Pac/floyd in jeopardy! Pac refuses drug test!!!

So Pac asking Cotto to defend his belt at 145 pounds when he won it at 147 is within regulations?

Floyd is asking for BOTH fighters to use the best drug testing procedures available.

Pac was asking ONE fighter to defend the belt he won 2 pounds under the limit.

So which one is worse for boxing?

If Pac is doing this on principle alone...he couldn't have done a worse job if he tried. He should have just told Floyd to f**k off and left it at that. Instead he gave a bunch of pitiful excuses on why he couldn't adhere to random blood testing. Sounds more like a guy not wanting to be tested than someone acting on principle.

 

And to be fair Contendo, Floyds demand for random testing isn't about drug testing reform or doing it for the integrity of the sport. He's doing it for himself simply because he thinks he is up against a guy who may be using ped's. Nothing more than that and the media coverage is only going to drive up sales if/when they do fight.

But even still, it might lead to better testing in the future. And maybe guys will be caught BEFORE the fight, instead of after. What fighter has ever been caught before he steps in the ring? Floyds demands have high lighted how useless the current procedures are.

So their are positive spin offs to it all. But it is boxing...you and I know it's not a sport known for tight controls and effectibe regulation. Random blood testing is very expensive...boxing is about making money, not spending it, so maybe it's all wishful thinking???

 

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Who missed Margarito's handwraps? oh that's right NSAC....the same commission the anti-Floyd crowd trust to handle the drug testing. It took the opposing trainer to detect them. NSAC can't check a hand wrap but can be expected to detect ped's with their one sample of urine protocol.

I'd bet big money that the vast majority of fighters aren't even tested at all. If they do provide a urine sample it is flushed down the toilet. I'm not sure why I feel that way :huh :huh

 

I agree. He and his team have obviously been suspicious of Pac for a while. But my point was that Floyd isn't going to chair a forum where the topic is drug testing and boxing reform.

edit: I misread your post. So you think Floyd doesn't have his own concerns about Pac?...Floyd may not be the brightest spark but he wouldn't let the rants of his crazy father and Paulie Malignaggi stop him from earning $30- 40 million. I'm sure of that.

 

AND THIS!!! PROBABLY THE MOST DAMNING PIECE OF INFORMATION RE: PAC YET!!!

It's from well known and respected writer Tim Smith in the US.

"This isn't some issue that just came about. It has been a part of the contract negotiations for weeks. According to a source familiar with the talks, Pacquiao's representatives asked what penalties Pacquiao would face if he tested dirty, and also if a dirty test result could be kept secret so that the integrity of the fight wouldn't be ruined in the public eye."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/m...009-12-25_a_test_of_ethics.html#ixzz0bD7bdzR0

 

It's going to court fellas.


Pac has hired one of OJ Simpsons senior attorneys to represent him:


"We filed a defamation of character lawsuit in the federal court in Las Vegas, Nevada, against the Mayweathers, Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer based on their false and defamatory statements about Manny Pacquiao -- specifically their publicly stating that Pacquiao was taking steroids or other illegal steroids or other illegal drugs to enhance his performance, knowing that there is absolutely no basis for any such assertions," said Petrocelli.

"We may be naming others as well, and may be adding others who have made comments since the lawsuit was filed. These guys have no right saying what they're saying. It's knowingly false, highly injurious," said Petrocelli. "Manny has an absolutely unblemished reputation, and accomplished extraordinary achievements through hard work and preparation," said Petrocelli, " and he can't sit by and allow people to accuse him of cheating because they can't beat him in the ring."

 

Well he's been covering boxing for a long time. Agenda's? maybe, most jorno's have them.

It's hard to believe that he'd write something as volatile as that if he didn't have a trusted source. Most "good" journo's do have people very close to different camps or insiders who feed them info. With Arum flying off defamation claims over the past week or so, Smith would be a little silly to write that and not think his arse wouldn't end up in court too.

Maybe Timmy will end up in court after that? I want to be in the gallery when Floyd snr takes the stand .