Daily Mail

I’D GO INTO RAGES AFTER TAKING DRUGS

- MIA ST JOHN EX-WORLD CHAMPION AND DRUG CHEAT

I REMEMBER walking into the gym and seeing one of my trainers injecting his male fighters with something and I just went into shock. I was very naive. Then I noticed one of my sparring partners had become much faster. She told me what she was doing and reluctantl­y I tried it because I felt like I wouldn’t be able to keep up. My doctor ended up going to jail so I had to go to the black market. I started suffering a lot of physical ailments. I had to have three hip operations, I would go into rages and get depressed. I have irreversib­le damage. I started talking about it but I couldn’t get any commission or official to listen to me. I felt like I was blown off, nobody wanted to hear about it. I remember going to a promoter and he told me I should be quiet. Some people are willing to risk our health, our lives, for selling a show.

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