Article: "Mayweather Diminished By Avoiding Pacquiao"

No, what I recall is that this info (about Floyd's supposed medical expert(s), etc) was leaked. And then there was an attempt, apparently by Floyd's side, to quash the leak. But the information was never rebutted in a way that seemed satisfactory. At least not to myself.

I think the general gist was that the information came out during a mediation (a mediator was brought in to try to help Pac/Floyd negotiations). And, as such, it was supposed to be privileged and thus not available to the public. But it apparently got out, the same way that, say, grand jury testimony about Lance Armstrong makes its way out to the public.

But saying that the info shouldn't be out in the public is not the same as saying the info that got out to the public isn't true. I remember that episode, and I can see why Team Floyd would not want the info to get out if it were true.

As far as the defamation case goes, that's the legal remedy for this situation. If the judge thought the case had no merit, it would have been tossed. It hasn't been tossed. And if you don't want to get hit with a defamation suit, don't allegedly defame. If you do allegedly defame, you can get hit with a suit.

 

I think many feel this way. But, you have to understand, too: Floyd does not want to lose his "0." That's his calling card right now; his drawing power. That might be part of this whole equation.

 

Right, that's part of the public relations game to put the burden on Pacquiao, IMO. It's like trying to get a "backdoor win," so to speak. I appreciate the effort by Team Mayweather on this issue.

Again, based upon what I have seen, Pacquiao has agreed to testing within any reasonable standard. You cannot get any kind of muscle-building or other relevant effect from a PED 7 days before a fight. I'm not even sure just-introduced-to-your-training-regimen EPO could do anything for you in such a short period of time. The only thing that could work for you then is a day-of-fight amphetamine or something. Which would be caught by the after-fight testing.

And, as I said above, supposedly Floyd's own expert(s) and team signed off on the 14-21 days cut-off date. One person did not.

If the goal of the testing is to prevent a PED effect, that seems to have been achieved in the negotiations. If the goal is to avoid a fight because you go for a stipulation that you know one fighter won't agree to but also a stipulation that won't have much effect on the circumstances of the fight, well, that goal may also have been achieved, for one side.

Many sports and boxing experts seem to believe the latter conclusion. I guess we'll all have to make our own minds up.

 

It's another new pro-Mayweather account. They're all the rage these days!