Jake Paul has faced accusations of steroid use ever since he started his journey in professional boxing – and now doctors have weighed in as his fight with Mike Tyson approaches.
On November 15, Jake Paul will be battling returning boxing legend Mike Tyson inNetflix’s first-ever live combat sports event, but the bout hasn’t been without controversy.
The fight wasoriginally set for July 20, but got delayed when the 58-year-old suffered an ulcer flare-up during a flight in May.
Additionally, plenty of fight fans have criticized Jake for agreeing to fight Tyson to begin with, with many in the combat sports worldconcerned for ‘Iron Mike’and his health at this stage of his life.
However, one other factor at play, as suggested by former MMA fighter Dillon Danis, is that Paul is on steroids. On August 6, he tweeted a picture of an acne-ridden Jake with the caption, “Steroids are bad kids.”
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New York-based physician Dr Stuart Fischer said the photo is “definitely suspicious.”
Fischer explained toThe Daily Mailthat steroids can weaken the skin of someone who uses them and cause hormonal fluctuations, which can lead to acne and hair loss.
Sports performance nutritionist Tom Coughlin also chimed in, noting that ‘The Problem Child’ would certainly “have a reason” to use steroids and “improve his performance,” using hisTKO win against Mike Perryas an example.
“He’s certainly not, I suppose, put under the same sort of scrutiny as a professional athlete would when it comes to that,” he added.
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However, neither expert believes the photo is a “smoking gun” and have no way of knowing for sure if Jake is on steroids without first testing him.
His brother, Logan Paul, evengrilled him over the claimsin an awkward lie-detector test video back in June.
While hooked up to the lie detector, Logan asked Jake if he was on performance-enhancing drugs, to which the boxer responded: “If taking Viagra counts, then yes. It’s performance-enhancing, brother.”
Paul then replied with a simple “no,” and the test proctor determined he was being truthful.
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