Golden Boy Sets Record Straight....
Floyd Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions Wish to Set the Record Straight | Bleacher Report
LOS ANGELES (December 28, 2009) . . . After a Christmas weekend filled with comments and reports related to the potential mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions are issuing the following statement in order to set the record straight.
Let the record be clear: Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum are threatening to walk away from the largest fight in history.
The fact is that random blood and urine testing was one of the many deal points and was listed along with the others, such as the financial split, the weight, financial penalty for being overweight, the appointment of the foreign sales agent, the production of the marketing assets, the gloves and many more. Team Mayweather made major concessions in many of these areas and we were optimistic that Team Pacquiao would do the same as it related to the request for random blood and urine testing, which Floyd Mayweather agreed to immediately.
It is disappointing for us to see that the benefits of blood testing and the fact that many different substances and procedures can only be detected by blood testing, are still not fully understood by all.
Their "take it or leave it" approach where blood testing would stop 30 days prior to the fight unless the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) approved differently is another indication that they may not want this fight. Pacquiao's position (and as stated on his website) is. "The truth is taking blood out of my body does not seem natural to me and mentally I feel it will weaken me if blood is taken from me just days before the fight" or he is "afraid of needles" and does not feel comfortable with blood being taken closer than 30 days before the fight is another interesting point. The fact is that he did have blood taken just 14 days prior to his fight with Ricky Hatton, an event which was documented on HBO's 24/7 reality show.
Also when told that Pacquiao feels that the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is an agent of Golden Boy Promotions-which is in and of itself a ridiculous accusation-we moved swiftly and made yet another concession by stating that we would be perfectly fine to retain another agency which would do the random urine and blood tests and jointly agree on a reasonable cutoff prior to the fight but which would still maintain the integrity of the results. Let it be clear that this procedure was declined by Pacquiao as was the proposal to bring in an independent mediator such as Sen. John McCain, a suggestion that was in fact embraced by Bob Arum, but also declined by Manny Pacquiao.
Let it be very clear that nobody from Team Mayweather or Golden Boy Promotions is accusing Pacquiao of anything. But the reality seems to be that for whatever reason Pacquiao does not want to participate in random blood testing, which has already been deemed a harmless procedure that many current athletes are subjected to prior to and during competition.
Team Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions is still open to the earlier discussions of having both parties work out a mutually agreeable understanding of the testing, which would be conducted by a mutually agreed upon agency.
In closing Floyd Mayweather is one of the most decorated athletes boxing has ever seen and he is anxious to make this fight happen for all of the fans and sports enthusiasts that are asking for this fight to happen too. As you might have noticed Floyd has been silently watching and patiently waiting for the final details of the fight to get worked out. As Floyd has already stated he does not have a problem with the random procedure and will be under the same requirements as Pacquiao, it is simply hard for him to understand why there is reluctance on Pacquiao's part to agree to do the same.
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Updated: December 28, 2009, 5:59 PM ET
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=4777048
Key to super fight could be '24/7' testing
When HBO televised "Pacquiao/Hatton 24/7", it aired footage of Pacquiao taking a routine blood test as part of his pre-fight medical exam. The blood test was conducted approximately 14 days before the fight; it punches holes in Pacquiao's argument that giving blood inside 30 days of a fight negatively impacts his performance.
Although talks had broken down on Sunday, the camps were at least talking again on Monday afternoon after they learned of the "24/7" scenario.
"It's a very good point to point out that Manny was tested so close to the [Hatton] fight," Arum said. "I'm not going to suggest anything to him though, until I hear from the other guys. They have to say, 'This is what Manny did. Here is what we propose.' Then I will bring it to Manny and say, 'Manny, look, you took this test however many days before the fight and it didn't affect you. Hey, you knocked him out in two rounds.'
"What will Manny do? I assume he will listen to me, but I can't promise anything. But I want [Mayweather's camp] to make a formal proposal that this is the outside date for the blood testing based on Manny's prior test in 24/7 and then I will move mountains."
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Looks like Top Rank has already agreed to Olympic Style Testing starting at 40 sec mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd8r7G7Mxo
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Hahahahaha, someone send ESPN this clip RIGHT NOW!!!
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Those are pretty much the facts. It's the Manny camp that has different voices each shouting out contradictory statements which don't add up. One camp is patiently waiting to make the fight, whilst the other is running around like a headless chicken clucking all sorts of invalid excuses.
If Manny doesn't just agree to the random tests, then I fear his reputation will be permanently tarnished. All it takes is a few little needles at several points in camp. No professional sportsman on earth would turn his nose up at $40m over something so trivial.
I'm getting bored with this nonsense now, and I have to say that I am extremely dissapointed in Manny Pacquiao. After the Cotto fight I was impressed and finally able to warm to him, and then this debacle has set me right back to square one. I've been waiting it out, hoping that the Manny camp might begin to see the logic and good reasons for a test, but seemingly they aren't able to do that. I might even want Mayweather to beat the shit out of him after this....if they ever fight that is. Behind closed doors you get the distinct feeling that Manny isn't quite so humble or friendly. The fans want the fight, most think he should have the tests....and it is Manny Pacquiao who is denying the fight. Those too are cold harsh facts.
Pathetic. :rolleyes:
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well there we go! came from the horses mouth. is this all a hype game?
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Ebonyman
Hahahahaha, someone send ESPN this clip RIGHT NOW!!!
Excellent find.
How many times will someone in the Pac camp contradict themselves? This carry on is outrageous. As seen here, they have already said that they will go ahead with the testing. Roach is a clown.
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well there we go! came from the horses mouth. is this all a hype game?
Maybe Golden Boy and Top Rank didn't let Freddie in on the hype job. He just let the cat outta the bag about the agreeing on Olympic style testing. Nobody informed Freddie of the hype job both camps are playing. hahahaha
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we know roach he runs his mouth non stop that some details slipped out.
or maybe alex ariza secretly slips in peds in pacs banana and milk without pac and roach knowing.
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miles
Those are pretty much the facts. It's the Manny camp that has different voices each shouting out contradictory statements which don't add up. One camp is patiently waiting to make the fight, whilst the other is running around like a headless chicken clucking all sorts of invalid excuses.
If Manny doesn't just agree to the random tests, then I fear his reputation will be permanently tarnished. All it takes is a few little needles at several points in camp. No professional sportsman on earth would turn his nose up at $40m over something so trivial.
I'm getting bored with this nonsense now, and I have to say that I am extremely dissapointed in Manny Pacquiao. After the Cotto fight I was impressed and finally able to warm to him, and then this debacle has set me right back to square one. I've been waiting it out, hoping that the Manny camp might begin to see the logic and good reasons for a test, but seemingly they aren't able to do that. I might even want Mayweather to beat the shit out of him after this....if they ever fight that is. Behind closed doors you get the distinct feeling that Manny isn't quite so humble or friendly. The fans want the fight, most think he should have the tests....and it is Manny Pacquiao who is denying the fight. Those too are cold harsh facts.
Pathetic. :rolleyes:
go easy on him miles i already took you off my pac hater list. please dont go back to the darkside. :) he will deliver come fight night. this is all a hype and im sure the fight will go on.
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mnmc10
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miles
Those are pretty much the facts. It's the Manny camp that has different voices each shouting out contradictory statements which don't add up. One camp is patiently waiting to make the fight, whilst the other is running around like a headless chicken clucking all sorts of invalid excuses.
If Manny doesn't just agree to the random tests, then I fear his reputation will be permanently tarnished. All it takes is a few little needles at several points in camp. No professional sportsman on earth would turn his nose up at $40m over something so trivial.
I'm getting bored with this nonsense now, and I have to say that I am extremely dissapointed in Manny Pacquiao. After the Cotto fight I was impressed and finally able to warm to him, and then this debacle has set me right back to square one. I've been waiting it out, hoping that the Manny camp might begin to see the logic and good reasons for a test, but seemingly they aren't able to do that. I might even want Mayweather to beat the shit out of him after this....if they ever fight that is. Behind closed doors you get the distinct feeling that Manny isn't quite so humble or friendly. The fans want the fight, most think he should have the tests....and it is Manny Pacquiao who is denying the fight. Those too are cold harsh facts.
Pathetic. :rolleyes:
go easy on him miles i already took you off my pac hater list. please dont go back to the darkside. :) he will deliver come fight night. this is all a hype and im sure the fight will go on.
Yeah, I've given it a number of days but it's still dragging on. I was hoping it would have been resolved by now. It's only about 10 weeks away from the provisional date of the fight. No way, this goes ahead on schedule.
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mnmc10
we know roach he runs his mouth non stop that some details slipped out.
or maybe alex ariza secretly slips in peds in pacs banana and milk without pac and roach knowing.
The sad part about that is that Ariza already let slip that Pac "doesn't know what I give him." Sounding like someone's ready to take the fall?
