Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy G-Force View Post
Lets be honest, Floyd really has no option here but to demand that all his opponents are tested. He has to, otherwise it will look like that he was victimizing Manny for making the demands to test him. If he lets any other fighter off without testing it would look like he was scared to fight Manny. It stands to reason, Floyd has made his bed, now he has to stick by it for his own integrity.

The bigger picture is that in the long run, the sport will be a cleaner place, which is a good thing, but lets not hail Floyd as the saviour of the game, even if, inadvertently his demands have set the ball rolling as a precedent. I dont believe that Floyd would be requesting every fighter be tested if he hadnt thrown away the superfight with Manny because of his testing demands. In a way, this has made Floyd come out in a much better light over this whole debacle.

Dont get me wrong though, I'm far from a Floyd hater, the guy is a pugilistic genius, but I think at times he thinks he is bigger than the sport without really showing that same type of champions mentality that made the true hall of famers legendary. The old school elite always tested themselves against the best of their generation. And although Floyd is arguably an all time PFP candidate, there is no argument that he hasnt always sought to clean out the best of the best of his era.

Overall though, a good move for the sport of boxing.
It's a bit like a millionaire giving to charity, because of the tax break. It's still good for the charity even if the intentions for the millionaire were strictly personal savings reasons.