New York Times covers Pac-Mayweather mess

[HaglerSteelChin]

Some of what is in the article is repeated, but talk about hype, NYT dosent even like talking about boxing. in the article they explain why blood is needed to find things that urine cant find.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/sports/24boxing.html

[el malo]

This **** is starting to get worse and worse for pac. Now the media is starting to pay attention? Wow.

[DE100]

OMG why is the media attacking Pac [Pac fan]. lol the media will always side with testing in the Steroids era.

[project xxx1]

thanks mate good read,mannys starting to look very guilty and arum isnt helping by claiming they are looking at other fighters:

[[ DUBBZZ ]]

He's (Pac, not Arum or Roach) already said he has no problem with taking the blood test, just not on the day of the fight. He's willing to take it immediately after the fight too. Seems like a perfectly reasonable compromise.

[jri9d0]

This is the most negative publicity I’ve seen in boxing since Mike Tyson’s all you can eat ear buffet stint.

To think the New York Times would put their spin on it is saying something.

Peace.

[RodBarker]

The trouble with Arum is in trying to say Floyd doesnt want the fight as a defence for Pac not complying with a simple test , that makes them look silly , its a ****** statement that only the pac huggers will go with , if Floyd didnt want it he could have walked with the ridicules 10 million per pound weight demand by Arum , Floyd has agreed to everything in this fight and this was his only demand , Pac dont want to be tested by the most accurate system in the world that is very su****ious .

[josenoway]

lol, you don't get to 'compromise' an anti-doping association's testing policy. That's like me telling the cops, yo let's compromise, if I promise not to rob the bank when you guys are on your donut and coffee run, then you guys promise to give me a 15 minute head start. The athletes don't get to tell USADA or any other testing agency how to do their job. For ****'s sake, either take the test in full or don't take it all. But stop with the nonsense about how you'll 'compromise' or fiddle with a randomized testing schedule. That's not how it works. The truly ironic thing is that NOBODY had a problem with how USADA was doing their job when they caught Marion Jones and the other cheating Balco athletes, but suddenly it's a problem when Manny Pacquaio has to submit to the same testing procedures.

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

He's (Pac, not Arum or Roach) already said he has no problem with taking the blood test, just not on the day of the fight. He's willing to take it immediately after the fight too. Seems like a perfectly reasonable compromise.

when and where did he say so? all the latest articles say not!

[IMDAZED]

lol, you don't get to 'compromise' an anti-doping association's testing policy. That's like me telling the cops, yo let's compromise, if I promise not to rob the bank when you guys are on your donut and coffee run, then you guys promise to give me a 15 minute head start. The athletes don't get to tell USADA or any other testing agency how to do their job. For ****'s sake, either take the test in full or don't take it all. But stop with the nonsense about how you'll 'compromise' or fiddle with a randomized testing schedule. That's not how it works. The truly ironic thing is that NOBODY had a problem with how USADA was doing their job when they caught Marion Jones and the other cheating Balco athletes, but suddenly it's a problem when Manny Pacquaio has to submit to the same testing procedures.

Excellent post. Quality. And will no doubt be avoided by the idiots looking for reasons to justify Pacquiao's refusal.