Crolla - the Elephant in the room.

[mlac]

Listen before you accuse me of being a 'hater' or whatever, im a uk fan, i like crolla, seems like a nice chap, fantastic story of recovering from nearly a career ending attack on him.

....but let's just say it like it is, the dude is clearly on something.

He is struggling and losing against british level guy's, SUDDENLY after he steps up to world level, his head grows, he is suddenly ripped to shreds, he is beating and stopping fringe/world level guy's and we're supposed to ignore the obvious because ' he's a really nice guy'.

cmon now, he was a tiny guy who couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag, and he has now transformed into a totally different guy.

Improving as a fighter over the years is one thing...

This is a totally different thing...

[mlac]

from this

to this

[NEETzsche]

i kind of suspect that gallagher's whole stable is using

all of his fighters suddenly get massive improvements to their strength and fitness (roids), and it also seems to be a recurring theme that they are expert at cutting a lot of weight so that they have big size advantages in the ring (diuretics)

this is just a feeling with no real smoking gun of course, and i should note that i suspect a bunch of other notable fighters from various other stables are doping too

[soul_survivor]

lol Crolla is hardly some terrifying puncher now, jeez

[mlac]

lol Crolla is hardly some terrifying puncher now, jeez

I never said that, But he has gone from a totally feather fisted little guy who was not hurting anyone, (on the british level scene)

to a guy who is getting one shot KO's on the world level scene.

does that bring up any red flag's for you?

[BodiesInFlight]

Life threatening injury doe

New lease of life doe

I dunno anything about ped use tbh, but his transformation is certainly fishy to me.

[Tom Cruise]

He is a part of a stable that is absolutely buzzing in recent years.

In terms of power, he still is powder puff to the head. His body punching is much better because he sets them up really well (a feature of all Gallagher fighters).

He probably is using along with everyone else in the sport, but i wouldnt say he has done anything out of the ordinary. Lots of fighters improve their S and C as they move up through the levels because they can afford to employ more people. Nutritionists, s and c coaches etc.

[mlac]

i kind of suspect that gallagher's whole stable is using

all of his fighters suddenly get massive improvements to their strength and fitness (roids), and it also seems to be a recurring theme that they are expert at cutting a lot of weight so that they have big size advantages in the ring (diuretics)

this is just a feeling with no real smoking gun of course, and i should note that i suspect a bunch of other notable fighters from various other stables are doping too

agreed.

I think we all know there is a huge amount of boxer's that are using.

But when it becomes pretty obvious, that's when you gotta say something, for example Cuadras a few weeks back, his whole back is covered with mountains of acne and the further the fight went, the stronger he got. + no testing = it's fairly obvious, no?

Same with Crolla, Hearn would love you to believe that ' he has grown into the weight' or some other schit, but it's fairly obvious IMO of course.

[Tom Cruise]

I never said that, But he has gone from a totally feather fisted little guy who was not hurting anyone, (on the british level scene)

to a guy who is getting one shot KO's on the world level scene.

does that bring up any red flag's for you?

Yeah one shot kos to the body that were beautifully set up and very accurate. Doesnt mean he is punching that much harder than he was

[Tom Cruise]

Also in terms of losses.

The guys he lost to early in his career were good fighters, other than the first guy who was within Crollas first 10 fights. Sykes and Matthews in particular there is no shame losing to. Thats a tough apprenticeship

Maybe he just learned on the job?

I think you guys are judging him too harshly.