Pacquiao Forced To Take Medical Tests, Murad Blasts Roach

[damned1974]

Not taking a random blood test might as well prove your guilt. That's how the mainstream fans are viewing this right now. If you are a Pacquiao fan, why don't you want the truth? Aren't you curious to know whether you've been supporting an all-time great or a fraud? I'd want to know if it had been Corrales, my favorite fighter ever.

I agree.It may not show 100% guilt,but it points that way. It's like the police pulling over a drunk driver and the driver refusing to take the breathalyzer test.It leaves too much doubt and su****ion in people's eyes...

[Larrysbird]

According to Travis Tygart, the chief executive of Usada, the test requires less than a teaspoon of blood. Ellerbe also confirmed it was a teaspoon. There might have been an error but it's a teaspoon.

Well few teaspoons or w/e is just as equivalent to a vial imo. Below is some info. on how much blood is getting drawn in Olympic style testing.

http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=ewCZ5qLB9Q8C&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&dq=olympic+blood+testing+how+many+ml%3F&source=bl&ots=zLJ8_VoAKE&sig=8-Y8hj1HBoSZoG-Ze-DTT_sREjw&hl=tl&ei=O29OS_DVFMqHkAXY8-GnDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=vili&f=false

[VoodooChild]

I agree.It may not show 100% guilt,but it points that way. It's like the police pulling over a drunk driver and the driver refusing to take the breathalyzer test.It leaves too much doubt and su****ion in people's eyes...

No, its more like a driver with an impeccable record who has been following all the driving rules put before him being asked to submit to a search and breathalyzer test. I'd be pissed too and I'd ask why I'm being singled out for this.

[polvault]

that is a wrong analogy. Mayweather aint the police! NSAC is, and AFAIK pac has no complaints on NSAC's drug testing routine.

[damned1974]

that is a wrong analogy. Mayweather aint the police! NSAC is, and AFAIK pac has no complaints on NSAC's drug testing routine.

Whatever-it is only an example.If you are emotionally bound to a certain fighter,maybe it's your problem.

[damned1974]

No, its more like a driver with an impeccable record who has been following all the driving rules put before him being asked to submit to a search and breathalyzer test. I'd be pissed too and I'd ask why I'm being singled out for this.

You are too quick to assume one way or another-.
The point is simple-though not guilty,if the tests aren't strictly conducted or accepted by the party in su****ion,then it casts more doubts.It makes them appear unreliable,discredited and dishonest-even if they are innocent.Tell me how refusal improves the situation at hand??? It doesn't-especially when there is a 30-50 million dollar "carrot" hanging above your head for proving there will be fair play-they do fight for money don't they???
To use pride,superstitions,phobias,etc as some have suggested as a form of barrier is insulting-especially when the same person is portrayed as humble and without shame.I can see value in both sides,but honestly resisting to the demands just seems to have done more harm than good...is a lawsuit going to repair damaged pride or the perception of Manny's reputation ( as a warrior type figure) by the fans who are also duped into believing he is a man who is simple and humble...the case is,as I have said,tough to win at best and at worst,puts a damper on Manny as a fighter who will fight anyone,yet is scared of a request that benifits all involved.

[damned1974]

that is a wrong analogy. Mayweather aint the police! NSAC is, and AFAIK pac has no complaints on NSAC's drug testing routine.

For a fight of this magnitude and this level-there are bound to be unusual requests-Manny's request was for $10,000,000 for Floyd being a fraction of a pound over the agreed weight-that serves Manny exclusively.I believe a petty random blood test with a closing time of 2 weeks before the fight serves ALL people involved if everyone is clean-is this really as selfish as you are making it out to be and why is this an offensive request if both parties conformed to it???

[damned1974]

No, its more like a driver with an impeccable record who has been following all the driving rules put before him being asked to submit to a search and breathalyzer test. I'd be pissed too and I'd ask why I'm being singled out for this.

By the way,it is important to note the difference in being "not guilty" and "innocent"."Not guilty" only means no conclusive evidence whether you committed an offense or not. It does not specifically mean or presume innocence.

[damned1974]

I wonder if a simple hair strand analysis could determine PEDs and if there would have been any excuses made...

[EMIL2010]

ROACH said that MUHAMED ***git tried to steal PACQUIAO from him.