A neutrals perspective on the Manny debate ..........

[Jimmy G-Force]

Actually, this current situation is one of the very few times that I have been able to look at things from Mayweathers perspective. I'm usually irritated by him, but on this one point (the drugs test) I do think he has a case. It is unfair to accuse Manny of being on drugs, which some have done. After all, there is no real evidence. But having said that I can see the merits in random drug testing. On an ethical standpoint and looking at it from Mayweathers perspective, if there are loopholes, isn't it a good thing to erase all those loopholes and just make sure? Looking at it like that, I don't see any reason to refuse. If Manny had just agreed with no hullaballoo we would have had a fight made and this whole thing probably wouldn't have blown into the issue that it has become.

I agree that what we have is a couple of ego's at loggerheads and it has just become plain annoying for the fans. Hopefully something will get worked out because this fight is what boxing needs right now. Would be a great shame to let it pass over what on the surface seems like such a quibble.

I so wish that was true Miles. Call me a cynic, but from my experiences with both Mayweather and Pacman, this was always a fight that was going to be a million miles away from being signed smoothly. Regardless of the testing issue, there is a long way to go before these two agree amicably and sign on the dotted line.

Your dead right about the fight though, it's a must have for the sport of boxing, never mind the fans. In 25 years of following the sport, I've not known of a bigger fight. The question about the era's greatest fighter can not be answered until these two meet. I also think when it finally does get made, they will be more than one fight, but I'll stop there as I'm getting waaayyy ahead of myself.