Pacman has had blood taken from him 14 days before a fight

Actually they take more blood for a physical exam especially if they're testing for HIV, malaria, hepatitis B/C, etc.... as well as liver function tests and a complete blood count.
Do you know how much blood is required to test for those diseases? A lot.

 

Again, who says this wasn't edited into the episode? Has HBO commented on it?

 

Exactly, it doesn't matter what the test was for, to make matters worse there are reports the next day he was hard at training.

What happened to him being weak.

 

Why would they edit in something which happened 2 weeks prior?
You're making a claim here. Do you have any evidence for it?

 

Goldenboy has confirmed this.

 

Oh, then it must be true. :rofl

 

For me, this settles that Pacquiao has not been telling the truth all along.
First he claims a blood test 30 days before a fight will weaken him, when he was seen taking blood 14 days before the Hatton fight.
The only difference between the two tests is that one was a physical while the other would be testing for PEDs.
I do wonder if the lab saved the samples of blood from his physical. It would be interesting to get it tested now.

 

"Settles it." :rofl Your mind was made up the second SR mumbled it.

 

This is still consistent with what Pac said:

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MANILA, Philippines – Seven-time world champion Manny Pacquiao has merely laughed off the drug testing issue being raised by Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s saying that the former pound-for-pound king is just trying to excuse himself from the fight.
“Marami lang siyang dahilan, marami siyang dinedemand. Siguro wala pa ‘yong fight, takot na,” said Pacquiao ("He has a lot of excuses, lots of demands. We're not even fighting yet but maybe he's scared already").
The Filipino champion, who recently won the World Boxing Organization welterweight title from Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto, said Mayweather maybe getting nervous with the idea of trading punches with him.
Thus, American boxer came out with a statement demanding an Olympic-type of dope testing.
“Sa akin walang problema kung gusto niyang lumaban. Fight kaming dalawa... pero kung medyo natakot siya -- palakasin muna niya loob niya,” said Pacquiao ("For me, I have no problem if he wants to fight... but if he's scared -- he needs time to improve his confidence").
Pacquiao made it clear he has no qualm in undergoing tests. What he’s opposed against is having him to give blood so near the March 13 fight date.
“Require natin lahat pati blood test... pero ‘wag naman doon sa day of the fight, manghihina ka naman noon,” he said ("Let's require everyone a blood test... but please not on the day of the fight, it weakens you").
The Filipino boxing star added that the Mayweather camp may also be using the issue to just to distract him.
“Gumagawa lang siya ng paraan, strategy niya para magalit ako... para ma-distract ako sa concentration sa fight,” said the reigning pound-for-pound king ("He's just making a way, a strategy to make me angry... to distract me out of my concentration in the fight").

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With a report from Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN

 

That is the key thing I believe, although I think it's more like 4 or 5 days than 2 or 3.

 

This directly contradicts Arum and his later statements who want no random testing 30 days prior to the fight.
Besides if Manny only wants no testing on the day of the fight why doesn't the rest of his team say that too?
DO they know what PAC is on?

 

Pacman has made a big stink about this. But, the truth is, they only take a little blood from u and it does not weaken u. Pac is overexaggerating. I've been blood tested a couple of times.

 

instead of arguing why Pac believes what he believes in, why not just propose a cut-off date that would make Pacquiao unable to take advantage of steroids even if he wanted to.

Pacquiao leaves LA for Las Vegas 1-2 weeks before the fight. That last period is usually used to get his mental state at 100%, and there is very little intensity in training. Wouldn't it be logical to propose a cutoff date that coincides with that?

 

I was very very suspicious when Pac's team refused to take a random test 30 days before the fight yet had no problems with non-random test.
They cited a whole bunch of silly excuses like Pac's afraid of needles (when he's covered in tattoos), or that taking tests 30 days prior weakens him (when he was seen taking blood 14 days prior against Hatton). I think these speak for themselves.
Why is Pac's team (mind you Pac himself may not be aware of what they're giving to him) so desperately trying to avoid a simple blood test?

The truth will come out eventually, as it did in the tour de france, baseball, etc...

If I were Pac I would ask all the laboratories to destroy his blood samples which were taken previously. Remember how they tested Lance's blood which has been stored in a lab for 2 years?