In " farming weeds" the champ tells the truth, not the whole truth, (because not every body can handle the whole truth) but the truth.
Excerpt from the book:
--- After three days of torture, when my body weakened and I couldn't bear it any longer, they took me by car and dumped me at Mexico Square. Because of the beatings, my body swelled up and there was blood in my urine. It took 15 days of treatment for me to recover.--