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By Eric Thomas: In a recent news interview with Sports Talk 790, HBO analyst Max Kellerman says that World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao looks su****ious in the minds of boxing fans by not taking the Olympic style drug testing for his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr, which was supposed to be taking place on March 13th. As of now, the fight is off because Pacquiao is refusing to have random blood tests before the fight. On the radio program, Kellerman said “It [Pacquiao choosing not to take the random Olympic blood tests] makes him [Pacquiao] look really bad and su****ious.”
Kellerman went on to say that he thinks that Mayweather has a point by wanting Pacquiao to take the drug tests, saying that the blood test is more effect than the NFL style test, which is what Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum wants.
Kellerman added that he thinks that Pacquiao is a better overall fighter than Mayweather, but that Mayweather would still likely beat him if they fought because of his longer reach and bigger size.
Pacquiao won’t escape this drug test by not fighting Mayweather. The word in the media is that other boxers will want Pacquiao to take the Olympic style test before they fight him, because they’ll want a level playing field. It doesn’t look good when a fighter refuses to take a drug test, especially when they’ve accomplished as much as Pacquiao has done in the past couple of years. Pacquiao needs to think hard and perhaps agree to the random tests because this problem won’t go away if he chooses to avoid it now.
From the site boxingnews 24
Kellerman went on to say that he thinks that Mayweather has a point by wanting Pacquiao to take the drug tests, saying that the blood test is more effect than the NFL style test, which is what Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum wants.
Kellerman added that he thinks that Pacquiao is a better overall fighter than Mayweather, but that Mayweather would still likely beat him if they fought because of his longer reach and bigger size.
Pacquiao won’t escape this drug test by not fighting Mayweather. The word in the media is that other boxers will want Pacquiao to take the Olympic style test before they fight him, because they’ll want a level playing field. It doesn’t look good when a fighter refuses to take a drug test, especially when they’ve accomplished as much as Pacquiao has done in the past couple of years. Pacquiao needs to think hard and perhaps agree to the random tests because this problem won’t go away if he chooses to avoid it now.
From the site boxingnews 24
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