Pacquiao vs. Mayweather 2010 fight in jeopardy. Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather fight was tentatively scheduled for March 13, 2010, and now it is in jeopardy because they can’t agree on how to do drug testing for the fight.
In a press conference Tuesday, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum said the fight is off. Mayweather’s promoter said that he requested the drug testing to be in compliance with the US Anti-Doping Agency (Olympic style testing), that will “ensure fair play and sportsmanship by both fighters."
Pac’s promoter said: "We're going in a different direction." "What I believe is that Floyd never really wanted the fight and this is just harassment of Pacquiao.
"We appeased Mayweather by agreeing to a urine analysis at any time, and blood testing before the press conference and after the fight. Mayweather pressed for blood testing even up to the weigh-in. He knew that Manny gets freaked out when his blood gets taken, and feels that it weakens him. This is just harassment and, to me, just signaled that he didn't want the fight."
The US Anti-Doping Agency is more rigorous than the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). It involves random blood and urine anytime testing before and after the fight, while NSAC tests only for banned substances once before the fight and once after.
Mayweather, Sr. (Mayweather’s father), has opening accused Pacquiao of taking illegal substances several times.
Pac has denied it and never failed a drug test. Pac has had some problems have blood drawn, and he only wants to do it immediately before and after the fight. Although, two weeks ago Pac’s trainer, Freddie Roach said that there wouldn’t be a problem with Olympic style testing.
Until they work out their differences, the fight has been postponed.
Sources: ESPN and BBC Sport
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THE MAYWEATHER COCO CLAN
The Mayweather clan is a bunch of nuts. They all need to see a psychiatrist to examine their mental problems, and after that they need to be tested for drugs too because they must be at least smoking pots just to come up with all these nonsense.
Pacquiao's team has already agreed to their request, provided their concerns are accepted too. But what is the point of stretching this? If Pacquiao is really into something, it's gonna show up anyway, so what's up with this? It occurs to me that Floyd doesn't really want to face the guy that can kick his ass. What a cowardly move. They could have just said that, "ah, mama doesn't want li'l Floyd to fight no more". Then they all could go home, heads up, even if tails tucked.
ok so mayweather was ok with the 10 million for each pound over, but when pacquiao is asked for stricter blood test it's wrong. BS, it seems that pac doesnt want a level playing field when he faces money. now that he's famous he's got a swollen head, if he has nothing to hide then he should take the test. pacquiao's camp outragous request was accepted by mayweather, why isnt mayweathers request accepted too. why not both fighters either accept or drop those requests. if manny doesnt wanna have his blood drawn, then money should not have to pay 10 million per pound over. its only fair because given the current turn of events it will only be an advantage to manny.
During a tv shot at Paquiao room in Cotto Vs Paquiao fight i notice a move from a person in a red jacket giving something to Paquiao, right away Roach told Paquiao go to the back of the room, check that film again, i believe Paquiao is not so strong, and is taking something for the stamina and endurance, he never gets tired, MAYWEATHER corner know what it is, thats is why they want the surprise blood test., yes a blood test will reveal what Pacman is taking in his system.
BOB Arum is a big old time ganster in the monkey boxing bussiness, thats why is in the middle of all this, let them fight and do the damm blood test ramdomly and see the thruth of all this mafia saga in boxing.
what the f---...so another strategy,,,aFRAID....his f----- egg shrink...talk ,talk big mouth....
If Pac is a true Champ. then he should just take the damn blood test and get it over with. What's the freaking big deal. This only makes me believe he has something to hide.
There alot riding on this fight for both men and I can't blame either camp for their demands, blood work seems reasonable 10 million for each pound over does not.If there's nothing to hide Pac should take the blood test period.
nuff said! greates pound for pound chickem! taktalaok!
ok here it is: if paquiao and floyd passed the test floyd pays 2 mil. for asking for the olympic test.
if pac fails pac pays 3 mil.
if floyd fails floyd pays 3 mil.
I knew it. This is just another excuse from Mayweather's chicken camp. Pacquiao has already proven himself as the Pound for Pound king and he doesnt have to fight the man with the big lips. This proves Mayweather is scared of Pacquiao for setting him to do random drug testing before the fight. Why not choose the drug testing by the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) on which Pacquiao's camp is willing to accept. Mayweather knew Bob Arum will not agree with their demand because losing more blood will jeoperdize pacquiao's strength.
Makes sense Mayfeather is such a girl! Over rated! He would pull something like this, why can't he be a man and just fight the man. I hate watching that wanna-b fight anyways. There are plenty of better boxers out there then Gayfeather. Fight Sugarshane, oops forgot your scared of him to. HAHAHAHA to funny. Lucky you didn't fight Oscar in his prime!
Gayweather us scared because he knows he will lose to pacman. I would love to see it but It will never happen
this is a joke the pacquiao steroid rumors were started by mayweather sr. their is no reason to take this test pacman agreed to a blood test right after the fight and even urine tests at anytime and urine test are just as good to detect steroids.
Mayweather is just trying to get out of the fight pacman already agreed to all of mayweathers crazy demands and this is the worse one it. its obvious gayweather does not want to fight!
You notice how people that are defending Pacquiao's decision to not allow himself to be subjected to the USADA testing only have ignorant and vulgar insults against Mayweather to bolster there case. I hope his representatives have better things to say than his fans. And a $10,000,000 per pound penalty for coming in over weight is absolutely ridiculous and unprecedented. The only reason that Mayweather agreed to it is because he is a natural welter weight and will have no problem making the weight and never has. This is not a catch weight fight so the demand is absolutely ridiculous. And asking any athlete to take the most rigorous test for PED's is a reasonable request. Who would've guessed that Pacquiao's strongest so far would be a needle.
Pacman agreed to blood testing 30 days before and after the fight. If he fails the test after the fight, then strip the belt from him and give it to gayweather. If that happens, gayweather's face is already disfigured! What's the use of the belt? Just look at Cotto..
Was Kobe and Lebron tested for drugs yes, but was Spain or Argentina making false claims no.
All olympians ate tested but it's not because the other teams were crying.
That's what is annoying about this
floyd wants a way out, so he can paint PAC as the bad guy.
Using every advantage he can find, but in the end he will catch up with destiny.
Which is getting knocked the **** out.
By Floyd not accepting after the fight is a sure bet this is all a game.
Also, I bet PAC is mad because if it wasn't for his daddy crying none of this would have happened.
Boxing can not change it's rules because 1 guy is a cry baby and uneducated on the affects of hgh.
Yes manny gets hit with a stick, that is why he can take a punch.
Not hgh, it don't give u a better chin.
Mayweather's next request will be to blindfold Pacman's eyes on fight night.I saw Mayweather fight, he does not fight, he runs. His sport should be marathon and not boxing.He's just scared. If he's afraid to have his face swollen, he must just change his sport, I recommend chess!
If ever this fight will happen, karma will KO floyd.
if mayweather really wants this fight it would not matter about the drug test and that goes for pacquiao also, but i understand pac's predicament. im asain and some asains dont like the blood test cuase of the whole superstitions and all cuase my parents are the same way about taking blood for testing and all. but it wasnt like manny said no ill never do it. he a agreed to it.
Pacman camp already agreed to urine test anytime and blood test weeks before the fight and after the fight. Floyd want pacmans blood out of his body just before the fight because Floyd knew pacman weakens if that happens. Cowards strategy. lol
Arum wont use USADA with independent amateur company to take PAcs blood. Olympic drug testing is only for amateur boxers he claims. Pacs camp will only use the agency who does professinal NFL, Baseball leage, boxing etc. Mayweathers camp should be tested for drugs for their nonsense demands and it should start with the Mayweater Sr. This was the reason why he walked out. Arum figured mayweater didnt want the fight with pacman in the first place.
ei floyd mayweather fight manny and your color will turn white.
A way to not fight Pac.. hahaha, FM dont want to fight Pac coz he knew the power of Pac. FM's strategy is always the same(run and bend backwards), Roach already has a plan for that I'm sure.
He better not fight Manny or rcv his first tko.
When gayweather fought dela hoya, hatton, marquez, etc..did he have any nonsense demands like this?! Pac's request is simple, you can test his urine anytime you want, you can test his blood before his training starts and after the fight and that's it. If pac's been doping, it will still definitely come out. Gayfeather is just scared, it shows making those silly demands.
ask my father
here's what i want to happen next.
arum and pac say screw mayweather...
they sign on to fight winner of mosely and berto in april or may.
mayweather goes on to fight some bum, probably rickey hatton or his brother in england ...NOBODY BUYS HIS FIGHT... BOY COTT this BUM COWARD out of boxing !!!
Boxing will go on with out floyd.
people want to see pacman fight because he's exciting ...
After mosely -berto ...i'd like to see pac - foreman ..just to take his 8th belt ..then ... he fights margarito towards end of the year if he's reinstated ...
I think were good there .pac dont need floyd. floyd needs pac
When gayweather fought dela hoya, hatton, marquez, etc..did he have any nonsense demands like this?! Pac's request is simple, you can test his urine anytime you want, you can test his blood before his training starts and after the fight and that's it. If pac's been doping, it will still definitely come out. Gayfeather is just scared, it shows making those silly demands.
its so obvious that mayweather is so scared that he demends all kinds of test. It's also a big insult with Nevada Boxing Commission.
Pacquiao is taking something cause its asking the same thing NSAC is asking its just that its random time, such an easy thing but yet he wont do it, plus it makes them even look more bad when the trainer said it was ok tow week prior to this and now the promoter is saying No, if your intelligent you can see Pacquiao is doing something he isnt supposed to do if he cant take a random drug test
To contrast Gayweather's camp demand. They wanted to hire their own drug testing company. What???Gayweather is no comissioner. Arum was right. The previous fight announcement was just a harrassment to pacquiao. Gayweather will NEVER fight the TRUE CHAMP! bok-bok-bok- Chicken.
to peplz,
the $10M/lb penalty is not ludicrous because PBF has "cheated" his ring weight before; uh hullo, his last fight with JMM. now pacman (and PBF) has never failed any urine tests before so this whole blood testing brouhaha is really the silliest of all boxing.
To contrast Gayweather's camp demand. They wanted to hire their own drug testing company. What???Gayweather is no comissioner. Arum was right. The previous fight announcement was just a harrassment to pacquiao. Gayweather will NEVER fight the TRUE CHAMP! bok-bok-bok- Chicken.
Manny doesn't need Money Mayweather; I'd say not to waste time on Floyd and start preparing for the 8th division championship belt. Let Pacquiao make boxing history and his legacy while Floyd stagnate in his own world of boxing let him run that is what he does best that is the limit of his capability. It is Floyd who needs Manny for the money but too scared to fight and now making excuses if this fight doesn't push through its the end for Floyd anyway no one will ever watch his fight.
I'm in the medical field and I've seen people cringe, turn pale and some even faint when blood is drawn from them. Pacquiao is probably one of them. Mayweather wants to use this to his advantage. There's no need to do the blood test on the weigh-in before the fight because injectable steroids stays in the blood stream 3-4 months and oral steriods stays 1-4 weeks. With that reason alone, there's no need for the US Anti Doping Agency to do the drug testing because NSAC can handle it. If anyone questions the ability of NSAC to conduct reliable drug tests, then, you have to question all the big fights that happened in Las Vegas including those of Mayweather's.
Mayweather is really GAY.
I can't believe no one here is for the safety of fighters. If cyclist and olympic athletes can have this done and not affect their performance...what is the big deal? They are both going to go through the same tests so what is unfair about that?
Performance enhancement drugs aka (steroid) stays in the blood streams in months. "Wake up people". If Pacquiao is using it he will get CAUGHT!. ALL of Mayweathers demands were just SILLY and NONSENSE. They were the one who should be tested by USDA- Olympic Style drug testing is for AMATEUR ATHLETES! The FIGHT WONT HAPPEN between the two. Pacman and his team is already looking for another fighter in March.
I can't believe no one here is for the safety of fighters. If cyclist and olympic athletes can have this done and not affect their performance...what is the big deal? They are both going to go through the same tests so what is unfair about that?
floyd like dog always barks wait march 13 will say of leaf hand of pacman knockdown to yoy
Floyd is scard!!! They're really are some stupid people in this world.. Ask yourself, would I fight someone who I think is on PED and they don't want to go through the proper test to prove they're not.. The whole scard of needles thing is a bunch of BS.. He had his blood taken two weeks be4 the hatton fight, what's really going on.. If he's juicin he oughta take his chances, this doesn't mean they're going to catch him, Marion Jones only got caught when she told on herself (DUMMY).. Boxers kno things that are avalible for them to use and what u have to do to get away with it.. Mosley only got caught when he didn't follow instructions, he got away with it for a long time.. Bob Anal is so full of shyt.. He don't want the fight to happen right now.. And if u were him u wouldn't nethier.. Pac is his cash cow since he himself in greed destoyed his other one (cotto).. He kno when manny loses that's it for the big PPV numbers.. So he wanna ride it a little more, that's why his opinion sway..
Mayweather is a pussy!!! He's scared of PACMAN that's it!!!
just kiss the baby MAYWEATHER!!!
Here are the facts. routine blood and urine was done in all of pacquiaos pro fights in nevada and passed them all b4 and after the fight. mayweather all of sudden demanded for series of blood testing right into the final days of the fight. ridiculous but pacquiao accommodated by agreeing for 20 days b4 and right after the fight with series of urine tests all the way in to fight night, gayman initially accepts. we all thought we got a fight, then finally when it's time to put his money where his mouth is, once again gayweather started a whole new sets of demand, now he wants blood testing 14 days b4 the fight. i won't be surprised if pacquiao accepts again then all of the the sudden gayguy decides he wants blood testing right b4 the bell rings. this guy is not only yonking pacs chains but ours as well. tiis guy has the smell of pu$$y emitting all over. Man just shut the F$@K up and fight already. Visualize a cock fight with one already sticking their head btnween their legs b4 it start
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