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Golden Boy Viewed as Hypocrites in Pacquiao Test Fiasco - Boxing News

By Mark Vester

There are some who are claiming that Golden Boy Promotions are a bunch of hypocrites because of the recent situation with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout. Golden Boy is representing Mayweather in the negotiations for a fight with Pacquiao on March 13.

Golden Boy/Mayweather have made a demand for random Olympic-style drug testing. They want the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to handle the random drug testing of both fighters. The USADA's procedures would subject both fighters to several random blood and urine tests. Pacquiao/Top Rank have refused those demands and see no reason for having a company like the USADA involved. Top Rank do not see a reason for Pacquiao to take numerous blood tests and as many as a dozen urine tests during the training camp.

The reason for the random drug tests? Richard Schaefer [CEO for Golden Boy] and Mayweather 's team see a simple reason for the tests. They want to make sure that both fighters are on an "even level playing field."

Golden Boy/Mayweather's team do not view the drug testing procedures of the Nevada State Athletic Commission as being substantial enough for their liking. Most believe their position for random drug tests are stemming from some of the comments that were made by Floyd Mayweather Sr, and a few others, who believe that Pacquiao is using performance enhancing drugs.

Even Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya lashed out at Pacquiao on his Ring Magazine Online blog. De La Hoya told Pacquiao “C’mon. It’s only a little bit of blood. If you have nothing to hide, then do the test."

Further, De La Hoya compared Pacquiao's punches to those of Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas. Mosley, during the BALCO trial, admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs before the 2003 rematch with De La Hoya. In 2002, Vargas tested positive for steroids when he failed a post-fight drug test for the grudge match with De La Hoya.

"Now I have to wonder about him. I’m saying to myself, ‘Wow. Those Mosley punches, those Vargas punches and those Pacquiao punches all felt the same.’ I’m not saying yes or no (about whether Pacquiao might be taking performance enhancing drugs); I’m just saying that now people have to wonder: “Why doesn’t he want to do this? Why is it such a big deal." De La Hoya.

Let's take a step back to March 2008, when Golden Boy Promotions was trying to put together a May pay-per-view fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah.

Judah and his team were demanding for Mosley to take an independent blood test before the planned May event. At least in the case of Mosley, there was some evidence to back up Judah's demand for an additional blood test outside of the required drug tests from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Mosley did admit to inadvertently taking performance enhancing drugs before the 2003 rematch with De La Hoya.

For the record, Mosley was willing to take an independent blood test and any other tests that Judah's camp were demanding.

Also for the record, Golden Boy Promotions rejected Judah's demand for an independent blood test or any additional tests beyond those of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Schaefer told the Associated Press "We are not going to do other tests than the Nevada commission requires. The fact is Shane is not a cheater and he does not need to be treated like one."

I ask this. Why is Pacquiao, who never failed a single drug test or had any BALCO scandal hanging over his head, being treated like a cheater?

Good read. Good question.

Maybe because Manny Pacquiao is a superstar and hot a commodity right now. He'll just shrugged this issue off his shoulder after Top Rank announce his future opponent.

not really cause if he's expecting to make any big bucks he already can count Bradley, Mosley, Marquez, or anyone promoted by Shaw or GBP out, they said he won't be able to fight any of their fighters till he goes ahead with the blood tests, don't see why so much drama, it's not like Mayweather wont be going through the same damn thing

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Golden Boy Viewed as Hypocrites in Pacquiao Test Fiasco - Boxing News

By Mark Vester

There are some who are claiming that Golden Boy Promotions are a bunch of hypocrites because of the recent situation with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout. Golden Boy is representing Mayweather in the negotiations for a fight with Pacquiao on March 13.

Golden Boy/Mayweather have made a demand for random Olympic-style drug testing. They want the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to handle the random drug testing of both fighters. The USADA's procedures would subject both fighters to several random blood and urine tests. Pacquiao/Top Rank have refused those demands and see no reason for having a company like the USADA involved. Top Rank do not see a reason for Pacquiao to take numerous blood tests and as many as a dozen urine tests during the training camp.

The reason for the random drug tests? Richard Schaefer [CEO for Golden Boy] and Mayweather 's team see a simple reason for the tests. They want to make sure that both fighters are on an "even level playing field."

Golden Boy/Mayweather's team do not view the drug testing procedures of the Nevada State Athletic Commission as being substantial enough for their liking. Most believe their position for random drug tests are stemming from some of the comments that were made by Floyd Mayweather Sr, and a few others, who believe that Pacquiao is using performance enhancing drugs.

Even Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya lashed out at Pacquiao on his Ring Magazine Online blog. De La Hoya told Pacquiao “C’mon. It’s only a little bit of blood. If you have nothing to hide, then do the test."

Further, De La Hoya compared Pacquiao's punches to those of Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas. Mosley, during the BALCO trial, admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs before the 2003 rematch with De La Hoya. In 2002, Vargas tested positive for steroids when he failed a post-fight drug test for the grudge match with De La Hoya.

"Now I have to wonder about him. I’m saying to myself, ‘Wow. Those Mosley punches, those Vargas punches and those Pacquiao punches all felt the same.’ I’m not saying yes or no (about whether Pacquiao might be taking performance enhancing drugs); I’m just saying that now people have to wonder: “Why doesn’t he want to do this? Why is it such a big deal." De La Hoya.

Let's take a step back to March 2008, when Golden Boy Promotions was trying to put together a May pay-per-view fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah.

Judah and his team were demanding for Mosley to take an independent blood test before the planned May event. At least in the case of Mosley, there was some evidence to back up Judah's demand for an additional blood test outside of the required drug tests from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Mosley did admit to inadvertently taking performance enhancing drugs before the 2003 rematch with De La Hoya.

For the record, Mosley was willing to take an independent blood test and any other tests that Judah's camp were demanding.

Also for the record, Golden Boy Promotions rejected Judah's demand for an independent blood test or any additional tests beyond those of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Schaefer told the Associated Press "We are not going to do other tests than the Nevada commission requires. The fact is Shane is not a cheater and he does not need to be treated like one."

I ask this. Why is Pacquiao, who never failed a single drug test or had any BALCO scandal hanging over his head, being treated like a cheater?

Good read. Good question.

Maybe because Manny Pacquiao is a superstar and hot a commodity right now. He'll just shrugged this issue off his shoulder after Top Rank announce his future opponent.

not really cause if he's expecting to make any big bucks he already can count Bradley, Mosley, Marquez, or anyone promoted by Shaw or GBP out, they said he won't be able to fight any of their fighters till he goes ahead with the blood tests, don't see why so much drama, it's not like Mayweather wont be going through the same damn thing

Money talks, bullshit walks. A lot of fighters would love to fight Pacquiao for their biggest payday. Malignaggi and Bradley are already begging to fight Pac. Marquez would break his contract with GBP in a heartbeat to have a trilogy with Pac. Valero is always available. There's Yuri Foreman for Pac's 8th division title. There's tons of them out there for Pac.

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Good read. Good question.

Maybe because Manny Pacquiao is a superstar and hot a commodity right now. He'll just shrugged this issue off his shoulder after Top Rank announce his future opponent.

not really cause if he's expecting to make any big bucks he already can count Bradley, Mosley, Marquez, or anyone promoted by Shaw or GBP out, they said he won't be able to fight any of their fighters till he goes ahead with the blood tests, don't see why so much drama, it's not like Mayweather wont be going through the same damn thing

Money talks, bullshit walks. A lot of fighters would love to fight Pacquiao for their biggest payday. Malignaggi and Bradley are already begging to fight Pac. Marquez would break his contract with GBP in a heartbeat to have a trilogy with Pac. Valero is always available. There's Yuri Foreman for Pac's 8th division title. There's tons of them out there for Pac.

spoken like a true Klitschko fan , yea i'm sure Pacquiao will take any of those to avoid the ass whooping Floyd will give him lol