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Don’t know whether Tyson did or didn’t take steroids, but as a few have already stated, the guy was a physical freak from a very early age. In the Tyson biography “Bad Intentions,” by Peter Heller, the author tells how Mike, then about 13 or 14 years old, bench pressed 250 pounds ten times, the first time he ever lifted. I’m going off memory here, so I might be slightly off, but you get the point. Anyone who’s ever lifted weights understands what a feat this is. I often suspect certain physiques of being steroid-built; but in Tyson’s case, I don’t harbor such su****ions. Holyfield, on the other hand...
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recreation drugs like ******* and weed he has done , I don’t believe he used steroids or hgh , no tests proved otherwise and no where I have ever seen that he said he straight up used steroids or PED’s.Comment
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Here is my experience with Mike Tyson,
The year was 1981 in Times Square Boxing gym in NYC, I was a 16 year old with quiet a good experience (a term that fighters use when you reach a certain level..etc..) , I was sparring with some very good amateur fighters. As I finished my sparring, i noticed this fighter who wasn't from our gym but he did come often to spar in the gym. I didn't know him, but we did speak primarily about boxing stuff like keeping your hands up, shortening the hook, moving your head & jabbing. But what really took me by surprise was this guy, I was told was 15 yrs old. I mean he had a huge head, his arms & thighs were very thick, he had a huge back. He was too big to be 15 years old. And to my surprise he is gearing up to spar with these good professional heavyweight fighters. And what really shock me was that he was whipping & if not whipping, he sure was getting their respect! This kid was really letting his hands be felt. That right there I have rarely seen till this day in the gym. When he finished I went over to him & asked, how long you've been boxing?...he responded something like 1 1/2 -2 years. I was impressed. He wasn't solidly built yet, he had a lot of baby fat, but he already was something special.
The years would go by... I would eventually stop boxing & completely have nothing to do with the sport anymore. Then one night I'm in my hood & someone tells me 'yo, lets watch Mike Tyson fight at the bar! I'm like who's that???... so reluctantly I go to the bar, as I'm watching the fight it was that 15 year old that was sparring with those professional heavyweights back in '81 at Time Square Boxing Gym. He was fighting Mitch Blood Green.
This kid didn't take steroids, he was naturally big.Last edited by sugar ray lenrd; 12-26-2018, 02:24 PM.Comment
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Yes, indeed; Not prime Tyson but the post 1995 Tyson did.Comment
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Malignaggi said EVERY contender uses steroids.Comment
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--- Dumb thread as expected by ninnygram IQs with attention spans of gnats...Comment
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Sure he was, he even admitted it years agoComment
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You say how else can he be so huge lean and hit that fast. So you have already made up your mind that he was on something and are asking a question you are convinced you know the answer to. I have never seen proof that any ped increases the speed and power of a boxer's punches. Many boxers in the days before any peds or steroids were used hit with great speed and power and I don't believe they would have hit harder or faster by using them if they had been able too. Would guys like Marciano, Dempsey, Louis, SRR, Henry Armstrong and Sam Langford to name a few have hit harder or faster if they had used peds or steroids? I doubt it. I don't know if Tyson took anything illegal. I think it's very possible that he never did anything but train hard and eat right.Did Mike Tyson and the top heavyweight boxers take steroids or any other performance enhancers?
I think he might have taken testosterone. How else can he be so huge, lean and hit that fast. don't forget all the top boxers of his era earned millions and would have easily had access to steroids and masking agents
Either way, still one of the greatest knock out artists and was exciting to watch
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