[New](Reuters) WADA David Howman on Pac "First thought is he is cheating"

[Seleção No. 13]

I love how Pac fans flood threads with spam when they can't handle the truth.

What truth is there when nothing has been proven yet? Just a lot of talk. I'm tired of all this su****ion, speculation, blah blah blah.

I hope they can finally negotiate and he takes it.

[Sweet Jesus]

Pacquiao is gonna obviously sue.

[DE100]

I love how Pac fans flood threads with spam when they can't handle the truth.

Its a dead issue haven't you heard? , Pac and Mayweather are asked about this just about everyday, sport fans talk about it everyday... and the fact that Mosley vs Mayweather will be undergoing testing will keep it in the news all the way up to the fight. But hey its a dead issue lol. Funny when people that actually matter (David Howman) say something, now certain people dont want to talk about it. If he would of said "Mayweather's feeling on testing are Bull****" you wouldnt hear the end of it.

[Amadla Ngawethu]

INTERVIEW - Lack of drug testing a concern, says WADA
Sat Feb 6, 2010

By Patrick Johnston

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The continued failure of boxing authorities to comply with standard drug testing procedures is a concern, World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) director general David Howman has told Reuters.

Drug testing has been discussed at length following the collapse last month of a proposed bout between the sport's two best pound-for-pound fighters, Floyd Mayweather Jr (40-0) and Filipino Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2).

Pacquiao refused to the American's request for Olympic-style random blood testing and will fight Ghanaian Joshua Clottey instead on March 13.

"There are countless numbers of bodies that profess to be running boxing and holding boxing fights, none of them fall under any umbrella body that has made any attempt to be a part of WADA," Howman told Reuters via telephone from Montreal on Friday.

"It is obvious they (organising bodies) are not making any attempt to clean up their sport and that leaves us with, not only a lot of concern, but a pretty nasty taste in the mouth.

"There have been sufficient incidents in the world of professional boxing to show there has been doping in the past and you would have to be pretty ****** to think it wouldn't be continuing so why are they not doing anything about it?," added Howman.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) carries out testing for WADA in the U.S, where most boxing organisations are based, but have struggled to implement the code.

"They (USADA) have tried and had a little bit of success with one boxer laying down conditions for a recent fight, the Mayweather fight, but their conversations have really come to nought so far and that's a bit disappointing not only for them but for us," Howman said.

"This is a unique code which covers every country in the world so those that are not part of it ought to be reflecting and saying "why are we not adhering to these rules?".

COMMON SENSE

Mayweather's insistence on random testing, however, showed Howman there was hope the sport could make clear it was clean.

"I would anticipate at some stage common sense will prevail," Howman said. "Generally speaking it will be the clean athlete that wants to show he is fighting clean and if the others are not, then why not?"

Pacquiao, who filed a lawsuit in December saying Mayweather falsely accused him of using performance-enhancing drugs, offered to have blood drawn 30 days prior to the proposed bout but not after, as he was concerned that random testing would be intrusive of his training.

"Your first thought is he is cheating if he is not prepared to do something that shows he is not cheating," Howman said of Pacquiao, who has never tested positive.

"Blood tests are pretty simple, it's a prick in the arm, it is not going to deplete his energy or ability to fight. You are not taking a pint of blood, you are taking a very small amount."

Mayweather will instead fight on May 1 against WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley.

Mayweather and Pacquiao are expected to talk again about a possible bout late in the year, most likely under random testing, should they win their forthcoming contests.

"Isn't that a good thing?", Howman said. "That can only do him (Pacquiao) good."

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldOfSport/idINIndia-45949720100206?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true

Let me guess another Lawsuit is on the way

Anyone with a brain would have said the same.No way pacquiao would take far less money to fight Clottey when he could get a pension fighting Mayweather

[koboy]

There's a difference between refusing a sanctioning body's request and another fighter's. Manny Pacquiao has never refused any test conducted by the the boxing commission of the state or country that he is fighting in.

If Mayweather's intention is to clean up the sport, more power to him and I hope that he and his team petition all the states to adopt random urine and blood testing for the sake and safety of today's and future fighters.

But once again, the fact is, Manny Pacquiao refused PBF's request for random blood testing but has always complied with any request by NSAC or athletic commission of the state or the country that he is fighting in.

Also, this man is being presumptious about Manny Pacquiao's real intention on why he didn't agree to PBF's request of random blood testing and furthermore, the article makes it seem that Manny Pacquiao refused the request of a legal boxing authority and not just PBF's. That fact is, he did not.

What we and the rest of the world knows is that Manny Pacquiao has never tested positive or have admitted to taking PEDs. Everything else is ****** speculation.

I hope NSAC or other State Athletic Commission are listening and start implementing all the necessary tests as soon as possible. It's about time.

If he really is serious about cleaning the sport, PBF should be crusading against the athletic commission and not with Manny Pacquiao.