..another Holyfield article

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TweetEvander Holyfield Was Told Mike Tyson Used Steroids, By: Michael David Smith

March 14, 2007

Evander Holyfield was one of the athletes whose names appeared among the list of customers of a pharmacy that was busted for distributing performance-enhancing drugs. Now Holyfield admits to taking a drug from the pharmacy, but says it was for a "hormonal problem" and that he took it only briefly. And he says he never used steroids but was encouraged to do so in the 1980s and told Mike Tyson was doing it.

"Somebody high up in boxing mentioned to me that there was this other fighter who did steroids and I should too because it wasn't illegal in boxing yet," he said. "I said, 'I'm not going to do that. I ain't no cheater.' I was the undisputed cruiserweight champion and I was in the Olympics. If I started taking steroids, people would say, 'He cheated at everything.' But this guy told me, 'Well, [Mike] Tyson is doing it, you should, too. I said, 'I don't care if Tyson is doing it, I'm not.' "

Holyfield said he is not accusing Tyson of taking steroids; he was just relating the story. He also declined to say who addressed the subject with him, adding, "The person is still in boxing. People sue people. I don't need to get into that.

As I've said before, I've always been a Holyfield fan, but I don't think there's much doubt that Holyfield used steroids. The human body just doesn't change in adulthood the way Holyfield's changed from the time he was a cruiserweight to the time he was a heavyweight. Tyson's body looks like that of a steroid user, too, although Tyson was a freak of nature as a teenager, not a guy who kept getting bigger like Holyfield or Barry Bonds. I think Max Kellerman is probably about right in his estimate of how many heavyweights are using steroids.

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[Merc]

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I HATE THE NAME DROPPING FOLKS DO...

Me too I dont understand why people have to drop names like that, people just trying to get heat off of themselves

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TweetDude, I'm telling you, he's lying. I lived in ATL and I had visited Lee Haneys gym from time to time. I saw Holyfield swell up like nobody's business. I found it to be very conincidental that he starts training with the former Mr.O and then packs on all this beef. He also claimed to be a lot of things that he was contradicted on. I'm not judging the man, I'm just saying, he would be better off to say 'no comment' than to say anything. People always find out, just like with Barry Bonds, someone at some point or another is going to step up with the evidence, it's just a matter of time. But, I remember Holyfield before and after he trained with Haney and I can promise you, it wasn't just the training that made the difference. Let's face it, any Mr.O or former Mr.O has connections. Period.

[Merc]

TweetMrO is or was on Juice say it aint so Tman!! LOL Yeah I dont understand why they just say No comment too, of course maybe he wanted to drop tysons name might still be mad that Tyson thought his ear was a chicken wing LOL

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MrO is or was on Juice say it aint so Tman!! LOL Yeah I dont understand why they just say No comment too, of course maybe he wanted to drop tysons name might still be mad that Tyson thought his ear was a chicken wing LOL

That's a good point! I'm sure he's pissed at Tyson still. It's too bad for Tyson that he ever got involved with Don King. If he had paired up with a more honorable promoter, or should I say a promotor with even 'some' honor, he probably would have been coached to make better decisions. Tyson was a great fighter but his inability to lose his thug side got the best of him, and more than once. All that talent and no common sense, it's just a waste. But, with that said, I remember Holyfield stating his Christian faith and his good moral character publicly and then getting busted going to the Gold Club (a nudy bar that used to be in ATL). The media at that one up. It tough on these guys because if they had nothing as kids they don't know how to be smart about having everything as adults. They never had anyone to coach them on 'smart' choices. And to go to the Gold Club was just dumb because that was one of the hottest go-go bars in ATL. If was packed almost every night and the things that went on there.....let's just say the owner and some of the staff were hit with a 90 page indictment several years ago. Terrell Davis was noticed there and drug through some of those hearings, some B-Ball players were drug through it. It was ugly. But, apparently, what happened in the VIP did not stay in the VIP and man did heads roll.

Ok, I got way of track there, lol.

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Tweetkeep spilling Tman

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me too

[T-Man007]

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keep spilling Tman

LOL, those aren't secrets, those were all in the news. That's public information.

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Tweetpublic info that I don't know=good!

[T-Man007]

TweetI don't see how being uninformed is 'good' but ok. When things happen, people like to know. Just look at all the posts about stuff you share. It's public information that you share, so why not want to know other public information?

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TweetI do want to but sometimes you miss stuff you can't read everything, I have vast interests so staying up on all of them can be tough. thats why I like boards cause you can learn vasts amounts...so keep spillin' bro!