Quote Originally Posted by C.J.Rock View Post
I keep seeing all these allegations about Paquaio & Ped's. Where is any proof he has ever used Ped's. These days it seems that if there is a fighter challenging your fav fighter & you have doubts your fighter can beat him, you start Ped's rumors about him. Vicious allegations with no credible back up is wrong. Of the two I'd think Floyd would be more suspect of using than Manny though I sincerely hope neither of them are
Well, of course there's no proof: someone would either have had to physically been there to see Manny using PEDs, or he would have to test positive.

The problem with that is the drug testing up until recently has been a complete joke and has generally failed to catch the majority of cheaters. I've said it before, the majority of drug users don't get caught with tests, they get caught after the fact when either someone rats them out (Lance Armstrong, numerous MLB players), or the FBI raids a steroid ring and finds their name on receipts (Holyfield, Mosley, and many many more).

So when you couple the fact that drug testing has been woefully unreliable in catching cheats, and you see a guy jump multiple weight classes and seemingly get stronger, then turn down (an estimated) 100 million dollar fight because you don't want to take a more advanced drug test, and allegedly your camp inquires a) what the penalty of a positive test would be and b) if a positive test could be kept a secret for the integrity of boxing.... I think any rational mind is going to get suspicious. None of that is proof-positive that Manny was taking PED's, but you can't blame people for being suspicious.