Everyone has temptations along the way, but some ingore it. Others, however, jump to it in order to speed up their carreer.

Morality is a choice – fair sport or chemical support. Some make the wrong choices and pay the price, others fear to admit defeat, so they look for excuses to go over the edge.

But morality is not limited only to “juicers”. Every sportsman wants to be great. Many use supplements. These are products that enhance a person's physical attributes. Not as fast as doping does, but they still do. An absolutely “clean” sportsman will train, regenerate, develop, but not as effectively as their colleague who uses supplementation. So by using supplementation, people provoke other people to use it too. This is a secondary factor, determining a choice: nobody forces you to use supplements, but you know they'te available, legal, used all over the world and effective.

So why not?

Doping – controlled substances, supplements – both serve the same purpose: getting results. As the RAA press representative stated, “juicers” and “naturals” have one thing in common – increasing results by using “magic” pills, both legale and illegal. Morality becomes a thin line here.

Let's forget supplements and controlled substances for a moment. Imagine everyone is equal. Is that possible? Not really, everyone is different, after all. Let's take Oleg Zhoh for example – with proper training this fighter is beyond everyone's reach. Is it fair that people who have natural advantages are better than people whod don't?

Morality is something different for every person. There's no clear definition of good and evil. Everyone makes choices based on socially acceptable standards. The process is an unbreakable circle.

In the next article of this series we will discuss fighters who became pros in the amateur leagues.

Artur Grigorian