Manny Paquaio on why he didn't want to take the blood test [interview]

[Syf]

That's not all true, because Pacquiao hasn't necessarily been quiet about the whole ordeal nor has he denied taking any tests.

he denied random tests, essentially.. If you look through all the spin...

So the real question that should be raised is, what exactly would Pacquiao be using that would help him the night of the fight and NOT be detected in a blood test right after the fight?

He could be possibly taking an agent to help him during training that would be cycled out of his system by the time the fight came, and consequently, the testing after in the dressing room. I maintain, that any test you know WHEN its gonna be, is useless as far as enforcing a moral code. People will find a way around it, sure as ****

The fight in my eyes didn't get made simply because of both fighters' egos. I guarantee you if they both win their respected fights, we'll see Pacquiao vs Mayweather in the Fall, blood tests or not.

also quite possible

[damned1974]

The Pacman's interview went well. He explained everything clearly. JAT

LMAO-Manny stay away from those cheerleaders-Your wife may not forgive you for a 3rd time! lol

[rao007]

And so what's your point here?

You ask me.

Said what? "I'm ok with it anytime as long as it's not the day before the fight?" Or "I can't do two weeks before because I'm training hard?"

Nothing I haven't heard him say before.

So there is no contradiction in this interview, in your opinion?

Being objective ---no. Pacquiao took a blood test approximately 24 days before the Hatton fight as he usually did for major bouts. He also explained 5 years ago the experience he had taking a blood test before the Morales fight while he was dehydrating himself and connected his bad experience with it. His reasoning hasn't changed.

Fixed.

Well, to Pacquiao it does.

[Johnny Rebel]

Pac has to take a blood test for every fight and he's passed them all unlike some other big named fighters...

[IMDAZED]

You ask me.




Nothing I haven't heard him say before.




Being objective ---no. Pacquiao took a blood test approximately 24 days before the Hatton fight as he usually did for major bouts. He also explained 5 years ago the experience he had taking a blood test before the Morales fight while he was dehydrating himself and connected his bad experience with it. His reasoning hasn't changed.




Well, to Pacquiao it does.

Keep up the good fight, rao.

[Easy-E]

Man Manny sounded like an idiot.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Pacquiao said he didn't have a problem with OSDT as long as it isn't 48 hours before the fight. Then he wanted a 30 day cutoff/ then 24 day cutoff. Now his excuse for refusing OSDT is because he was weak against Erik Morales? Does that even make sense? Then he goes on to say that he trains very hard within those 14 days. Don't fighters rest during that time?

[RockStar45]

yes but the whole hearing and court process was a farce. Whether they were accused or not was basically by Joe's whim.

The tests Pac would undergo are not whim, they are scientific and exact.

Any athlete at the top of any sport is gonna catch these kinds of accusations and has to clear their name. Look at baseball, football, basketball... top Olympic Athletes. Hell, anything. Its not fair, boo hoo..but clear your ****ing name and get on with it

Sure, but every athlete at the top of the sport follows the laws and regulations of the governing body they compete under. Kobe and LeBron take the tests the NBA requires them to take. When they compete in the Olympics, they take the tests that are required to compete there. It's not like Kobe says "I won't play against LeBron in the NBA Finals unless he decides to take blood tests before each game."

I agree that the current testing system is flawed, but the system won't get fixed by accusing fighters and using a certain testing protocol for certain fights/fighters. Floyd does have the right idea, but he's not doing the sport a service by antagonizing people (not just Pacquiao, the NSAC as well).

If he sat down and gave an interview articulating his thoughts and educating the public about why blood testing is necessary, he would get a lot of people on his side. And he would also put effective pressure on Pacquiao.

[damned1974]

"peeleft: i'll give you a urine test like Pac- open your mouth ahahahaha

I think you mean a Juan Manuel Marquez style test!

[p4p-champ]

"peeleft: i'll give you a urine test like Pac- open your mouth ahahahaha

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