Comments Thread For: Insider Notebook: Pacquiao's Blood, Mosley, Hopkins, Khan

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By Robert Morales - Hall of Fame fighter Carlos Palomino once was introduced to Manny Pacquiao at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, where Pacquiao trains under the guidance of Freddie Roach.

"I like Manny," Palomino said Wednesday to BoxingScene.com. "I met him when he first got here at the Wild Card. Nice kid, very respectful. But you have to look at things and be realistic."

To Palomino, it is not realistic for Pacquiao to walk away from so much money just because he doesn't want to adhere to Floyd Mayweather's request for Olympic-style drug testing that involves not only urine, but blood samples.

"I understand why they are asking questions, and they should," Palomino said of Team Mayweather, which Tuesday declared the fight with Pacquiao - tentatively slated for March 13 - would not take place unless Pacquiao agrees to the testing. "If this guy has nothing to hide, why not do it? You are going to give up 30 to 40 million dollars because you don't want to test? I think there is a problem there." [Click Here To Read More]

[trufightfanatic]

Hopkins inactivity IS his own fault. He was offering peanuts to Adamek. And Chad Dawson has always been there waiting on him. Not to mention RJJ before da Dnny Green dibacle.

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Interesting. Schaefer admits Mosley had a crack at Mayweather and passed back in 07.

[kaym1ra]

ooohh please.... manny has to agree. but manny must make another term with mayweather. put mayweather on a gender test.

[csko-2k1]

for 1i think pacman is using something in a slick way,not getting caught,why so afraid?and hopkins will destroy green!!

[Calilloyd]

Interesting. Schaefer admits Mosley had a crack at Mayweather and passed back in 07.

I'm going to use that for future reference.

[Haglerwins]

Hopkins inactivity IS his own fault. He was offering peanuts to Adamek. And Chad Dawson has always been there waiting on him. Not to mention RJJ before da Dnny Green dibacle.

You should read up on the potential deal for that one. Hopkins was risking legacy points on a low compensation fight. Roy Jones (even though I didn't like the choice) would've brought him the best business. Being stuck within the confines of HBO's free tv budget has been the biggest problem for Hop for the most part.

[Pullcounter]

is palamino a steroids expert?

i'm 100% sure mosley side-stepped so that dlh could get the first shot against mayweather.

[Drunken Cat]

Insider Notebook is usually a good series, but this is just a lousy opinion piece.

[AjamT]

Olympics style testing are fair and square, a must

I don’t get it how people see something wrong with the fact that the Mayweather people call for a more rigorous olympics styles tests. the nevada state athletic commission's TESTINGS the one that’s been testing PACQUIAO SO FAR HAS A LOT Of flaws and we all know that. Dirty fighters somehow get to beat it: SHANE MOSLEY GOT AROUND IT, SO DID JAMES TONEY AND MANY OTHERS FIGHTERS. A MORE, SOPHISTICATED DRUG TESTS IS NEEDED IN THIS FIGHT THAT IS SAID TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST FIGHT EVER. IT HAS TO BE FAIR AND CLEAN. PACQUIAO, IF HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE, HAS TO ACCEPT THE TEST AND MAY THE BEST MAN WIN THAT NIGHT AS THEY ARE BOTH [Mayweather & PACQUIAO] GREAT…