Manny Pacquiao and the myth of Steroid use…….
Manny Pacquiao and the myth of Steroid use…….
Lets get one thing off the table now, there was no accusations of Manny being on Steroids until Floyd Mayweather Sr realized his son Floyd Jr, may end up facing the Filipino star. A lot of Mayweather supporters try to argue that manny is indeed on steroids simply because of the size of his head, or the fact that Manny declined extensive testing through an outside source that is not required by the commission or simply they question how a little guy can move up in weight and knock all these guys out and beat them up.
Lets take this one step at a time…
Manny according to Mayweather and to Floyd supporters declined additional testing for a potential mega fight with Floyd. Oct 10 2011 Keith Kizer of the NSAC conducted an interview with Boxing insider and those rumors were proven to be false, Kizer stated that Manny signed a joint petition and agreed to have OSDT for the fight with Mayweather, Kizer also stated that Mayweather did not sign nor did he agree.
In that very same interview Kizer also pointed out that Mayweather and Marquez both never underwent any type of additional testing. I thought we were cleaning up the sport? Why didn’t you test with marquez as your negotiations with Manny were months prior to your fight with Jaun Manuel Marquez?
Obviously someones not telling the truth and Kizer pretty much let us know who that is.
Okay so forget about the OSDT lets move on to the next argument…. The mans head size, based on what? Pictures? Okay lets just get this out of the way here, when you move up in weight your going to look bigger period…. Floyd when he fought Corrales looked much smaller back then, then he does right now, obviously he too must be on the juice….
These pictures, you do know that it depends on the angles the pictures are taken from, the amount of hair manny has currently vs the way he had his hair in his fight with Marquez, that alone is going to change the way your head looks…. But it also depends on the distance in which those pictures were taken if your closer his head will look bigger if you take a shot from a further distance his head will look smaller… its not rocket science….
Now on to the final argument Floyd fans talk about Manny moving up and knocking all these big guys out.. since stopping David Diaz at 135 Manny has had six bouts and in this Order
Oscar De La Hoya Win TKO round 8
Ricky Hatton Win KO Round 2
Miguel Cotto win TKO Round 12
Joshua Clottey win UD 12
Antonio Margarito Win UD 12
Shane Mosley Win UD 12
He has three knock outs since moving up in weight, and lets be real, Floyd fans agree that Manny fought a weight drained past his prime Oscar De La Hoya, so your surprised that he would be able to stop a fighter under those conditions? I mean just about any fighter that night would have put it on Oscar like that. and note he only has one, one shot Kayo the other two TKOs he had to work and land alot of leather to get that done.
Ricky Hatton, This wasn’t exactly knocking out a much bigger man the fight took place at 140 Rickys best weight and Mannys best weight is likely 140, this was a style mis match, power punching south paw against a guy with no real skills nor defense, its not a surprise that Manny knocked him out the way he did as Ricky only knows one way to fight and repeats that same move over and over Manny timed him and that was the end of Rickys night. Keep in mind Hatton has also been on the floor several times before by much lesser bangers, such as Luis Collazo for example who is not a fighter known to have power. Again this is supposed to be proof that Manny is on Roids? Or do you simply question the man because Floyd wasn’t able to do what Manny was? I think we are on to something here.
Miguel Cotto, this is not exactly a big welter weight here in fact even though he is a Jr Middle today, Miguel is still considered a small one, but lets take a closer look at Miguel, this man has been rocked by South Paw Zab Judah, and he has also been on the deck multiple times with Ricardo Torres and nearly lost that fight, and need we remind you how Chop Chop Corley was able to put him on Queer street for a min with a right hook?
Manny during his fight with Miguel scored a couple of knock downs but Miguel got up both times and was able to stay on his feet until the ref stopped it in round 12, the knock downs were flash knock downs due to the accurate speedy shots that Manny was able to set Miguel up for.. Manny used his speed to win that fight and his work rate with good boxing skills drawing Miguel in and setting up traps to do big damage. Lets also consider that Miguel has had some tuff fights going into this fight and had went life and death with Margarito and took a beating the last few rounds of that fight, he may just be showing signs of the ring wear and tear, yet this is supposed to mean Manny was on Roids right?
On to Joshua Clottey, boring performance by Josh, what a let down to be honest but again Manny didn’t knock him out or beat him up the way he did Cotto or Oscar or David Diaz it was a wide UD for Manny, and it makes sense Clottey just waits too much he did in the Margarito fight why is this a surprise when you have fighter with better hand speed better defense better foot work and better head movement I mean damn why are we even saying this about Manny Pac…?
Shane Mosley, Need we even bring this up, look at Shanes last two fights, obviously he has slowed down cant pull the trigger any more, and because of that Manny is on Steroids….
Lets just look at the facts here none of your arguments add up in regards to Manny, the fact is nobody mentioned Manny being on steroids until Manny destroyed Ricky Hatton the way he did, and who was Ricky Hattons trainer at that time? The man saw up close the power the speed and the ability Manny brings with him and it literally shook Mr. Mayweather sr. and apparently has done the same to his Son and Uncle Roger.
Its not about taking a test, its about using that as an excuse so your supporters stand behind you…. We are all fight fans here, at the end of the day I am a hater and you are a hater we are all one in the same, if you’re a Mayweather fan that means you’re a Pacquiao hater, if you’re a Pacquiao fan that means you’re a Mayweather hater….
So when you come up here and say someone is a hater when they say something you don’t like…. Chances are your taking the same jabs at the other fighter which makes you no different.
Mannys not Ducking Floyd…. And Manny is not on steroids… Floyd has a right to request additional testing but its not required, and Manny has a right to decline additional testing However Kizer sort of put that to rest as he stated that Manny did agree while Floyd did not, and I thought Floyd was all for making all of sports better? So if that’s really your goal why would you not sign the joint petition and take the biggest fight that can be made now? One can only wonder
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