Comments Thread For: Bradley Fight Would Require Olympic Testing on Pacquiao

[misterced]

google manny pacquiao tattoo he so afraid of needles but look like the guy sticking a needle in his arm

[Championart]

Blood vs. urine? USADA clears up fuss over Mayweather-Pacquiao drug testing feud

By Josh Slagter | The Grand Rapids Press
December 24, 2009, 11:55AM

The notion of bad blood interfering with the negotiations between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's representatives wasn't far fetched. Neither camp gets along with the other.

But with Tuesday's announcement from Mayweather's camp that Pacquiao has refused the Olympic-style random drug testing, tensions have reached a new high.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission uses urine tests before and after fights to check for steroids other and performance-enhancing drugs. A blood test is required to earn a one-year license to fight in Nevada, too.

Mayweather's camp is demanding the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency conduct random blood tests during training. Pacqiuao's promoter, Bob Aurm, has said his fighter has agreed to be blood tested three times: in January, 30 days before the fight and then right after the fight.

Travis Tygart, the CEO of USADA, told Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports that both urine and blood tests are needed to determine if a fighter is clean.

"There is no urine-based tested for human-growth hormone," Tygart said. "It doesn’t show up in the urine. It’s only a blood-based test. That’s true of a number of prohibited substances, particularly those that would enhance and aid a boxer.”

Tygert also added the schedule Arum is proposing won't work, because a fighter would have the advantage of knowing when he'd be tested.

“That kind of window is totally unacceptable,” Tygart said. “It would provide a huge loophole for a cheater to step through and get away with cheating.”

Dr. Gary Wadler, an internal medicine physician and chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Prohibited List and Methods sub-committee, supported Tygar's position.

“The fundamental principle is that the time and place of testing is in the domain of the governing body, not of the athlete,” Wadler told Yahoo! Sports. “It would lose all its validity if the athlete could pick and choose when he is going to be tested and for what he’s going to be tested for and how he’s going to be tested. They’re sophisticated enough now that if someone wanted to, you could play the calendar to your advantage."

And to Arum's notion that Pacquaio will feel "weakened" by getting his blood drawn close to the fight? Victor Conte, the founder of Bay-Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO), said the tests would have no physical effect on either fighter.

“That amount would be less than one-half of one percent (of the total blood in the body),” Conte told Yahoo! Sports. “It’s not going to have any effect, the drawing of blood. Could it have some mental effect? That’s the only down side of that. It’s certainly not going to have any physical effect, giving blood before a fight.”

The implementation of drug testing remains the only sticking point on negotiations for a fight that could break all of boxing's revenue records.

Will either side blink in time for the fight to happen? It doesn't sound like Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe plans to back off on his demands.

"They're backed up against the wall. Either they're going to step up to the plate and do this, or my guy's not stepping up into the ring and fighting," Ellerbe said on "The Huge Show" on Wednesday. "If you have nothing to hide, why not subject yourself to this testing?"

E-mail Josh Slagter at jslagter@grpress.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JoshSlagter

This right here explains why the USADA Olympic testing is needed. If Manny is on anything its not your over the counter roids its going to be one of the exclusive Balco hard to trace ones. Manny is looking bad by not taking the simple test. Has nothing to do with pride. As a matter of fact it was about pride manny would be proud to take it and show that he is clean especially with all his role model talks.

[ATL_Boxer]

Wow. If I was Pacquiao no way would I take those tests. And what's ridiculous is that all of this is because Mayweather Sr. opened his mouth without any factual evidence. Team Pacquiao should've filed a defamation lawsuit. These people need Pac more than he needs them.

[Calilloyd]

do you really think gary shaw has to talk to his fighters before he opens his fat mouth? you're crazy, shaw is a promoter, he doesn't give a **** about what his fighters think they have to listen to him.

Further, shaw knows damn well if pacquiao isn't willing to do it with mayweather he wouldn't be willing to do with with bradly for millions and millions of dollars less. This is just pointless talk from fat slob promoter.

Ok. Well let me ask you a basic question. How do you know Bradley would not take the test?

[Calilloyd]

Wow. If I was Pacquiao no way would I take those tests. And what's ridiculous is that all of this is because Mayweather Sr. opened his mouth without any factual evidence. Team Pacquiao should've filed a defamation lawsuit. These people need Pac more than he needs them.

That guy in your avatar used steroids. What a coward.

[cheering]

woops

this is a great negotiation tool...

now pac is gonna have to buy his way outta this

but it shouldn't cost too much, heck, he can afford it....

EVERYTHING is for sale...

[ATL_Boxer]

That guy in your avatar used steroids. What a coward.

You're quite slow. Mayweather came up from 130 all the way up to 154 and no one accused him of steroid usage. Find out how much he weighed at 16 and I bet they've put on almost equal amounts of weight. The fact that people think putting on 30 pounds since you were a 16 year old kid and are now a 30 year old grown man is utterly ******. But, why should I expect anything different.

[The Great Shark]

Pacquiao's legacy will be left in doubts if he doesn't accept the drug testing demands, plain and simple. As much as he is done could be over shadowed because of his dumb superstitious mentality. He walks away now and people's su****ion will grow and push him out of the legacy he has cemented.

He's giving his fan base a reason to be embarassed to be his fan, and he's giving his haters a solid and firm base to just keep on hating. Personally I think Pacquiao's got secrets to tell, right now he's his own worst enemy.

[Gary Coleman]

The jig is up. Put up or shut up time, Manny.

[WESS]

Now everyone say THANK YOU Mayweather camp for changing the game.