Did Muhammad Ali take performance-enhancing drugs?

I don't think the type of performance enhancing drugs suitable for boxing that are available today were even invented back then. Sure there was PEDs for strength and muscle gain (see those female USSR shotputters from any Olympic Games in the late 60s/70s) . read more

I don't think the type of performance enhancing drugs suitable for boxing that are available today were even invented back then. Sure there was PEDs for strength and muscle gain (see those female USSR shotputters from any Olympic Games in the late 60s/70s) . read more

In his early 20's, Muhammad Ali was nearly knocked out by Henry Cooper. If it weren't for the bell, it was doubtful if Ali would've beat the count. A decade later Ali would take some of the best punches of Frazier, Norton, Foreman and Shavers. read more

Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) won a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome. A physician working with the 1960 US Olympic weightlifting team, Dr. Ziegler, administered Dianabol, an anabolic steroid, to the entire weightlifting team. read more