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*************: What is your reaction to the Mayweather and Golden Boy firestorm-causing insinuations that Manny Pacquiao is using or has used performance-enhancing drugs?
Alex Ariza: “I think it’s posturing. I don’t understand why Floyd or Floyd Sr’s opinion carries so much weight all the sudden. Manny has said he’s willing to fight Floyd any time any where. He’s willing to give the blood tests – just not two or three days before, for understable reasons. To not be subjected to that anxiety of them coming to the door the night before the fight. It’s unwarranted. It’s funny Richard Schaefer is such a hypocrite – Shane Mosley admitted to using performance enhancing drugs, knowingly or unknowingly, and yet Richard Schaefer was so against any testing on Shane Mosley. Anything that now comes out of Richard Schaefer’s mouth…it’s like a split tongue he has. I feel that anything we do or have done, I’d go as far as to take a lie detector test if I’ve ever given Manny any performance enhancing drugs, anything, aspirin, ANYTHING that is not a health supplement. ANYTHING. ANYTHING. I have not so much as given Manny an aspirin.”
*************: How do you think Manny feels right now?
Alex Ariza: “I think Manny is one of these guys that is very positive. That’s how he goes through life. I think he does care how it effects the sport and the fans of the sport. I think he really cares what his fans and children think. I’d go under any lie detector test.
*************: Without any evidence or proof that Manny Pacquiao has ever tested positive for anything, what do you think is the Mayweather camp and Golden Boy’s motive for slandering and smearing Manny Pacquiao’s name, honor and achievements?
Alex Ariza: “That’s a really good question. As an educated guy. I know they’re (Golden Boy) pursuing another fighter we work with – Amir Khan (who is a free agent). I would advise him to stay away from Golden Boy. I wouldn’t feel comfortable as a young kid. He is just 23 but he has the same level of integrity and sportsmanship that Manny does. He tries to carry himself with that same kind of dignity. If I were Amir Khan I would stay away, not go with a company that is wreckless. It’s really surprising Oscar is a part of that. I’m not even angry. It’s disappointing. The reality is Schaefer is just a suit, a puppet. Oscar laced up the gloves, he knows everything about the sport, how hard it is for the fighters and how much they have to deal with and overcome. It’s surprising he’s allowing this.”
*************: Maybe Oscar is just a puppet in his own company.
Alex Ariza: “Maybe you’re right. Maybe he’s not a stand-up guy. I’ve just never seen anyone work as hard as Manny works, with all the dedication and discipline and clean living. This is what’s possible when you work so hard and do all the right things. This is what you can achieve. It’s really disappointing – without any evidence, a shred of evidence, they can throw this steroid issue up in the air and get so much momentum.
“I’ve been working with Manny for almost two years. Do you know how hard it was for me to convince Manny to do anything I suggested? It took me so long, to go to Freddie, to show him to convince him to venture to start taking evenn multi-vitamins and protein drinks or recovery drinks. Manny never did those things before.”
*************: What kind of protein drinks and recovery drinks? And when did you start Manny on this new regimen?
Alex Ariza: “A blend of whey, soy and milk proteins, I blend everything. He started taking it right before the Diaz fight. What I give Manny runs the gamut through dairy, milk, meat, fish and poultry proteins, it runs the gamut to every different source of protein that we can. It’s very, very important to be smart about nutrition and recovery. This didn’t happen overnight. It took a long time. Manny didn’t know anything about recovery and the importance of proper nutrition.”
*************: Other than Manny himself, you might be the best man to cleary Manny from these accusations he might have used performance enhancing drugs. What else can you tell the public?
Alex Ariza: “Just that’s it. It’s almost like a witch hunt. None of it is warranted. I’ve read, I’m in charge, he doesn’t know what he’s taking. Golden Boy and Mayweather, they don’t know what his supplements involve. They’re talking as if they know what we’re giving him. Like they know what kind of training he does. I have a great dietician – Teri Tom, she graduated from UCLA, did her internship at Cedars Sinai. She handles the dietician part of my program. Aundrea Macias went to San Diego State. Kinesiology. She does the research. I come up with the exercises, run them by her. Run the risk vs. reward, then implement it in our strength and conditioning program. Freddie is involved in every aspect of this, to the nutrition, to coming up with the special exercises. Then we run them through Manny. It’s very detailed. It would be irresponsible to do this on my own. Teri is phenomenal. Aundrea is a phenomenal research analyst. With Freddie we formulated a program. A lot of hard work went into this. It’s disappointing to see it’s being shattered and shadowed by these steroid accusations. You are right, I’m the one who brought this to Manny. I’d be more than willing to take a lie detector test. We’re not hiding anything. Why would I convince Manny to do something he doesn’t want to do?
*************: Are you or Manny aware that Mayweather is largely disliked by the U.S. public and media?
Alex Ariza: “Of course he is. The thing is, to be lied to, to get attention. It’s so bad for everyone to…look at Manny who is so soft spoken, so loved. At the last fight someone saw me wearing my Manny Pacquiao jacket. They said to me, I’m such a fan of him. I said, Oh, you’re a boxing fan? She said, No I’m a fan of Manny Pacquiao. It’s so easy to be a fan of his. If I was a parent I’d feel very careful about having my children to hear him talk the way he does in the press conferences and about other fighters. He’s very profane and very vulgar. Manny is a true sportsman in every way, someone you look up to. Floyd is the opposite. He’s a gangster or tries to be a gangster. Demeaning – that’s the only way he can get attention. Because he’s not loved by the boxing world. Parents look at him and think, Don’t be like him. That’s what you DON’T want to be.
*************: Going back, let me make sure, you said it took you two years to get Manny to start taking the protein nutritional supplements?
Alex Ariza: “It took us a long time coming. We’ve been doing this over a year. He didn’t turn into this bull juggernaut overnight. A lot of work went into this, strength and conditioning, a new
scientific approach. It was all new to him – what his training regimen was, what he eats now. It was over a full year. A lot of work.”
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*************: What is your reaction to the Mayweather and Golden Boy firestorm-causing insinuations that Manny Pacquiao is using or has used performance-enhancing drugs?
Alex Ariza: “I think it’s posturing. I don’t understand why Floyd or Floyd Sr’s opinion carries so much weight all the sudden. Manny has said he’s willing to fight Floyd any time any where. He’s willing to give the blood tests – just not two or three days before, for understable reasons. To not be subjected to that anxiety of them coming to the door the night before the fight. It’s unwarranted. It’s funny Richard Schaefer is such a hypocrite – Shane Mosley admitted to using performance enhancing drugs, knowingly or unknowingly, and yet Richard Schaefer was so against any testing on Shane Mosley. Anything that now comes out of Richard Schaefer’s mouth…it’s like a split tongue he has. I feel that anything we do or have done, I’d go as far as to take a lie detector test if I’ve ever given Manny any performance enhancing drugs, anything, aspirin, ANYTHING that is not a health supplement. ANYTHING. ANYTHING. I have not so much as given Manny an aspirin.”
*************: How do you think Manny feels right now?
Alex Ariza: “I think Manny is one of these guys that is very positive. That’s how he goes through life. I think he does care how it effects the sport and the fans of the sport. I think he really cares what his fans and children think. I’d go under any lie detector test.
*************: Without any evidence or proof that Manny Pacquiao has ever tested positive for anything, what do you think is the Mayweather camp and Golden Boy’s motive for slandering and smearing Manny Pacquiao’s name, honor and achievements?
Alex Ariza: “That’s a really good question. As an educated guy. I know they’re (Golden Boy) pursuing another fighter we work with – Amir Khan (who is a free agent). I would advise him to stay away from Golden Boy. I wouldn’t feel comfortable as a young kid. He is just 23 but he has the same level of integrity and sportsmanship that Manny does. He tries to carry himself with that same kind of dignity. If I were Amir Khan I would stay away, not go with a company that is wreckless. It’s really surprising Oscar is a part of that. I’m not even angry. It’s disappointing. The reality is Schaefer is just a suit, a puppet. Oscar laced up the gloves, he knows everything about the sport, how hard it is for the fighters and how much they have to deal with and overcome. It’s surprising he’s allowing this.”
*************: Maybe Oscar is just a puppet in his own company.
Alex Ariza: “Maybe you’re right. Maybe he’s not a stand-up guy. I’ve just never seen anyone work as hard as Manny works, with all the dedication and discipline and clean living. This is what’s possible when you work so hard and do all the right things. This is what you can achieve. It’s really disappointing – without any evidence, a shred of evidence, they can throw this steroid issue up in the air and get so much momentum.
“I’ve been working with Manny for almost two years. Do you know how hard it was for me to convince Manny to do anything I suggested? It took me so long, to go to Freddie, to show him to convince him to venture to start taking evenn multi-vitamins and protein drinks or recovery drinks. Manny never did those things before.”
*************: What kind of protein drinks and recovery drinks? And when did you start Manny on this new regimen?
Alex Ariza: “A blend of whey, soy and milk proteins, I blend everything. He started taking it right before the Diaz fight. What I give Manny runs the gamut through dairy, milk, meat, fish and poultry proteins, it runs the gamut to every different source of protein that we can. It’s very, very important to be smart about nutrition and recovery. This didn’t happen overnight. It took a long time. Manny didn’t know anything about recovery and the importance of proper nutrition.”
*************: Other than Manny himself, you might be the best man to cleary Manny from these accusations he might have used performance enhancing drugs. What else can you tell the public?
Alex Ariza: “Just that’s it. It’s almost like a witch hunt. None of it is warranted. I’ve read, I’m in charge, he doesn’t know what he’s taking. Golden Boy and Mayweather, they don’t know what his supplements involve. They’re talking as if they know what we’re giving him. Like they know what kind of training he does. I have a great dietician – Teri Tom, she graduated from UCLA, did her internship at Cedars Sinai. She handles the dietician part of my program. Aundrea Macias went to San Diego State. Kinesiology. She does the research. I come up with the exercises, run them by her. Run the risk vs. reward, then implement it in our strength and conditioning program. Freddie is involved in every aspect of this, to the nutrition, to coming up with the special exercises. Then we run them through Manny. It’s very detailed. It would be irresponsible to do this on my own. Teri is phenomenal. Aundrea is a phenomenal research analyst. With Freddie we formulated a program. A lot of hard work went into this. It’s disappointing to see it’s being shattered and shadowed by these steroid accusations. You are right, I’m the one who brought this to Manny. I’d be more than willing to take a lie detector test. We’re not hiding anything. Why would I convince Manny to do something he doesn’t want to do?
*************: Are you or Manny aware that Mayweather is largely disliked by the U.S. public and media?
Alex Ariza: “Of course he is. The thing is, to be lied to, to get attention. It’s so bad for everyone to…look at Manny who is so soft spoken, so loved. At the last fight someone saw me wearing my Manny Pacquiao jacket. They said to me, I’m such a fan of him. I said, Oh, you’re a boxing fan? She said, No I’m a fan of Manny Pacquiao. It’s so easy to be a fan of his. If I was a parent I’d feel very careful about having my children to hear him talk the way he does in the press conferences and about other fighters. He’s very profane and very vulgar. Manny is a true sportsman in every way, someone you look up to. Floyd is the opposite. He’s a gangster or tries to be a gangster. Demeaning – that’s the only way he can get attention. Because he’s not loved by the boxing world. Parents look at him and think, Don’t be like him. That’s what you DON’T want to be.
*************: Going back, let me make sure, you said it took you two years to get Manny to start taking the protein nutritional supplements?
Alex Ariza: “It took us a long time coming. We’ve been doing this over a year. He didn’t turn into this bull juggernaut overnight. A lot of work went into this, strength and conditioning, a new
scientific approach. It was all new to him – what his training regimen was, what he eats now. It was over a full year. A lot of work.”
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