Team Pacquiao refuse drug testing. Fight in Jepordy

What about the rest of his post?

 

Under olympic testing conditions the Mosley - Berto question would be moot as Sugar Shane wouldn't be able to compete...whats good for Marion Jones has to be good for Shane Mosley

 

It will all get sorted in the end, just the usual on/off **** to be expected in a fight this big, just builds the hype.

 

I agree its impossible, but Floyd has been very clever here, he has opened a can of worms in Boxing with regards to drug testing. He can get 90% of non pac fanbois on his side here for simply stating he wants to leave no doubt in anyone minds about the cleanliness of fighters.

Floyd is also giving Pac the platform to "clear his name" if you will. Floyd has been smart with this one, unless your a hardcore boxing fan and this fight doesnt go ahead because of this issue. Then you will believe that Pac ducked Floyd.

Casual fans only see whats on the news, and all they will see is that Pac refused drug testing, nothing more.

In all fairness to Floyd hes a clever *******.

Onto your second point, I disagree with you mate, I think most people, myself included want a drug free sport, and anything that can be done to further reduce the cheaters in our sport is only a good thing, however I I agree and dont think that most people in this thread are as concerned about this for the sport as they are for testing Pac.

For the life of me I cant understand why people are so centered on a guy who has never failed a test when a proven user is fighting Berto next month :huh

BTW if Pac did fail a drug test, shouldnt he just get the free pass RJJ fans gave him :rofl

 

Thats a dam good point actually

 

Right but it works for Pacquiao because we know what drugs he's on?

 

Reported, but we didn't hear it from the horses mouth. Lots of misinformation flying around about this fight.

I understand what you're saying but you have to see it from the other point of view. No other boxer has been subjected to this, so it's obviously very personal. Why should Pac agree to more than he has already?

As I said earlier, if this was being demanded in a fight no one cared about there would be none of the hoopla. So it's obvious this has more to do with people wanting to see the big fight rather than more testing in boxing.

 

You and me together

 

I' be suprised if both are found to be clean.

 

I appreciate the practical, financial difficulties in applying more rigorous testing across the board but surely having Olympic type testing before any world title fight is better than simply saying it is impractical and won't work and therefore we won't impose these levels of testing at all. As someone pointed out the blood tests that are currently taken in boxing are primarily to ensure guys aren't HIV+ etc. If you're going to be so lax about the issue then we may as well just open the flood gates and remove all drug testing and let guys take what they want. More of a level playing field but imagine the implications!!

 

I don't disagree with you, but that's not what this is about. Floyd's not saying, "I want to revolutionise testing in boxing", he's jsut trying to get one over on Pac. Can't you see that?

 

Of course that is the game that Mayweather is playing here but it has raised a bigger question. I was really commenting on the bigger picture. Specifically relating to this fight I tend to feel uneasy about 'special' rules being applied to a fighter because of who they are but on the other hand it is a demand in response to a demand so could be deemed as tit for tat in this case