Erik Morales wonders why Pacquiao doesn’t take the random drug testing

By Boxing News - 08/18/2010 - Comments

Image: Erik Morales wonders why Pacquiao doesn’t take the random drug testingBy Jason Kim: Former three division champion Erik Morales (49-6, 34 KO’s) why Manny Pacquiao hasn’t already agreed to take the random blood testing for performance enhancing drugs. Morales, 33, doesn’t quite understand what’s holding Pacquiao up from taking the tests.

Like Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Paulie Malignaggi, Morales is concerned about Pacquiao’s unwillingness to agree to the full random blood testing, saying in an article by Michael Marley at Examiner.com “I don’t know. I am not familiar with drugs. But I must ask then why he [Pacquiao] would object to random testing if he has nothing to hide. If you have nothing to hide, then you agree to take all the tests, all the time.”

Morales has a win over Pacquiao in their first fight in 2005, beating him by a 12 round decision. A year later, Pacquiao avenged the defeat, beating Morales in back to back fights in 2006 by stoppage. Morales has had weight problems since his win over Pacquiao, and has been forced to take off massive amounts of weight just to make his weight class.

Morales retired from boxing after losing a controversial 12 round decision to David Diaz in August 2008. Three years later, Morales made a comeback and defeated Jose Alfaro by a 12 round decision last March at welterweight. Morales has taken off more weight since then and will be fighting Willie Limond(33-2, 8 KO’s) on September 11th at light welterweight at the Monumental Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

It will be an interesting fight while it lasts because Limond likes to slug, as does Morales. Limond should be a big test to see how much Morales has left in the tank. If Morales looks as bad as he did against Alfaro, then Limond could very well pull of an upset. I had Alfaro beating Morales by a significant margin.



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