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By not only being the most watched fight on PPV but also implmenting new testing rules to clean up the sport. I think it is brilliant for GBP and MP to imploy these tatics. Arum, GBP and Mayweather can not only be a part of something special as far as making $ but also make our sport look sqeeky clean in the process. When this fight is thought of 15-20 even 30 years down the road from now people will remember this fight marked the beginning of a new type ofo testing in for PEDS in boxing. In a sport age dominated by crooked athlets who cheat Floyd and manny can mark a new era....Lefty
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LOL do you know that just last year GBP rejected that type of test when judah asked it for mosley?? You really think GBp would be in the forefront of this ****?? get real man they are just doing this to tarnish pac's legacy..Comment
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Mayweather and Oscar started 24/7. GBP/ TP and Team Mayweather could possibly start a new way of testing. Lets hope it happens, now is the perfect time.Comment
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GBP are replacing don king as the most corrupt in boxing.. how many blatant robberies happened this year involving GBP fighters??Comment
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Post a link where it says something about GBP rejecting that ype of testing for Mosley Judah....Go ahead i will wait for it and hold my breath just wake me up if I pass out from oxygen loss to the brain....As for GBP being currupt there is curruption in any sport and pretty much every level of life. It is basic instinct to protect ones interest. GBP has a been associated with PEDS or ROIDS through Mosley Hopkins has been accused to some extent by posters and fans alike. Why not seperate yourself from that by cleaning up the sport of it and promoting these types of test requirements for big fights.? Makes perfect sense. Sort of like cigarette companies promoting a smokers quit line or putting out ads telling epople cigs are bad for them There is a way to get around everything but truth be told GBp is good for boxing....LeftyComment
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By Mark Vester
There are some who are claiming that Golden Boy Promotions are a bunch of hypocrites because of the recent situation with the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao bout. Golden Boy is representing Mayweather in the negotiations for a fight with Pacquiao on March 13.
Golden Boy/Mayweather have made a demand for random Olympic-style drug testing. They want the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to handle the random drug testing of both fighters. The USADA's procedures would subject both fighters to several random blood and urine tests. Pacquiao/Top Rank have refused those demands and see no reason for having a company like the USADA involved. Top Rank do not see a reason for Pacquiao to take numerous blood tests and as many as a dozen urine tests during the training camp.
The reason for the random drug tests? Richard Schaefer [CEO for Golden Boy] and Mayweather 's team see a simple reason for the tests. They want to make sure that both fighters are on an "even level playing field."
Golden Boy/Mayweather's team do not view the drug testing procedures of the Nevada State Athletic Commission as being substantial enough for their liking. Most believe their position for random drug tests are stemming from some of the comments that were made by Floyd Mayweather Sr, and a few others, who believe that Pacquiao is using performance enhancing drugs.
Even Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya lashed out at Pacquiao on his Ring Magazine Online blog. De La Hoya told Pacquiao “C’mon. It’s only a little bit of blood. If you have nothing to hide, then do the test."
Further, De La Hoya compared Pacquiao's punches to those of Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas. Mosley, during the BALCO trial, admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs before the 2003 rematch with De La Hoya. In 2002, Vargas tested positive for steroids when he failed a post-fight drug test for the grudge match with De La Hoya.
"Now I have to wonder about him. I’m saying to myself, ‘Wow. Those Mosley punches, those Vargas punches and those Pacquiao punches all felt the same.’ I’m not saying yes or no (about whether Pacquiao might be taking performance enhancing drugs); I’m just saying that now people have to wonder: “Why doesn’t he want to do this? Why is it such a big deal." De La Hoya.
Let's take a step back to March 2008, when Golden Boy Promotions was trying to put together a May pay-per-view fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah.
Judah and his team were demanding for Mosley to take an independent blood test before the planned May event. At least in the case of Mosley, there was some evidence to back up Judah's demand for an additional blood test outside of the required drug tests from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. Mosley did admit to inadvertently taking performance enhancing drugs before the 2003 rematch with De La Hoya. For the record, Mosley was willing to take an independent blood test and any other tests that Judah's camp were demanding.
Also for the record, Golden Boy Promotions rejected Judah's demand for an independent blood test or any additional tests beyond those of the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Schaefer told the Associated Press "We are not going to do other tests than the Nevada commission requires. The fact is Shane is not a cheater and he does not need to be treated like one."Last edited by johncods; 12-30-2009, 11:50 AM.Comment
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