Quote Originally Posted by miles View Post
Perhaps chickening out was the wrong way to put it, but to turn down the defining fight of your career over a demand to ensure cleanliness at the highest level is nuts. Starting legal proceedings so late after letting it go for so long also seems to me somewhat opportunistic. "We would like a random drugs test". "No". The public then gets upset and starts slinging mud. Manny's team: "Right that's it. We sue!". It is a bit crass and on that basis alone seems unreasonable. If the slander was so annoying, then he could have taken proceedings when it happened. But he didn't, he let it go. And saying it was because he was focussing on Cotto? Pac wouldn't have been organising anything, he would have had a legal team to do all the hard work for him. I've gone on a little tangent there, but at the end of the day also just want the fight made.
he wasn't turning down. he was willing to fight. just not on mayweathers' terms. random blood testing was excessive and intrusive. simple as that.

why sue now? because it's gone way overboard. he didn't sue then because it was just that, accusations. even roach said mayweather sr. was "harmless". but now that they're facing against each other, it's a different story. add to that some boxers jumping on the "roidwagon". who wouldn't sue? let the man have his dignity.

i'll put it like this, say some rich billionaire pervert guy(pacquiao) has gotten married with a few girls(OLDH, hatton, cotto) and some dad(maweather sr.) says "oh that guy has aids(roids)". guy brushes it off, what good would it do to him to confront a bitter dad. all the marriages get filed for divorce(with OLDH, hatton and cotto) maybe cause he's too rough with the sex and now wants to court the dad's daughter(mayweather jr.) and the dad(sr.) starts saying "hey jr, don't go out with this guy, he must have aids. he's always sick and stuff". daughter has a dilemma cause she knows she wants to marry a rich guy and is into S&M but isn't so sure if it would pay off for a bunch of reasons(cause he's a womanizer or does/doesn't have aids). but guy knows in his mind that he doesn't have aids(or knows he doesn't, he uses rubber). he's had physical exams and blood tests and always passed with flying colors. now dad and girl want guy tested before they even start going out with each other and everytime before going out on a date, even before they get married. wouldn't you be insulted by that? then all these other girls(cintron, malignaggi) say "yeah he has aids, i know in my mind he has aids" even though they haven't even slept with the guy. i think that does warrant some dignity for the guy.

weird, fucked up analogy with holes, i know. but this is the way i see manny is taking it.