By Mark Vester
Irish boxing great Barry McGuigan says Manny Pacquiao is a victim of his own success. He hopes Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. are able to put aside their differences over the random Olympic-style blood tests and fight each other in 2010. He looks at the blood tests from both sides of the fence.
"On the one hand Pacquiao is right to rail against the manipulation and interference of team Mayweather. What right have they to request a test schedule be imposed on Pacquiao? The cheek of it. On the other it leaves a question dangling in the air. If Pacquiao has nothing to fear why not submit to the tests? If mischief is what the Mayweathers had in mind when they raised the issue, they have got what they wanted," McGuigan said.
McGuigan doesn't see anything illegal about Pacquiao. He calls him a "victim" of being just too good and a victim because of the things he accomplished in the sport of boxing in numerous weight divisions.
"I don't think for one minute that Pacquiao is enhanced by anything other than nature's attributes. He is in a sense a victim of his own success. Suspicion is aroused simply because no one has done what he has done in boxing. None has carried power up from flyweight to welter in that manner. It is not just about beating opponents, it is the way that you beat them. Pacquiao went through Oscar de la Hoya like a sparring partner. The way he knocked out Ricky Hatton was staggering. He just pole-axed him. Then he systematically took apart Miguel Cotto in a way none could have predicted," McGuigan said.
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