by Jason Alcairo:
ESPN Boxing analyst Dan Rafael recently reported that the Manny Pacquiao camp is fully willing to submit to random drug tests if there is a cut off date of at least 3-4 days to a week. Should that be enough to save the fight? I think a majority of boxing fans would agree, yes it should be enough.
Contrary to what a certain contributor (and I use the term “contribute” very lightly) has offered, the drug testing is not just a “simple” blood test. These tests can be conducted at ANY time. They could wake 7 Division champion up at 3 AM and stick him for a sample. I will go on the record as saying that if the Floyd Mayweather Jr. camp will not accept the sort of compromise like a cut off date within a week of the fight, I will label him as a ducker. Roach says they will accept random testing to a cut out date.
Rafeal keeps saying that but everyone in Pac's camp says something diffeernt. Top Rank's official stance is 30 days. I do say that Mayweather should accept if its 3 days. 4 or more may be a little risky but who knows. No one knows what kind of roids are out there or whatever. The whole time I was thinking that the fight will get done no matter what, then recently I started to think that it wont happened until maybe late this year, but nost Im starting to think that its going to happened again and both sides will give in some