Arum: “If Mayweather wants to fight Manny, it will have to be under the rules of the commission”
January 22nd, 2010
By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum doesn’t sound like he’s ready to give in any about the random blood tests for a future fight between his fighter World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. In an article at the Manila Bulletin, Arum, 79, said this: “If Mayweather wants to fight Manny [Pacquiao], it will have to be under the rules of the commission that governs the fight. You cannot have fighters in this sport imposing regulatory restrictions on other fighters because they damn well please.”
The Nevada Athletic Commission only requests that urine best tested for the presence of illegal performance enhancing drugs, not blood. Leaving it to the commission to decide about the testing methods for the fight is kind of a cop out if you ask me. Instead of saying, ‘Our fighter doesn’t want to take the blood tests.’ Arum, in this case, is putting the ball in the hands of the commission that oversees the fight.
Obviously, since there are no rules about this, it’s unlikely that the commission is going to ask for blood to be tested. The thing of it is this is something that Mayweather was asking for, just as Pacquiao’s team asked for the $10 million per pound penalty in case Mayweather comes in over weight for the fight.
It’s something that would be worked out with both fighters and not something that was written into the rules by the commission. If Arum and Pacquiao want to leave this to the commission, it seems to me that the chance of their being random blood tests for a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight is fairly remote at best. You might as well say ‘I don’t want to fight Mayweather,’ because I can’t see a fight with him moving forward if they take that stance and leave it to the commission to decision.
Of course, the commission will say they only check for urine and not blood, so Pacquiao and Arum will get their way. But really, they won’t get their way because it means a fight won’t take place unless Mayweather gives in and decides not to have random blood testing take place for the fight. That’s possible, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Arum continues “That is chaotic,” speaking about the random blood tests. “Nobody in their right mind should allow that to happen, whether it’s Mayweather or God knows who else.” I see things different from Arum. The blood testing is just one of the things that Mayweather wants just like any other thing. Picking out the location of the fight, the glove size, and the penalty for coming over weight are all things that are open to negotiation.
I don’t see that Mayweather is asking for all that much to make this fight happen. But if Pacquiao and Arum don’t want to have the blood tests take place, then there is no fight. It’s as easy as that. If they absolutely don’t want to bend on this issue like they were willing to do previously, then as I said recently, there’s really no point in continuing to mention fighting Mayweather in the future because it probably won’t be happening unless random blood testing is part of making the fight.
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mayweather dominated burton..in their fight..combinations of left elbows and right straight..good ko combo..
pacquiao must undergo blood tests..but manny to choose of gloves to be 4 ounces, 10M per pound penalty, and split purse..
This writer did understand the the statement “Mayweather does not make rules…This writer said, “it should be negotiated”; then why the hell the mayweathers and GBP started to insinuate in their press release that pacquiao is in roids instead of staying in the negotiating table. If they other party is not comfortable with their demand, they should have offered an acceptable compromise rather than disseminating press release.
that’s is just another FMJ strategy to remove the power of Pacquiao during fight night. he knows that he has no power. see how scare a bluffer like him works? he already ducked cotto whom pacquiao didn’t. He knows he can outrun Manny and win by points but can’t outpower him that is why the blood test came out their cracked heads. He knows that the power of manny is the only problem whom he can’t do anything about it. such chicken.
by the way, PPV’s before was not now. his PPV’s are way far already from now. the rib injury news before was only a strategy to prolong the fight of FMJ and JMM because the tickets aren’t selling…
Floyd mayweather Jr. is the biggest prima donna in boxing. To those FM Jr fans, go support this crackhead, coward, trash-talker and ducker who loves to humiliate himself. Even a crackhead needs supports too. He he. I for one – and millions of other – have found the right one to support and that it Pacquiao!
Unico it seems, has gotten under alot of people’s skins for pasting an interveiw with a doctor. I suppose the truth hurts.
Josh,
Mayweather vs. JMM got over a million PPVs.
MAyweather vs. Hatton got under a million PPVs.
How is that lowering? you do realize he fought Hatton before he fought Marquez? So, yes, you are proven wrong. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about. And Mayweather-de la hoya had 2.44 million- more than any fight ever, including heavyweights. Mayweather got more PPV buys against de la hoya than Manny did. He got more against Hatton than Manny did. He got more against JMM than Manny did. Honestly, do you even know what you are talking about??
pacquiao ducks the fight by refusing to have his blood sampled (a standard part of performance enhancement testing in other sports) but people blame mayweather for the fight failing to happen, if pacquiao is clean he should have been happy to have been tested
No need to continue this debate.
Why is Mayweather requiring this blood test in the first place? Yes gloves, venue, winning stake are normal. But isn’t NSAC there for a reason?
Mayweather is a runner and we’ll see if he would dare step in the ring against Mosley. Mosley will tear him to pieces.
WATCH THIS SPACE = GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF IGNORANT COMMENTS ON HERE.
AS A RETIRED FIGHTER, NEGOTIATIONS ARE LEFT TO YOUR MANAGER TO MAKE (EXCEPT FOR THE PURSE, A FIGHTER SHOULD ALWAYS KNOW WHAT HE’S WORTH AND MAKE SURE HE GETS WHAT HE DESERVES)A TRUE FIGHTER TRAINS AND FIGHTS, PERIOD. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PLOY TO GET OUT OF A FIGHT BY DEMANDING UNFAIR SPLITS IN $ OR RIDDICULOUS RULES. I REMEMBER THE MAYWEATHER VS. BURTON FIGHT THAT TOOK PLACE A FEW YEARS AGO…MAYWEATHER WON BUT HE GOT HIS WORST BEAT DOWN, BY A FIGHTER THAT TO ME HAS A SIMILAR STYLE AS PACMAN BUT NOT EVEN CLOSE TO AS GOOD AS PACMAN IS…GOOGLE THAT FIGHT AND MAKE YOUR ASSUMBTIONS.
i wish this fight would have happen. pacquiao picked the weight, the glove size and the arena, wanted 10mil for every pound mayweather was over the limit and mayweather ask for 1 thing and all hell broke loose.
secondly,
a few bloggers where have suggested we all give it a rest with floyd/pacman. i think they are right cos there is no floyd/pacman!
personally i blame both parties!
lets just look forward to pac/clottey (i dont think that fight is one way traffic) and a truely superfight between floyd/mosley (hopefully).
hell us boxing fans deserve it!
Ooops, should have mentioned great post! Can’t wait on the next post!
secondly,
a few bloggers where have suggested we all give it a rest with floyd/pacman. i think they are right cos there is no floyd/pacman!
personally i blame both parties!
lets just look forward to pac/clottey (i dont think that fight is one way traffic) and a truely superfight between floyd/mosley (hopefully).
hell us boxing fans deserve it!
Lex, Everybody knows here your statement are unproven.
By the way DLH/Mayweather gross over 2 million PPV buys, after couple of years it deminished to just barely a million when he fought JMM last year. Paquiao PPV #s on the otherhand just keep on rising. Can you Prove me wrong here?
unico,
your evidence is daming, as long as its fully correct. it further suggests that random drugs testing both urine and blood should be adopted by the state boxing commissions.
however its the boxing boxing commissions jobb to reform, not the fighter man.
just of interest check out what dana white the ufc president says about drugs testing done by the nsac and what he thinks of the pacman/mayweather situation. go on google and type in dana white on drug testing?steriod testing.
just interesting to see his take on it and for those floyd fans or anti pac fans to see where the rest of us are coming from.
again, i stress im not trying to say mannys clean or that he’s a juicer, but the guy isnt guilty for simple declining an unbased mayweather demand, thats all.
peace
good thing there is manny paquiao in boxing couse david lahr has something to write about…
I find it funny how so many people, especially here in America, can’t understand the concept of choosing principle versus money. It’s no wonder we are in the times we are in now.
This is why the fight will never happen, neither will budge.
Lex you and your kind are idiots. Mayweather went out and got the best wlterweight while Manny got a fighter no one ever heard of. Floyd ain’t fightin Mosely. Watch and see. Mosely and Floyd will never happen. Floyd is way to big of a p*ssy. It’s all a sham and you are a fool.
WOW Does Floyd have his fans fooled……..I could understand this blood test if Manny was had in the past tested positive or was expected of it from others ……..but I beleive then as I always have he’s clean and yes he should refuse to meet Floyds demands……. for the fans that don’t realize it thats floyds way of getting into Manny head plain and simple lets face it Floyd has fought for many years and never said anything about blood now if he was campaining while he was so called retired and then wanted to fight again I’d say he has a reason to ask but that is simply not the case here…..maybe the commision in the future will start this kind of testing and I’m sure every fighter that steps into a ring will agree
I’m surprised Floyd ain’t do a lawsuit of his own against THA BOBFATHER, Manny, and Roach. They constantly go on record and say Floyd is a coward. He should counter with a lawsuit against them trying to defame his character? Since it seems to be the thing to do nowadays.
@ alex
Pacquiao’s lawyer needs more people like you. Call all KFC fanatics and tell them to post all your accusations to Pacquiao in all boxing forum
If you would rather PAY to prove your innocence rather than get PAID doing it, you have something to HIDE. PERIOD.
Pacquiao’s lawyer will be happy to see these people continue to accuse Pacquiao of using PED without any evidence or proof as it will strengthen the merit of his lawsuit
@ ares
Random in what case? time? but the date is known? whats the difference?
If pag is clean testing should not be a problem.
Josh;
Mayweather’s PPVs consistently outsell Pacs. Thats a fact. And actually you were wrong. First Mayweather against De La Hoya was the biggest grossing fight in history. Then Hatton did good. Then his fight with Marquez did better than his fight with Hatton. Thats going up. If you have to lie and make stuff up, well, that’s just sad. Really, I feel bad for you. The facts don’t back up what you want them to, so you resort to blatant lying.
Why does Manny and Arum keep talking about Floyd? They got the fight they wanted with Clottey. Arum thought the fans would be overjoyed that Manny wasn’t challenging himself. Its obvious Manny never intended to fight Floyd. If you want to fight Manny you must agree to everything they want, weight, foreign marketing, ring size, glove size, weight penalty, purse split etc. etc. Floyd wanted stricter drug testing and Manny wanted stricter penalties for coming in overweight. Its called negotating and Arum wasn’t interested in that. For Manny to fight he must make all the rules. And now he’s fighting in Texas where he won’t even have to take one urine test. Floyd asked Manny to fight and Manny said no, so Floyd moved on to the best welterweight. Manny moved on to a fighter people have never heard of and that doesn’t move around the ring. Manny has ducked JMM, Mosley and Mayweather. Floyd fights the best. Now Manny and his fans are boiling over that Floyd is fighting the best again. I doubt Manny will ever fight Mosley or Mayweather. And i don’t see him getting in the ring with Williams. Or even Bradley. That only leaves second tier fighters.
UNICO,
Your rationality is unique but very inconsistent,.. very childish so to speak.
Pacs’ PPV #s are consistently improving in every fight. Mayweather on the otherhand is deminishing. From DLH to Hatton then JMM. That’s a fact,.. accept it.
I call PacQuiao “the freindly invader”. He invades the West but only in a good way. The outcome resulted into the revival of boxing which mayweather jr. left and let down for whatever selfish reason.
The Americans have the money, we can’t blame them for importing an entertainer like Pacquiao to entertain them.
After all the rich Americans should not spend their money on drugs that Mayweather Sr. is convicted of selling to suit their boredom rather spend money on people who can excite and hype their thirst for sports; the classic entertainment that is the sport of boxing.
@ UNICO,
How can you not say Pacman is not a big draw?Are you living on this same PLANET? Just by reading your post,and how you behave- “like a child at best”. I’m sorry.
People here in the americas aren’t that ignorant as you may think. Pac’s fan base in the western hemisphere alone is consistently bigger than floyd,.. and rising.
Pacquiao shouldn’t even be negotiating the random blood tests. As the “Good Guy” he should have been the first to support any kind of improvement to drug testing in boxing.
Mayweather plays the villain in boxing and plays his part well. What is disappointing is that the “Bad Guy”, Mayweather, is the one who’s standing up for what is good for boxing, i.e. random blood testing.
Pacquiao is taking PED, it’s so obvious…. gosh all you pacman fans should be ashamed of supporting a cheater…
Seems its getting even harder to get a fight with Mayweather. The Blokes a joke and hes only fooling the fools.
GBP and Floyd has moved on?… why not, Pac has left already. They ought to move and be busy like PAC
unico arum is ask by the press regarding KFC jr.,is not like arum start yappin about KFC jr. without being ask of him….and 10 million dollar penalty if KFC jr. went over the weight limit is just right.coz he got a history of cheating by not following the agreed weight limit with JMM.pacman camp got a reason to ask such demand.
UNICO,
You can’t dispute how much the world appreciates Pac’s achievements in the history of bxing. His PPV #s keep on rising. Floyd however has gone the opposite.
Mock Pac all you want but choke not on your drool.
Floyd knows the nevada commision is Arums people.Is time for boxing to get Arum out of the room like they did don king,to much power corupts any man bob is a wolf in sheep clouthing.Both guys being acusse of cheating are cash cows to him thats why neither of them could not lose and bob did his thing……
You cannot dispute how much the world has come to appreciate Pac. His PPV #s keep on rising.
Mock him all you want, but don’t choke on your drool.
UNICO,
IS this an acknowledgement that FLOYD is not as shiny as he use to be?
It’s trully unbelivable how floyd antiques backfired agaist him.
There are no IDIOTS in these world Mayweathers can fool,… not even the newborns.
Unico,…. What a Moronic plea.
This just proves that floyds fans are running away in disgust of him and floyd is trying to get their spport back.
Floyd vying despirately for public support to back him up,… sad thing.
Unico,
you know what those so called experts are not so sure of the science they are talking about, regarding detecting EPO or any drugs, this guy from USADA said a couple of days ago that contradicts what he said on his interview. check this out
” Olympic Tests Have Never Detected HGH in an Athlete: USADA Backs Urine ”
by kevin riley
Bleachers report
Either those agencies are trying to get into the picture for their benefit and their science is not really that foolproof.
You know your body when it is not feeling alright … no technology out there can tell you that is not the case same with Pacman if it weakens him then it can either be psychological or just specific to his metabolism each and everyone of us reacts diff..
The way i see it if you are the champion u say u are…steriod or no steriod you’ll obliterate your enemy just like the good old days of boxing…
the rules are the rules “JOB DONE” grow up MAYWEATHER
fp i’ll tell you why he should take Random testing. To Fight Mayweather. Easily the biggest fight of all time. Years ago anyone would’ve fought Tyson for just one million, and Manny wont fight Floyd for more than 25 Million just to show up.
I want to make it clear,” I’m not going to fight Pretty boy if he will ask for my blood” If he wants my blood blood get it inside the ring.
All mayweather fans are basically admitting that he cant win the fight against manny because he is using PED’S,
or else they would be demanding mayweather drop the blood tests.It seems to me that mayweather fans are just as scared of mayweather losing as much as he is.
pacquiao is taking PED, it’s so obvious.
Even with PED he’ll still lose to Mayweather
@Alex – I respect your point of view. Now, I just want to add something. The 24 or 14 day cut-off was not really the question here. It was realized by team pacquiao that they were just being bullied, that’s all. There’s no pleasing Mayweather. Doctors and experts were at the mediation and it doesn’t really matter if it was 24, 14, 10 or 3 days the result will be the same. Most of all, Pacquiao is willing to give blood immediately right after the fight.
@Dave Lahr – I think you have to move on…. they already decided, nothing you can do.. d@mb boy…
Manny should now be forced to have a blood test before the Clottley fight by the boxing federation, this guy clearly has something to hide. Manny Pacquaio has cast a big black cloud over the once wonderful sport of boxing and should now be made to give random blood tests for every fight he is envolved in. If he does not comply he should be stripped of all his titles and be made an example of what not to be.
Hey Mr Lahr, we also want this megafight to happen. All boxing commission officers are probably fuming mad at Mayweather. Mayweather might unknowingly put the final nail on the deterioting state of boxing. Boxing is a profession and those fighters who are already struggling at the grassroots, those small time events will die of natural death because of this ridiculous Mayweather demand. That Olympic style drug test is also not FULL PROOF. There’s no silver bullet that will kill it. Boxing commissions should just be vigilant to detect these Ped’s or roids. But still, I congratulate Mayweather for killing the sports which gave him his riches.
@ fp
i dont get your point. He got caught not through any urine testing administered by the athletic commisions. Therefore the athletic commisions testing is not up to scratch-thats MY point
@ares. umm he got caught.
@ fp
umm he got caught through the Balco scandal. Shane Mosley never tested positive to any athletic commision tests. lmao
@andre.. You’re a couch potato analyst. Tell me why should Manny take a random blood test? Tell me why. Don’t answer with a question. tell me some facts. Give me an educated answer.
@Dave
Catchweights are for PUSSIES, PERIOD. My opinion. And guess what. I’m allowed to have it. It wasn’t a question, it was a statement, so I don’t know why you wasted your time trying to convince me otherwise.
All boxers choose who they want to fight. I didn’t see anyone holding a gun to Marquez or Hattons head to make them fight Floyd. They called him out first. If you aren’t satisfied fighting the boxers in your weight division then its on you if you wanna move up weight.
Floyd called Oscar out, Oscar said yes, Floyd moved to 154 to face him. Paul Williams called Floyd out, willing to get back down to 147. Shane called Manny out and said he would go to 140 to face him. Do you get the point. Nuff Said.
What cost taking away mental toughness? My question is where did all that mental toughness go that got Pac to this point in his career. And your telling me that the blood test that will be stopped 14 days prior to the fight is enough to break Pacman down mentally. Do you know how retarded that sounds. (CRIPPLE, LOL!)
Look. You ain’t gonna change my mind. That last statement you wrote proves that I won’t change yours so, to each his own. PEACE.
wowzabean, Tyson asked Holyfield, Judah asked Mosley to take random blood tests and there are others, not the majority but it definatly isnt unprecedented. He didnt agree to be the most tested fghter ever, thats nonsence. You also cant see the difference between trash talking and comments about negotiations. Im not a blind Floyd lover or Pac hater. Pacs been one of my favorites but i do see the way he bullies his opponents in negotiating. With big ego’s on both sides they BOTH had to comprimise and accept the other sides demands. Pac got glove size and 10 mil per pound and floyd wanted random blood tests up untill the day of the fight wher pac wanted a 30 day cutt off date. A fair comprimise would be 14 dayz. But Pacs camp rejected it.
Who’s the most exciting fighter in the planet today? Who is it? Okay PBF nuthuggers? who is it? and tell me why?
wowzabean, you should get your facts straight, why wouldn`t someone wanna do a stupid bloodtest 14 days before a fight? it`s STUPID, 1st he is afraid of needles, but he is willing 24 days before the fight, but not 14, cause it might effect his training, all BS cause last 2 or 3 weeks of training, is just strategies and game planning, there is no hardcore training. Roach, Manny, Arum is hiding something, all you blind people out here should open your eyes and stop making lame excuses to cover Manny’s face! grow up, be realistic and think rational, IT ALL BS FROM MANNY SIDE!!!
@ares… Ummm he got cuaght…..
If the athletic commisions testing is any good why didnt Mosley ever test positive?
@ wowzabean
Its not about getting pushed around. Every boxing match has contracts and stipulations made by both sides. Its a negotiation. Just like Pac wanted 8 ounce gloves, May wanted random blood tests.
Also your point about Floyd saying Pac is one dimensional has nothing to do with anything. It was one fighter trashing another, had zero to do with negotiations. When Roach said they’ll have no problem with random blood testing and then it turns around as being the ONE thing that stops this fight going ahead, then i have to question why? the FACT is nobody had a problem with Floyds demand until floyd himself agreed to everything else. I think mayweather called Pacs bluff
just follow the rules.the nevada state commision has set of rules.the mayweathers are loosers.follow the rules.follow the rules.follow the rules.follow the rules.
@ david anderson
For your information having a cut-off date for blood tests makes it scheduled testing, not RANDOM. The reason RANDOM testing works better than scheduled testing is because of the way Drugs can be “flushed” from ones system. Having RANDOM testing eliminates the chance an athlete has of flushing the drugs out of his system. Pac left a 30 day window for which blood tests could be administered and that was described by Doctors as leaving a loop hole big enough for a Mack truck to drive through so you might as well have no blood testing at all. Also the duration was comprimised as Floyds side agreed to a window of 14 days. But Pacs side rejected that as well.
Manny is a liar and a cheat!
@ ares
If i remember, Pac agreed, but not close to fight night, if there is no rule regarding blood testing, then the duration should be compromised. Well, you cant provide any reason for superstitions. Even not all superstitions is right but if its cause by the trauma by losing to morlaes in their first bout, I guess it should be respected, beside as mentioned earleir he agreed to take the test except for the time. How’d you also say its the most strigent when you cant provide a fact that it is? It is still in question until proven as not so it should not be implemented yet until proven its the most stringent.
mr. sweetscience- where do you get your facts from?? If you think WADA or the USADA only blood test for health screening reasons you are way off the mark. The reason olympic stlye testing was requested is because they are the most stringent in sports, and yes, they include RANDOM BLOOD TESTS. Besides, there is no harm in taking a little blood and iff thats all it takes to prove any doubters wrong, then why not just agree to the damn tests. Nate Campbell a fighter who in the past has been accused of doping has come out and said they could pluck pubes ffrom his balls in between rounds if that would clear his name. Mosley too,has no problem admitting to any test to prove he is clean(this even from a fighter who has admitted to wrongdoings in the past)
@ alex
Catchweight aint for pussies, its for those who are man enough to take risks. Every pound gain or loss is so much in boxing. Why do you think there is a lower limit and upper limit in a division? Really, for any fight that mayweather went up there is no catchweight?? Better check your facts right. What he do is he made fighters fight him well over their comfortable/best weight but didn’t want to fight the best in that weight. Whats being great with that? If I remember, in any aspect of life, it is those who are willing to sacrifice or take calculated risk is what many people consider as the best or greatest.
Getting paid???In what cost, taking away mental toughness even before the fight started? If the best are fighting, you should feel honored if each of them want to enter the ring at their best physical and mental condition. Taking one of it is like playing football 1v1 against a cripple.
One more thing, if what PBF and GBP claim are true, why they cant providence any evidences and became silent after a case is filed? Yah we know that everyone has the right to remain silent, but if you’re confident to what you say, I think it doesn’t really matter speaking up. nuff said.
here’s another fact: blood testing can only distinguish HGH but can not differentiate wheter its artificial or natural HGH. a person that has abnormally high on HGH doesn’t mean he’s on something. the hig HGH he has might naturally produced. that’s why they don’t used BLOOD TESTING with regards to PEDs.
wow, so many great analysis here. Floyd should speak, their camp is so quiet this days, very strange.
Oh yeah, lawsuit.
wowzabean- walk into any boxing gym and the first thing they’ll teach you is how to hit and not get hit.
you guys still don’t see the whole picture about this RANDOM BLOOD TESTING. it’s totally unnecessary. floyd wants olympic style random blood testing but the olympic itself doesn’t do RANDOM BLOOD TESTING. yes they collected blood from athletes but it’s only purpose is HEALTH SCREENING not DOPING. the olympics use URINE ANALYSIS to detect steroids, ARTIFICIAL HGH and EPOs. so knock this BS RANDOM BLOOD TESTING.
remember people, manny agreed to unlimited/random urine testing. that’s more than enough.
PAC already stabilshed his legacy.
PBF stll has to face Mosley if it happens for less money.
Mosley will win, PBF will tarnish his record.
Won’t have any say on future negotiation.
people,people and you writer don’t say that there is no rules. There is a rules but the nevada its only a urine test and its been that way and why floyd has to have his on rule why can he just stake with the nevada rules and why all of the suddden? Just because his dad thinks that manny is using steroid that is all BS. Also the reason why manny asking for 10million because he wants to make sure that floyd will show their weight agreement. Look what he did to JMM, for me that show his cheating and scared to lost.To me manny is 100% clean and honest…………..
Also, any man that would rather PAY to prove his innocence rather than get PAID doing it, has something to hide. PERIOD.
Pretty is clean and Packrat is dirty. Simple and plain. Who knows how long he’s been on. I still like to see him ko people but skilled fights are what i wacth for.
Catchweights are for PUSSIES!!!!! If you are a fighter challenging another fighter who is in a higher weight class than you, then you should fight him at his weight limit. If you can’t man-up then you should just keep your weak ass in your own weight class. Never seen Floyd do it once every time he moved up. Can’t say the same for Pacman. Just a random thought. PEACE!
your on the money!
Kend D, Mosley wasn’t caught by any NSAC test. He was caught because his name came up as a client in the Balco scandal. This is proof enough that the athletic commisions do not subject their fighters to the most stringent testing. Floyd did not say Pac has to underggo these tests and not himself. They both will be subjected to the exact same tests so there is no advantage. Even Roach came out late last year and said Random Blood testing wont be a problem, but evidently thats what broke down this fight. It was only after every other sticking point was agreed to that the blood testing became an issue. People looking at this without any bias to either fighter can only come down to two things A: he is hiding something or B: he is ducking Floyd. By taking these tests he can prove the Mayweathers wrong about the allegations and whoop Floyds ass in the ring. Instead he keeps making excuses and files lawsuits he is sure to lose.
its very rare for filipino fighters who would try to use energy enhancers. they even scared of the future effect of that sustance. does it come to your mind the real reason why manny doesnt want a blood test. because it affects psychologically to his mind that might weaken his body if blood test will be done. better to ask a blood test after the fight.
Pacquiao was on ped’s to fight Mexicans, who would never ask for any real testing. He has never fought a BLack American fighter before. Clottey will be his second African and really the same. He is afraid to fight brothers, because he knows the same way Mosley exposed Margaretto, Mayweather would expose Pacman.
Whats wrong with you people. We are talking about drugs. Floyd sr. Knows the streets he knows boxing and he pulled Pacquiao’s card. Called his bluff. Pulled the cover from over his head. You can refuse a Breathalyzer but that does’t mean you haven’t been drinking. The Commission has basic rule of the road, fighters can request anything they want to level the playing field. Every other fighter even Mosley is saying drug test me, but not Pacquiao. what going on please tell me the truth Pacquiao is not right for turning down the fight over simple reason like that. Berto’s Country has a natural disaster that a reason!!!!
Arum has as much conviction as a ghetto pimp.
Arum is one of the things right with boxing. He takes care of his fighters like no other promoter. If it wasn’t for Golden Boys back door dealings with MGM, HBO, and god knows who else the fight would have happened. Mayweather doesn’t want to fight anyone that can beat him so coming up with unreasonable rules was him just trying to save face. There will always be a question mark next to his name in my eyes because he refuses to fight the best. I can’t believe he still thinks he is the pound for pound king.
wowza,
Does a few random blood tests make it impossible to take PEDs and not get caught? No, it doesn’t. Random tests could catch someone using though, and that would scare most atheletes from risking it. Thats the point of it, to stop people from using PEDs. There is no full-proof system.
Here’s a crazy idea, since floydie is a gambler he can challenge d pacman for a bet of $10M, if pacman is tested positive pacman pays if pacman is negative floydie pays. Pacman will happily agree to the random blood testing.
kevin riley,
Not really no. Considering how fast HGH can be flushed from your system. Also, EPO is the PED more likely to be used. Along with other designer steroids that can only be detected through blood. What is interesting is that Texas doesn’t test at all unless they have reason to suspect someone is using. Basically, if you have never tested positive or admitted using PEDs and you fight in Texas you won’t even get a urine test. And yes Floyd came in overweight against Marquez, but it turns out the commission already has penalties in place and the other fighter can call off the contest if his opponent comes in over the limit. Bottom line is both fighters wanted something that goes beyond what the Nevada State Athletic Commission has in place. Its called negotating a contract, not inventing rules. And Floyd accepted Manny’s request while Manny refused Floyd’s. That’s all there is to it. Is Floyd scared? Is Manny scared? Is Manny juicing? No one knows, but if I had to wager I would bet Arum was the one who ruined this.
If they think this will prevent cheating, then let all fights go with this procedure…
The NSAC rules are ridiculous – there might as well not be any testing at all! Boxing is so far behind all other major sports with respect to drug testing. You have to be a complete moron to test positive. I think Floyd’s request is great, and I hope that one day all boxers undergo WADA style tests.
NSAC testing is just fine. They’re professionals. If PBF wants to change the rules, then take it to NSAC. And the idea that Olympic style random blood testing is more effective is crap. Just ask Marion Jones. The old sayin’ goes, “where there’s smoke there’s fire.” Problem is, the smoke that’s around right now is the smoke that PBF’s blowin. Smoke and mirrors.
Another poster had it correct, if Manny had agreed to the blood tests, then Floyd would’ve reneged on the $10million per pound or something else. This fight was a done deal until PBF changed his mind and started asking for more stipulations.
for love of floyd “money” mayweather is the sorce of all evil…
To the writer. Blood testing is very different comparing to the $10 million penalty for going over the weight. First off, this is basic human rights. Blood is a living tissue, to be removed by a person who is demanding it. Nobody can make that request unless it is a medical concern by law or agreed upon by the parties. Also the writer must look at the motive of the Mayweathers. If Manny had agreed to submit the blood test, I am 100% sure the Mayweather would have reneged on the $10 million penalty and saying it is too excessive. Another thing, Manny agreed to do 3 blood test and unlimited urine testing which is unprecedented in all of boxing. He has been flexible enough and no boxer should dicate another boxer of what they shouuld do…especially blood testing.
haha. if anyone of you want a olympic blood test for floyd.. floyd should fight in olympic games not in professional boxing..
Here is an article you guys should read about dope testing.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/321178-olympic-tests-have-never-detected-hgh-in-an-athlete-usada-backs-urine
I SAY AMEN TO JESUS. You hit it right on. Some of the bloggers on this site are plain ignorant on the rules of boxing. The reason Team Pacquiao inserted a $10M was due to fact that Floyd, Jr cheated Marquez and came up 2 lbs over the agreed limit. This is a fact not suspicion like what they’re doing the Pacquiao. Who knows what he weight on fight night. 90% of the bloggers and most boxing sportswriters are in agreement that Floyd does not want to fight Pacquaio cuz in Floyd’s mind his risk of losing is far greater that he expected after the Cotto fight. The random blood testing bogey was a convoluted way out for him and his convicted felon Dad.
Once and for all, the blood testing was requested by the camp of mayweather. if pacquiao agreed to it, it will be psychological advantage for the opponent.
Pacquiao camp is agreeing with the Nevada testing only because it is where the rule is. Nothing more, nothing less.
If you were Pacman, would you not do the same. Come on guys think. Think of an enemy of yours and he is asking for something from you. Will you give in to that. I doubt it.
Let’s say Pacquiao agree on the 14 days cutoff and he stops juicing up (which is still now only a suspicion from the Mayweathers) during his training days leading to the 14 days cutoff, Pacquiao can still juice up 13 days leading to the fight, wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of Mayweather request for an olympic type drug testing? Random testing is random testing there should be no cutoff, the point is this will not serve Mayweather’s purpose at all. The fight can still happen if Mayweather sticks with the 14 days cutoff, I don’t think Pacquiao camp will not have problem agreeing to this. Correct me please if I’m wrong, I’m not an expert on this.
I had work for minimun wage and was subject to anti-doping test. So I will never accept that Pac turned down over 40 millions $ because he was offended.
If Floyd did not cheat Marquez on the weight, Manny would not request for a $10 million fine. PED IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE, IT’FLOYD CHEATING ON THE WEIGHT. Floyd knows that taking blood from Manny before a fight would psychologically affect Manny’s performance in the ring. So stop talking about steroids and PED in boxing sport. Talk about Floyd’s cheating.
I don’t get it,say pac was on steroids ,even if he not,but he doesn’t have a enhance steroids body ,or do he? he don’t have a punchy ball on this arms like roy jr or holly fields, were talking about a 149lb skinny fellow with power,so what in the world is floyd afraid of? because he can ko fighter and floyd cant? so then floyd can ko a fighter too,,
so its comes down to floyd afraid of manny a skinny guy that can punch.
if we going on commission rules like arum says and other fans defending ..then y is pac fighting with 8 ounce gloves? commission rules right he shouldnt be fighting with 8 ounce gloves but he is so why is it a big deal for him to take random blood test.i dont understand why people are mad about a request of random blood test…all its going to do is show if one is clean or dirty…thats not bad at all …or do we not care if you fight dirty…and dont give me urine is good enough because it wont it wont find everything blood will but its w.e the fight will never happen because of RANDOM testing which is funny
Pacman said that Mayweather Jr is scared to lose hence making “Alibis” Which is TRUE because FMJ is not as exciting as Pacman. Go MANNY MANNY MANNY
don’t blaim to arum at all. if lilfloyd want to fight manny as what he wanted to fight marquez. floyd has all the advantages.anyway i love floyd cuz he’s dominating his all small opponents.
Id love to see the winner of May/Mosley take on Pacquaio, but i wont be holding my breath because i cant see Pac taking the tests. But one question i want to ask on this board: Does anyone actually beleive a blood test a month or so before, and one straight after the fight will actually find any PED’s in one’s system?? Because if you believe such a test would be sufficient you really haven’t got a clue about how athletes cycle out these kind of drugs. Pac has lost alot of fans for refusing the tests and only his BLIND followers are still trying to defend him. PREDICTION: Pac will fight Clottey then maybe one fight after him(against a top rank figher) and then retire without having to give random blood tests. He is a Fraud.
Why do people keep bringing up how Floyd is making too many unreasonable demands? As far as I know, he’s only made one request which is the random testing procedure. On the other hand, Pac’s camp came up with 3 demands. Floyd agreed to all them quite easily.
So be it. No Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Pacquiao has already built his legacy. Mayweather will be forever hounded in the future by the ghosts of fighters he ducked. The excitement that the match will bring is overrated. Floyd will run like a headless chicken. Pacquiao will be banging his gloves together in frustration. I don’t wanna see that fight. Goodbye.
Gerboi;
The type of testing isn’t just a matter for the commission. The commission says its part of private negotations and their not involved in it.
if you wanna go by commission rules, why is manny still fighting with 8 ounce gloves even though he’s a welter?
Given Floyd Mayweather’s demand for random blood testing be granted, what’s next…he’s going to demand who’s going to judge the fights? These are all jobs of the commission. Let the commission do their job. I think Floyd is out of line and his promoters are morons.
If Arum and co. is looking to avoid random blood tests then they should drop all their stipulations that would give them an advantage over Floyd. Either that or have a mediator establish the terms. It doesn’t have to be difficult.
wowza,
Tushay, I was wrong. It will be announced soon though. AS for Kizer, he says that drug testing is a matter of negotation between fighters. Of course he’s going to say what they have in place is sufficient also, do you think he’s going to say yea, we know fighters can easily pass our tests and go use their extra strength, speed, and endurance to beat their opponent upside the head? Kizer sees drug testing as a legitimate part of negotations for a fight. That’s beyond argument. If you want to argue that 1 urine test the day of the press conference and one urine test after the fight is sufficient to catch users, thats not an argument I’m going to get into. If you honeslty believe that two announced urine tests months apart eliminate cheaters, then I’m surprised you can read.
Floyd is greater than any commission, any boxer, any promoter…anyone. Floyd is the best of best. He is from a family of boxers, who are the smartest in the world. Fans love me for what I am becoause I am my own man, right or wrong. So to all of you out there, Big F U!
ARUM: “You cannot have fighters in this sport imposing(1) regulatory(2)restrictions on other fighters because they damn well please.”
Lets analyze this:
1. Its imposing. NO…Its a voluntary contract.
2. Its regulatory. NO…Its not by the boxing regulator
3. Why cant we have this Mr Arum. After all its freedom of contract Mr Arum, its what the USA is fundamentally built on. Its something present in virtually all US commercial endeavors.
The regulator and relevant laws allow large scope for contractual freedom. So why cant we have this going on Mr Arum?
Don’t you place a large restriction on Manny by taking a large chunk of his money Mr Arum?
manny has been a diva in fight negotiations since oscar. if he happens to get by clottey and floyd beats shane, its up to manny to make the floyd fight cause who would be riding higher? floyd would be due to beating a legend and currently the number one welter out there. manny would have just beaten a highly regarded welter who just hasn’t gotten over the hump of beating an elite fighter.
fm just made a reason never to fight manny
Pacquiao asked for the 10 million penalty because
mayweather cheated marquez last september coming
in at 2lbs. higher than the agreed weight. Pacquiao
never tested positive in all his drug test. He does
not need to give in to mayweather’s bullying tactics,
simple as that. mayweather cannot dictate the terms
in boxing that’s why Pacquiao do not want to agree.
Keith Kizer, the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission says of the testing “Mr. Mayweather has every right to demand it. But that’s a private negotation and not something we’re involved in.”
@ pacmankilla. I must have missed those articles. I will check Manny Perez’ archives for all his pro pacman rhetoric. Thanks for the heads up.
You can see an interview Manny did in 2005 on youtube saying what happened to him last time he had blood taken just before a fight.
“Boxing’s testing program is beyond a joke. It’s worthless.” Victor Conte, BALCO Founder, 2003
“I think this is so important for boxing and MMA: When you increase speed and power, you’re also increasing potential damage to the opponent. Crushing a baseball is one thing. Crushing a guy’s brain is another.” Victor Conte, BALCO Founder
Are you listening NSAC? Are you listening Arum, Pacquiao?
@ puggy
you’re clearly on Mannys nuts. around the time the fight was in jeopardy this site whole heartedly pro-PEDquiao
i agree fm is the greatest boxer and thats it man
the fight with manny and clotty is not going to happen and fm ,mosley will break down .now we have a manny vs mosley in march .
Article is off the point. Demanding new unique drug testing is not the same as negotiating ring size etc… I like the way the author puts it all on Arum and co. How ’bout “Floyd will not relent in his unusual demand and thus there will never be a fight with Pacman”. The more I read the biased articles here the more I like Pacman.
@sidecomments
its not after the fight that matters. manny wouldn’t even agree to 14 days before. so it means he could be using them in the lead up to the fight in heavy training, etc. 14 days is a lot of time to recover before a fight. and the procedure is minimal, a drop of blood that most don’t notice.
and Pacman will look DUMB when Shane agrees to it
@ mayweather : so why not take blood samples right after the fight… right inside the ring for everyone to see… if manny has roids in him, i don’t think he can hide it there… having blood drawn leaves the muscle in pain for days (have you tried having a vaccine, the pain lasts for days too).
definitely, steroid has no place in any sport, specially boxing.
how about xylocaine?
when testing of this type is done many samples are tested 100 tymes and re checked .normal procidure.to rule out human mistakes
every pbf fan is shouting for blood, roid, hgh, epo, wtf. it’s all still accusations. man, how about xylocaine? -your wonder drug.
boxing is not the sport for use of steroids or hgh sorry
first off how do you people know that nsac is incompetent about their testin .next steroids or hgh are bulking up drugs mannys not using them when you take them you first get watery bloded with no definition so it aint steroids or hgh
Yall stupid saying Floyd can’t impose drug testing procedures. None of you have obviously ever heard of the amount of stipulations that go into these fight contracts. You would be amazed, the drug testing is just the tip of it
Steroids use should be treated as a crime. Period!
But, the debate about how to implement a safe and foolproof way should be started, now, by scientists and doctors, and not just by some paranoid individuals. Also, a clause should be included in every fight contract that in the event NSAC screws up the procedure and hurt a fighter’s health, that a form of compensation be awarded the fighter, or the fighter be given the time and opportunity to heal and his health reinstated back to where before the incident happened.
Complicated, right? Yes, it is. That is why, a measure should be debated before being passed into law, before it can be adopted by boxing’s governing body.
This is why Mayweather’s blood testing idea is exposed as a charade because it lacks the details especially where USADA takes full responsibility for a fighter’s well-being in the course of implementing a measure that claims to protect atheletes’ well-being.
Who will protect fighters from WADA’s incompetence?
The question is, if the fight is governed by NSAC and blood testing is done by a third party, the USADA, then, who is going to be held accountable once USADA nurse representative miss the vein and have to do another intrusion, miss the vein again, and have to do another intrusion, leaving the fighter with a sore arm affecting his performance?
Worse, what if the nurse hits a nerve? And that’s not to mention, how could they ensure a sterile place to draw the blood. How do you isolate a locker room of contaminants and other infectious hazards?
If the nurse screws up, will NSAC be be held accountable for USADA’s incompetence? And, what are the ramnifications if ever such errors occur that will result in a fighter’s injury and eventual defeat? Floyd Mayweather Jnr? The author of this blood testing measure?
See, that is why NSAC refuses to adopt such measures because it just doesn’t work with boxers!
That is why Floyd’s blood testing scheme is stupid and absurd!
mannys taking all the tests that are required to fight .manny just said no to fm request to testing manny did nothing wrong
its up to the nsac to protect the fighters not for fm to revamp the system if you get hurt sue nsac for failure to detect illeagle substances causing injury .we all know floyed he thinks he is a buisness man it all comes down to floyed
Who cares anyway we know the fight WILL happen. This was a ploy to draw up interest (that backfired on both fighters), who ever thought the fight would be announced just 2 and a half months prior to fight is stupid. This fight is gonna be hyped all the way. Even Roach said they weren’t ready for Money in march. The fight will happen in like Nov/Dec.
FLOY IS JUST A BABY TRYING TO MAKE HIS OWN RULES . QUESTION WHY HE DIDINT ASK FOR A BLOOD TEST AGAINTS MARQUEZ? PLUS HE WAS SO MUCH BIGGER THEN MARQUEZ AND NO BODY TALKS ABOUT THAT . I HATE THOSE STUPID PROGRAMS LIKE HBO ,ESPA, AND OTHER THAT DIDINT MENTION ONCE ABOUT HIS WEIGHT . WHAT A CHEATER . I HOPE PAQIAL DOSENT FIGHT HIM CUZ FLOY NEEDST PAQUIAL PAQUIAL DOSENT NEED FLOY. SO I HOPE FLOY FIGHS SOME ONE OF HIS OWN SIZE ADN THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT HI IS MADE OF . THE ONLY THING HE HAS RIGHT KNOW IS HIS MOUTH AND HE SHOULD OF BEEN A RAPER NOT ABOXER.
Ok well if Pacquiao ever wants to fight again he can’t impose any weight penalties, enforce the weight of gloves or fight at catchweights.
This is the same man who supports Margacheato for gods sake.
@Dave Santiago == Your ignorance of issues is simply appaling
Giving blood is not the real issue…boxing is a blood sport…fighters bleed all the time in sparring…that has never been used as an excuse for a lost by a fighter…giving blood is not the issue here…maybe whats in the blood?
Let’s just wait for PBF to select his next opponent.
Then he should demand his “Olympic-style” bloodtesting on that guy.. and the one after that.. and the one after that..
Otherwise, MP will win his legal battles against PBF, citing discrimination and defamation by the PBF camp.
Let’s see if Mosley will agree to all these impositions.
@tiger i think it is. its all about protecting urself in the ring. if it was my behind stepping into the ring i would like to be confident that its a fair fight. especially if its $40 million and possibly the last fight b4 i retire on the line.
This fight can happen. I think Arum is the problem…he was always quick to say the fight is off/he’s very emotional and has an agenda. I’m not sure what–hating on Floyd maybe–but he does.
Manny’s deal with Top Rank is almost up, this year I believe. He needs to move on; start his own company. Arum takes alot off the top from his fighters. You recall, Pac had signed with GBP; he’s only still with Top Rank because Arum filed suit to keep him. The mediator they just used on the testing issue resolved the contract dispute. GBP gets a slice of Manny’s purse as a result of that dispute. Dump Arum Manny–do your own thing.
XYLOCAINE IS THE BEST!! XYLOCAINE ANYONE?
Floyd, follow the rules and regulations of the commission. That’s all Pacquiao is saying. It sounds fair to me.
Arum is the same man that called the commissioners “racist” for suspending Margarito. Of course Arum doesn’t want Manny to fight Floyd. Floyd left arum and top Rank and is making a lot more money since doing so. Arum holds grudges forever. He doesn’t care about boxing or the fans, he doesn’t like Floyd and won’t let Floyd have a huge fight against one of his fighters. What Arum meant to say is “If Mayweather wants to fight Manny, it will have to be under the rules of the commission AND the rules me and Manny make up.” Hopefully, Manny stands up for himself and makes a fight with the Maayweather-Mosley winner. As long as Manny allows Arum to decide who he fights and the conditions for every fight, he will only be matched up with other Top Rank opponents.
Is this a sick joke.. What harm can been done 14 days out side of a bout if only a tea spoon of blood is taken. (PUNK@$$)Pacman is clearly juice n AND (Arum is a JOKE HE’S SCARED OF NEEDLES )… fight only on the commissions terms which are useless with the use of designer STEROIDS… Think About who says F 40 mill of drug testing.. how can you really dispute the fact that Mayweather wants a clean fight.. I’m going to ask all you pacman lover a straight up question would you fight anouther man on Roids?? Lests keep it reall people!!!
money mayweather will have to find another way of making big money other than boxing
he blew a chance with pacquiao, most of the top welter weights is promoted by bob arum except mosley which will be the only chance for money to make money. bob arum dislike mayweather and pssibly don’t want to see him make a dime. business is business but business needs good relationships
Pacman’s camp need to stop with the excuses and bringing up barricades to avoid fighting Mayweather after a blood test!!
Steroids cant always be detected via urinalysis, so may be the commission need to change there testing methods. It takes an issue/cases to be raised for laws to be changed, so this is as good a reason as any for Nevada state to change some rules of testing. This is the biggest fight in history at least in terms of money!!!
This fight needs to happen and if I was Maywetather I wouldn’t do it without the 14 day window of testing!!
Pride vs Pride is a meaningless war!! no wins, no benefits!! so w/e
Dave Santiago,
i think you don’t understand the point of having a commission to monitor the fighters under which they will fight based on their rules. NSAC based in LV uses only urine tests is given. If Floyd insists on another testing outside the NSAC’s, then he shld have asked the commission during the nego to include such special provision for their fight. BUt the thing with Floyd’s camp is that they used this blood testing as their basis for agreeing to the fight in LV. Pacquiao stated he will follow whatever the NSAC says(but not what Floyd says).
All testing, on the other hand, whether Olympic style or not, as we have read frm news sources, are not fool-proof. Prime example is M. Jones and Mosley.
So as not to muddle the nego and make it so bureaucratic, each one has their own set of testing methods which they think is effective.
If all states agree to a uniform form of test, then we will have no problem like this.
But for now, they follow what the governing body where they fight requires.
Or it will be chaotic.
F bob arum, F him in his F’n A!
Hey Pac haters: Which part of “Regulatory Commission” do you not understand? Does the word “rules” mean anything to these bozos?
all twisted… worst than a train wreck.
Tell it how it is bob.
I say the rules are the rules.
Now lets fight
Unless you do not want to.
This writer do not understand why Pacman camp requested the $10m per pound penalty…it is because Fraudweather already confirmed cheater in his last fight to an old bloated boxer of no CHANCE even a bit of defeating Fraudweather…Did you get that? Now, about the blood test…do you have any strong evidence/s that Pacman been tested positive. NONE…only allegations from the father who want a random blood test because he is afraid that Pacman will expose his son as a C classo boxer.THINK FIRST.
you tell em bob
drug testing is a commissions function not a contractual one for boxers to make up there own regulations. so called fans who dont understand this must be extremely stupid and lowly educated.
Based on what everyone is saying is fighters can negotiate
special conditions specific to their fight and its up to the fighters to abide or agree to them.
There are sets of rules regulation that the commission follows and abide by, I guess in every State.
If Mayweather is really into cleaning up and changing the way the Boxing Commission rules on drug test, its better to have it petitioned and legally pursued so evryone will abide not just as a special clause in a fight whoever brought it up.
He may get a lot of support if that is the case. But I agree a fighter may or may not agree on a special clause for a fight to proceed but that does not say that person is guilty or not.
People have beliefs/superstition that they carry with them… we just have to accept that and move on.
Everyone is hoping Pacman and Mayweather in some future time face its other but if it does not happen…. the world continues there are other fighters coming out to take their place….
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bob is right
blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah…all i see is bob arum matching pacquiao against top rank fighters…he’s already talking about pac facing margarito…there so scared what might happen if they try to match pacquiao with a none top rank fighter other than mayweather because if someone else ask for blood testing and they say no…all hell
Pac is dirty people wake up, if it was the other way around you would say Mayweather is scared, he is on the jucie…….
Marion Jones took over 160+ Olympic blood tests, never failed once- won a bunch of medals, including gold… then a few years later admitted she used HGH, steroids, and other PEDs. Same with Tim Montgomery.
And people wonder why Travis Tygart and the USADA are funding the development of a urine-based HGH test… or at least they would/should be wondering if they were at all informed about the TRUTH.
And the Commission also FAILED to catch Mosley. He always tested negative, yet he was using steroids.
We should get rid of athletic commissions and change it with one called The Mayweathers Drug Testing Commission!
David you are talking about the $10M per pound penalty if Mayweather goes over 147 lbs. Why is this? Because he did it in his last fight with Marquez, whereas Pacquiao have not been proven simple as that.
But it is the same to ask some one to pay 10 million per pound for being over weight which the commission does not require. The bottom line is Bum Arum does not want Pac-roid Mc quire to get caught. The Nevada Commission has never caught any none. Not because they dont use it. We know Sugar Shane was on it and they never caught him because there system if Flawed and Arum knows it. Floyd can fight Shane and to hell with Arum who really only wants his guys to fight each other. Cotto Clutty are both is fighter. he is a Bum
Glove size, weight, ring size, etc are all things that are governed by the commission. They are negotiable, but only under commission standards. If it was purely up to the fighters, then Mayweather could come into the fight at 160 lbs, wearing headgear and 18 Oz gloves and Pacquiao could request UFC/MMA gloves. But the rules of the Nevada commission state that a welterweight championship bout has to be fought above 140lbs with a maximum of 147 lbs and a fight above 135 lbs has the option of either 8 or 10 oz gloves, which is up to the fighters to agree upon which size to use.
Now Mayweather wants to impose regulatory practices like he’s the commissioner of boxing? If he was serious about ‘cleaning up boxing’ (read: finding new and innovative ways to duck fighters) he would take his high-priced lawyers, Travis Tygart of the USADA, and any and all evidence to lobby the commission for UNIVERSAL change, not just special conditions in his fights.
No athlete should have the ability to influence regulations that should be controlled by sanctioning bodies. It sets an awful precedent and makes absolutely no sense.
fm asking for testing thats not required or mandatory is not the same as asking for glove size or weight .
how can you say pacquiao never agree to blood test. he did, even immediately after the fight!if he takes steroid before the fight it would show after the fight! you are making yourself a big fool with your biased and unfounded articles no credibility at all!!