There have always been stories about the specter of steroids haunting around the boxing rings. Often, there are reports about professional boxers using steroids for getting success in the rings. Recently in Feb/March 2007, Evander Holyfield, a multiple-time world cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, was the boxer who was linked to a pharmacy in Alabama that is currently under investigation for distributing steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.
The Warrior Holyfield whose name appeared on the list of customers of pharmacy admitted that he was taking a drug from the pharmacy, but claimed that he was using the drug for a “hormonal problem” and he just took it for a brief period. Holyfield told that he never used steroids but was encouraged to do so in the 1980s, and also revealed that Mike Tyson was doing it.
Holyfield said, “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,” I said, ‘I’m not going to do that. I ain’t no cheater.’ I was the undisputed...