP...it's old news.

Has the provenance of the letter been validated though?
As you say it’s old news anyway, I’m not denying the fact that Roy use PED’s (cause it’s probable he did) I’m just saying there isn’t enough evidence to confirm it. I suspect a vast majority of boxers from the 90’s were using PED’s tbh, it was a very different time.

[BattlingNelson]

Has the provenance of the letter been validated though?
As you say it’s old news anyway, I’m not denying the fact that Roy use PED’s (cause it’s probable he did) I’m just saying there isn’t enough evidence to confirm it. I suspect a vast majority of boxers from the 90’s were using PED’s tbh, it was a very different time.

It’s not just probable. It’s proven!

[Madison Boxing]

people like and admire him so his steroid abuse is swept under the carpet. other fighters arent so lucky

[Luilun]

It's been proven that the IV use was perfectly legal and could not have masked anything because Floyd provided a sample before and after.

Also all of the samples are monitored by Athlete Biological Passport testing protocols.

Yea like Pigs fly

[Dosumpthin]

Yea like Pigs fly

Really didn't expect a reply.



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Good luck in life hater.