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Berto accuses Ortiz of taking any Performance enhancing drugs after the fight and look what happened, The Accuser was the one that got caught! ![]() Pointing fingers aye. |
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Floyd shed light on PED's in a way that is very suspect given his "change of heart" with how he feels about the sport and all the sudden wanting to "clean it up". It's funny that Floyd called his tests...Olympic style testing when it wasn't. He cleverly branded his watered down tests that USADA created in conjunction with Floyd's input, as "Olympic" to add some credibility to the new tests. The whole hard line on Blood testing all the way up the fight was odd but moreso his stance on only testing for training camp. Fighting only one time a year.....if that leaves 12 or more months that are open to do whatever....with regards to this topic it's a bit suspect due to how athletes cycle on and off their PED's. If you were cheating on your wife and you had a buddy in the Police Dept who could work with you on coming up with a way to beat or manipulate the lie detector test...that would be the perfect cover to come out looking like your shit don't stink when in reality, you're covered in shit. Again....not that Floyd is a cheat...but it's a little suspect. |
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Rest in Peace Manny
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Whether or not he did it to avoid Pacquiao is irrelevent, Floyd made the subject of PED use and stricter testing a talked about subject in boxing, and yes, it is of course all to do with him being a bigger name, but again, the reasons that he did it are irrelevent, the fact is he did do it This is undeniable, Berto & Peterson wouldn't have undergone the tests were it not for Floyd talking (and accusing) for the last 5 or so years He has clearly done more to bring the subject to the fore than anybody else in the sport, whether you think he did it out of fear or not is not the issue Though I don't wish to start the blame argument, I doubt he brought up drug testing to avoid Pacquiao, this theory relies on the fact that Floyd would have had prior knowledge that Pacquiao was either 1. On PEDs 2. Would say no to testing As if Pacquiao agreed, then you would have had Floyd being a juicer, having to take doping tests and take a fight he supposedly didn't want Again, does not seem the most logical conclusion and is infact a very risky ploy to attempt for someone who doesn't seem too bright |
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By Floyd making it seem as though PAC was a cheater based on nothing more than Manny being successful wasn't strong enough for people to get behind this excuse... But by putting on a cape and being the "savior" of boxing and caring enough to want to "clean up the sport"...well...that changes the excuse into a "MOVEMENT".....a very admirable movement for some who are just scratching the surface of this situation. This whole "MOVEMENT" snow balled for Floyd...he originally came up with the testing protocol for PAC....but when the PAC fight fell through the first time he had to continue on with the "MOVEMENT" in order to save face. he couldn't go back and stop testing becuase no one would believe his motives were legit. |
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Rest in Peace Manny
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However he's not some moral authority, he asked Pacquiao to take tests, probably just as leverage in negotiations, Pacquiao, I think, unexpectedly refused So Floyd jumped on it, and jumped on it hard, and created a campaign to clean up the sport, along with GBP, because it served his interests at the time My point is, if you are a man who is juicing himself, I very much doubt you do that, because I certainly wouldn't You just don't draw attention to something illegal that you yourself are doing, it's like, the number one rule in getting away with things |
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Rest in Peace Manny
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1. My last post 2. The previous one - How would Floyd know Manny would have a problem with the testing? It was likely just a negotiation tactic, that then became a PR war and probably a quite real suspicion in Floyds head But if he suggested testing and Pac said yes, then Floyd would be in trouble |
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It's no like he's held any awareness campaigns, partnered with USADA or any other testing bodies or panels of Medical Experts to educate the public on the real reasons why OSDT is crucial in the sport, or donated a portion of his more than ample earnings to technologies and methods of catching illegal substances. He simply made the demand and has been quoted as such on it. Again, he has done nothing more than Berto or Peterson. He's just been quoted more often on it and was the first to do so in the spotlight. I might also add he's not even the first to request. Tyson requested it of Holyfield in their fight. So does that Make Tyson the saviour of Boxing? |
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hard work! deadicayshin!
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Not that I really think Pac wanted the fight either, and we KNOW Arum sure as hell doesn't want it. |
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Rest in Peace Manny
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He did not just request. He made a point of mentioning it in every interview, he had shirts manufactured
http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/def...the_test_0.jpg Every other day he would say 'we're trying to clean up the sport of boxing' What's with this strawman argument that I am somehow declaring Floyd the saviour of boxing ![]() The point is Floyd for the past half-decade, has been consistently vocal about drug testing, and actively pushed for it in all his fights, and gone on record multiple, multiple, multiple times, encouraging all other fighters to do the same (This all went hand in hand with accusations toward Pacquiao) Why he did all the above, is irrelevent, the fact is he himself chose to do all of the above These do not seem like the actions of someone who was trying to hide he was using PEDS |
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Rest in Peace Manny
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Neither of them are fussed about fighting eachother, but I really can't see how a man who was roiding would ever ever, ever think of bringing the issue of drug testing to the public domain, for whatever reason, as being caught would spell absolute ruin for his career |
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hard work! deadicayshin!
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Fact of the matter is, they thought they were smart enough to evade the testing protocols, and were it not for the fact it fell under VADA instead of USADA, who knows to this day if we'd even be aware of it. |
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