Pacquiao-Mayweather in jeopardy...

[Taeth]

Sorry, but it's hard not to think that Floyd is being a bit of a dickhead here.
The NSAC's drug testing procedures have been fine for him in everyone of his fights in Vegas so far, but now all of a sudden he's demanding extended testing?? Nevada has the most stringent drug testing procedures in the country, yet they are not good enough for the Mayweathers.


Smells to me like the man is scared of something.


Whether he agrees to them or not, first blood to Pacman. Mayweather is blinking before the contract is even signed.

And before anybody says that Pac is scared because of the weight clause, is it unreasonable for a boxer to expect his opponent to be on weight?

But is it unreasonable for a boxer to expect his opponent to subject himself to drug testing procedures that he's never had to before, by an organisation that have proven unreliable in the past?

I have to side with Mayweather here. I mean what is the loss to Pacquiao if he subjects himself to the test? Is he going to be extra fatigued for the fight or what?

Make no mistake about it, this is THE defining fight of our generation it's the best offense against the best defense. Two fighters in their prime p4p #1 against the former p4p #1.

There is good cause to take extra steps to make sure the playing field is level. I know it's cool and common to hate on Mayweather, but he is not being unreasonable on this point.

I'll side with Manny over this one. Manny has already agreed for the drug testing before the initial press conference and after the fight. If there are drugs in his system it would not magically disappear after the fight date itself.

Manny does have a phobia of needles. Any one of us here that does have a phobia would not be happy if you are force to do something that you don't want to do. The olympic style testing will subject you to a random blood test of 3-5 times and 11 urine test. So if you have a phobia with needles you would always be worried when would the next blood test will occur and it would affect you mentally as you prepare for the fight.

Again, Manny agreed on 2 blood test. Before the initial press conference and after the fight itself. Isn't this good enough? Surely if there are drugs in his system it would be found by the blood sample he will submit after the fight.

Not really, with any high quality steroid, he could easily take it after the press conference it would make an impact on his performance, and it could out of the system by the time the fight took place, but he would still benefit from the enhancements produced by taking said steroids.

And people are talking about Manny being superstituous about changing up his routine, but he has changed where he has trained for fights, he has not even fully prepared for fights like against Jorge Solis or Oscar Larios. He has added Alex as a conditioning coach.