Do you think Mayweather is helping Boxing, asking for these tests?

[jameshepenstall]

I for one do think that there should be more vigorous testing in the sport,
To be honest I didn't even realize how l lean boxing commission where on this matter until Floyd has brought it up!

I like the idea of not just vigorous blood testing but all round testing and major penalties handed out e.g. Anthonio Margartio should of got a least a two year ban or Even suspended from the sport......
He is lucky he didn't get locked up and got off lightly in my opinion!

While I may not entirely agree with Mayweather’s motives for demanding the USADA protocol in his negotiations with Manny Pacquiao, he and Shane Mosley have both agreed to the same stringent request. In fact, by putting the heat on Pacquiao, Floyd may have inadvertently (or intentionally) just done boxing the biggest favor in recent years.

By instating this vigorous testing protocol for a match-up which will be heavily promoted, publicized, and viewed, he will put his new regime center-stage for the world to judge. And who doesn’t support clean boxing for all parties involved? Boxing is a dangerous sport; people can die inside the ring; boxers often starve themselves of nutrients in order to make weight; and nobody wants a juiced up opponent knocking the life out of his opponent.

If things go the way I think they are going to go (there are already rumors of the Boxing Commissions considering rule changes in their drug-testing protocols as early as this September), then Floyd Mayweather will have single-handedly transformed the landscape of boxing as we know it.

I think none the less whether this fight happens I do think Floyd Mayweather Jr. (Hate him or love him) deserves a lot of credit for exposing this weakness in the sport of boxing, in which we all love so much.

its good thing but Floys is not doing it for boxing. The only reason he made Mosley take the tests is because he demanded Manny do them. He couldnt go back on it, it would be too obvious. Floyd is helping himself, not boxing.

[Clyde Barrow]

Whether people like it or not, Whether anyone think his intention was a smear campaign (Only a ****** would) this is a way forward for the sport of boxing.

I should clarify that comment mate. It's good for boxing. But the good of boxing as a whole was not his intention in bringing the matter to light.

[.PrettyBoy32.]

No. It's an obvious smear campaign.

You still crying?

[Clyde Barrow]

You still crying?

Crying over what? I'm a PBF fan, just not a mindless stan who agrees with his every move. I explained my stance on this mate.

[RAESAAD]

I do applaud Floyd for this. Boxing also needs instant replay for such things as k**** downs the ref may have missed or mis-called and whether or not a cut was caused by a punch, accidental or on purpose. Oh & Floyd can also help boxing by finishing out his career with some real fights against real TOP fighters in HIS weight class or above! He's off to a good start wish Sugar Shane. Floyd still has a chance to win me over as a fan before his career is over.....I've always repsected his ability but disliked his personality, persona & the fact that he has cherry p[icked opponents since he left the LW division....really wasting many could've been great fights in the process..... for not only boxing but him & his legacy.

[DeelDough]

Of course it is!!

Reason??

1. Cleaner sport.

That makes a huge difference

[-The Glove-]

A cleaner sport is a better sport. With that said, I don't agree with the way things were done. By going about cleaning up the sport the way he did, Floyd has actually tarnished it in the meantime. Now you got people questioning the legitimacy of boxing's top fighters. In the end, though, yes, the sport would be better with additional tests.

[pasawayako]

If floyd was serious about this then i would have to say yes, buy he isn't, this test was only for himself because he use it as an excuse to duck a fight that everybody wanted to see that could make boxing back to the top, and what he done is he destroyed the boxing itself by not making the fight that we all want to see because of his fear of losing his beloved 0.

[charlieg]

This has been pretty bad for boxing. By insinuating that Pacquiao's achievements were only possible because of PEDs, he has cast a huge black cloud over the accomplishments of many other great fighters, and by calling out to the world that testing for PEDs is not adequate and stipulating his own testing rules, he's implying that many other current fighters are probably on something because the commission doesn't test properly.

He may not be intending to say that, but those are the only logical conclusions from his initial arguments.

He should have taken this to the relevant commissions, but the commissions don't pay his bills, the fans do, and the more controversial he can be, the more people pay to watch him. Mayweather couldn't care less about boxing, he'll do whatever it takes and defame whoever he needs to in order to maximize his income.

[.PrettyBoy32.]

Floyd is certainly doing a good thing