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Quote Originally Posted by jerome01 View Post
From the link you have provided the blood is only an added measure for testing and in other article a screening of athlete to determine who they deem necessary for a urine test. But the urine is sufficient for detecting EPO.
which brings me to this video that i remember seeing earlier this month.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd8r...layer_embedded
based on this video, dated dec 11,team pac originally agreed with the olympic style testing. it's only when the mayweather's demanded excessive random blood sampling, which could possibly be done right before the fight, that team pac didn't want to be pulled a fast one on.

i still stand by my hair sampling compromise. it's less intrusive and more indicative if pac has ever used roids.
With regards to testing for synthetic EPO in the blood verses Urine, according to the experts. They look for the effects of EPO in the blood by measuring how much oxygen it can carry which is why taking blood is required (but it needs only be taken immediately after the fight.) They take urine samples to look for the actual synthetic molecule. But what cheaters do is wash their urine using an undetectable masking agent which is why they want the blood to confirm the effects. The thing is if they use the masking, it takes out all of the EPO both natural and synthetic so then can be concluded the urine sample was tampered with. If I'm an expert and know this, I won't make statement that don't make sense. The link I provided lists the type of testing they do for the groups of banned substances Drug Tests Used in Sports - Sports and Drugs - ProCon.org

I have also read the USADA cannot do the testing because it's rules don't allow it to participate but I can't find the link to the article and it was from a diffident guy than the one GBP uses as a reference.

I don't think Pacquiao needs to be defended about blood testing by his fans. He has stated his reasons you can accept them or not. If this is really a physiological battle, he is letting Mayweather get the upper hand by playing into it.

The longer this negotiation fiasco goes on in the media, the more I think this is all hoax.