Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
The poll is turning out pretty much like I expected. There are a few apologists saying no, but I haven't really heard a credible argument explaining to me why the blood test should not go ahead. It's frustrating more than anything else. This was a time when I had finally warmed to Manny and was even hoping he would beat Floyd and now he decides to pull this card? By not going ahead with the test, Manny loses a lot of respect as I'm sure it's not only me that is feeling this way.

Both fighters have agreed to everything else. Floyd has agreed to pay a never seen before penalty of 10 million dollars a pound in excess weight. Now why won't Manny put up with Floyds one and significantly less expensive request in return?

The boxing world needs to hear from Pacquiao himself and the record needs to be set straight.
Miles, I'm feeling very much the same. I was going to be rooting for Pac but this whole debacle has gotten me suspicious more than normal. I've been around different steroids quite a bit myself and I know that urine tests are easy to beat. Roach says he would agree to have Pac submit to testing up to the week of the fight but Arum says Pac will not allow a blood draw within 30 days of the fight. Travis Tygart, chief of the USADA, says blood drawn that far away from the event is not effective. Besides, Arum basically wants to schedule the tests by not allowing testing closer within 30 days of the event thus defeating the purpose and effectiveness of random testing. And the blood draw is small enough to be replaced within 1 hour. And according to Ellerbe the fighters would not be tested closer than March 11th. Board Message