Let me get this straight: Manny Pacquiao fears no man in the ring but is deathly afraid of…needles?
That would appear to be the case as the biggest fight in boxing could to be off due to “harassment”.
A report in the Grand Rapids Press quotes promoter Bob Arum.
“We appeased Mayweather by agreeing to a urine analysis at any time, and blood testing before the press conference and after the fight. Mayweather pressed for blood testing even up to the weigh-in. He knew that Manny gets freaked out when his blood gets taken, and feels that it weakens him. This is just harassment and, to me, just signaled that he didn’t want the fight.”
Floyd Mayweather’s insistence on random, Olympic-style, blood testing has so offended the Filipino Lord of the Ring that he’s now backing out of the biggest fight of the millennium, thus leaving millions on the table.
Arum goes on to call out Money May.
“Floyd, to me, is a coward and he’s always been a coward,” Arum said. “Not a physical coward, but a coward because he’s afraid to face somebody who could beat him. And believe me, Manny Pacquiao could beat him. So he’ll go his way, we’ll go our way, and that’ll be fine.”
Perhaps this is all posturing, just an excuse to create added drama for an already eagerly anticipated fight. It is hard to believe that these two fighters would walk away from the biggest payday in the history of the sport.
Silly issues such as this are the reason why the sport of boxing is caught in a full mount by the UFC. Sometimes the capitalist model of boxing fails the sport, thus making the fascist practices of Dana White seem more reasonable.
One would assume that in the near future, cooler heads will prevail and the money will do the talking. Until then, this is a suicidal move not only for the wallets of the fighters but also for the sport.
(Chris Shellcroft is the lead blogger for Just Blog Baby, occasional contributor on Lake Show Life and an all around righteous dude. You can follow him on Twitter.)
Clearly state of the art “chicken run” with stealth precision from the Mayweathers. A great clever way to duck! Looks like Pacquiao is ducking instead of Mayweather giving negative impact on Manny. Well here it goes, Manny Pacquiao agreed to blood testing 30 days prior to the fight and immediately after the fight This is not supposed to be an issue here guys! Blood testing will show the same results even if its taken 30 days ago and taken today right now as we speak! Here's one scenario if time frame for blood testing is really important for the Mayweathers: Ding!..Ding!…Ding!!!(bell rings to start the fight)..then all of the sudden the announcer said..stop the fight!!people from the commission are here to get blood samples from both fighters…Olympic Commission people enters the ring with 12 inch needles in hands and says…don't worry we only need two gallon of blood from each of you..hmmm…nice thought…LOL!!!
Clearly state of the art “chicken run” with stealth precision from the Mayweathers. A great clever way to duck! Looks like Pacquiao is ducking instead of Mayweather giving negative impact on Manny. Well here it goes, Manny Pacquiao agreed to blood testing 30 days prior to the fight and immediately after the fight This is not supposed to be an issue here guys! Blood testing will show the same results even if its taken 30 days ago and taken today right now as we speak! Here's one scenario if time frame for blood testing is really important for the Mayweathers: Ding!..Ding!…Ding!!!(bell rings to start the fight)..then all of the sudden the announcer said..stop the fight!!people from the commission are here to get blood samples from both fighters…Olympic Commission people enters the ring with 12 inch needles in hands and says…don't worry we only need two gallon of blood from each of you..hmmm…nice thought…LOL!!!
False, you can flush drugs taken in a week time. So why would you want Pac to know in advance the day of the testing? And why would he not accept the testing 5 days before the fight knowing that all traces can disappear a week after you stopped taking those substances.
@todaline – What substances? Your arguing a point that doesn't exsist. Mayweather doesn't want to fight – discuss.
With or w/o PED, Floyd is pretty scared of the PacMan. He wants a psychological advantage before the fight happens because Manny is uncomfortable with taking blood from his system before the bout. Call it superstitious but in his mind it is like cutting Samson's hair (bad luck) before the fight. Manny had this problem after he lost his first bout with Erik Morales where blood was drawn 48 hours prior to the fight. Floyd researched this and may have found a way out of the fight. Floyd just can't figure out how Manny had so much confidence and resilience when he fought Cotto and walking thru powerful blows and the only way to put him in his place is to plant a seed of doubt into his psyche. I say not to allow Mayweather to dictate the terms since there is already a system in place to drug test before and after the bout by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Manny already complies with the established regulations. Manny does not need to meet every whim of the Mayweather Boxing Council. He is the current Pound 4 pound king and it is HIS WBO title at stake. Manny does not need this guy to cement his legacy. It is Floyd who needs this bout. The PacMan can go after Sugar Shane Mosely or Andre Berto whoever is the winner of that bout. Also maybe fight Timothy Bradley. Big NO to Floyd because he always into theatrics and mind games in all his fights. Anyway, I want to see a fight not witness a track meet.
False, your not a medical doctor. You don't know what your talking about.
Who told you so? And yes, you can. Do some research and stop defending a guy who is willing to throw dozens of millions of $ away because he knows that without the help of those substances he's getting KOd.
If May didn't want to fight then why agree to all conditions including a never heard of $10 millions/pound over the limit? Why is it that the drug testing becomes suddenly a big thing when previously agreed upon? Did their supplier or a Doctor told them something they didn't know before? And if really he doesn't have ANYTHING to hide, wouldn't it be easy to just agree to it the way May has agreed to EVERYTHING and ANYTHING asked of him?
i think floyd's just playing mind games with manny. i regret the fact that this fight might not happen at all….