Comments Thread For: DeGale Says PED Use Continues To Be Widespread in Boxing

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There is actually a pretty simple way of having an extremely good idea of who is dirty.

If a fighter moves up and puts on a lot of muscle fast - they're dirty. It's that simple. It is physiologically impossible to put on a lot of lean muscle fast. And that is even if your whole training/living regime is dedicated to absolutely nothing else than muscle gains - which is not true of fighters.

The thing about boxing and wrestling and MMA is that the athletes are weighed and they cut to make weight so when they move up you are comparing like with like. They have cut out water for example so it's a pretty good measure of lean muscle mass and indeed they look shredded. This being the case you can tell if someone has put on pounds of what looks like lean muscle in a short time.

To anyone who knows sports science/physiology and sports like bodybuilding this is no mystery.

Merit in what you're saying, however in weight category sports, a lot of ped use is based towards enhancing recovery, retaining muscle mass whilst dieting etc.