By Chris Williams: If you think that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is going to back down from his random blood testing when it comes to negotiating a fight with World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, think again. In an article from Mlive.com, Mayweather has this to say about the blood testing for a future bout with Pacquiao: “I gave him [Pacquiao] a chance, up to 14 days out. But my new terms are all the way up to the fight. They can come get us whenever, all the way up to the fight, random drug test. That’s what it is.”
Wow! That sounds like there’s never going to be a fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao, because as reluctant as Pacquiao is to take blood tests, he will probably never agree to having his blood tested anywhere close to the fight. Mayweather is putting Pacquiao in a situation where he’ll likely reject Mayweather’s requests again like last time.
Mayweather wasn’t finished with his punitive measures for Pacquiao. Next, Mayweather said that the purse split will be different next time out with Pacquiao. Last time it was a 50-50 revenue split between Pacquiao and Mayweather. Who knows what it will be next time, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to be something that Pacquiao likes. Mayweather says “Instead of 20 or 25 (million dollars), he [Pacquiao] may have to drop to 15, or 17. And you know me, they may have to throw that extra five or 10 on mine, and we can rock and roll. Take it or leave it.”
If Mayweather’s upcoming May 1st fight with Shane Mosley does better than Pacquiao’s March 13th bout against Joshua Clottey in terms of pay-per-view, then Mayweather is going to be looking to get a bigger slice of the piece when he goes to negotiate with Pacquiao in the future. Thus far, the Mayweather-Mosley fight has crowded out the talk of Pacquiao-Clottey in the internet forums.
The reason is simple. Clottey is a good fighter, but nothing like Mosley. Clottey has only a handful of fights against top tier opponents during his career, whereas Mosley has been fighting top tier fighters for years and has won numerous titles during his long pro career. Most boxing fans and writers are expecting Pacquiao to destroy Clottey. The Mayweather vs. Mosley fight is expected to be competitive.
As for Pacquiao’s lawsuit for defamation, Mayweather says “He [Pacquiao] can file a lawsuit. I never came out on record and said that he was on nothing. All I’m saying is why don’t you want to take a $25 million drug test?”
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