“It seems patently obvious to me that Floyd and his minions killed the Pacquiao fight. The bottom line is that the fight was basically a done deal before they decided to inject the demands for blood testing into the picture. Pure and simple, Golden Boy and Floyd and his advisers created the problem, and it ended up killing the fight.”
-Al Bernstein, Showtime Boxing Analyst
"Mayweather shouldn't be making accusations without a shred of proof as he tries to discredit all of Pacquiao's great accomplishments, nor should he try to circumvent the Nevada rules by asking for blood tests when the commission has never asked for them."
- Dan Rafael from ESPN
"There were times during the past month when the conduct of Team Mayweather had the look of an effort to sabotage the fight. A negotiator who wants to make a deal doesn’t go out of his way to antagonize and publicly embarrass the other side. But that’s what the Mayweathers and Golden Boy did."
- Thomas Hauser, HBO.com
“I don’t see any reason of accusing Manny of using illegal drugs in our fight.”
- Jim Strickland, David Diaz's Manager/Trainer/retired licensed pharmacist
"I don't think Manny is on anything. He's just on top of his game right now."
- Timothy Bradley, WBO/WBC Jr. Welterweight Champion
"Who is Mayweather to ask for the tests? Why didn’t he ask Marquez? Manny’s not on 'roids."
- James Toney, Multi division Champion
"I think it fell apart because basically Mayweather never wanted to fight Pacquiao. He wants to continue and fight guys he can beat and fool the public.
- Mike Silver, noted Boxing Historian
"Hell naw. Why change the rules on me? Because I'm coming up in weight means I'm doing steroids? They're giving you a test for that anyway. It would be something that would aggravate me because then after I beat you, I was on something, don't play with me. Either you want to fight or you don't want to fight."
- Roy Jones, Jr.
-Al Bernstein, Showtime Boxing Analyst
"Mayweather shouldn't be making accusations without a shred of proof as he tries to discredit all of Pacquiao's great accomplishments, nor should he try to circumvent the Nevada rules by asking for blood tests when the commission has never asked for them."
- Dan Rafael from ESPN
"There were times during the past month when the conduct of Team Mayweather had the look of an effort to sabotage the fight. A negotiator who wants to make a deal doesn’t go out of his way to antagonize and publicly embarrass the other side. But that’s what the Mayweathers and Golden Boy did."
- Thomas Hauser, HBO.com
“I don’t see any reason of accusing Manny of using illegal drugs in our fight.”
- Jim Strickland, David Diaz's Manager/Trainer/retired licensed pharmacist
"I don't think Manny is on anything. He's just on top of his game right now."
- Timothy Bradley, WBO/WBC Jr. Welterweight Champion
"Who is Mayweather to ask for the tests? Why didn’t he ask Marquez? Manny’s not on 'roids."
- James Toney, Multi division Champion
"I think it fell apart because basically Mayweather never wanted to fight Pacquiao. He wants to continue and fight guys he can beat and fool the public.
- Mike Silver, noted Boxing Historian
"Hell naw. Why change the rules on me? Because I'm coming up in weight means I'm doing steroids? They're giving you a test for that anyway. It would be something that would aggravate me because then after I beat you, I was on something, don't play with me. Either you want to fight or you don't want to fight."
- Roy Jones, Jr.
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