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Maywweather wants drugs tests Mayweather wants Olympic-style drug testing.
Pacquiao won't let Mayweather make the rules.
Whatever their motives, both have substance to their claims. Pacquiao has no obligation to bow to Mayweather's demands and give him a psychological advantage. But boxing's drug testing policy is incapable of recognising sophisticated doping programmes, giving rise to major doubts about the legitimacy of it's athelete's accomplishments.
Freddie Roach has called the Nevada Athletic Commission "the best commission in the world" and "we go by the commission rules."
The only way better drug testing could enter the sport of boxing is if it's sanctioning bodies enforced it. But they're scared. They're scared of the cost of the testing and they're scared of what it could uncover.
Pacquiao won't let Mayweather make the rules.
Whatever their motives, both have substance to their claims. Pacquiao has no obligation to bow to Mayweather's demands and give him a psychological advantage. But boxing's drug testing policy is incapable of recognising sophisticated doping programmes, giving rise to major doubts about the legitimacy of it's athelete's accomplishments.
Freddie Roach has called the Nevada Athletic Commission "the best commission in the world" and "we go by the commission rules."
The only way better drug testing could enter the sport of boxing is if it's sanctioning bodies enforced it. But they're scared. They're scared of the cost of the testing and they're scared of what it could uncover.
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