You say "nothing has changed". I disagree. Please allow me to list a few of the substantive changes:
1) Floyd, the NSAC, boxing hardcores, and many mainstreamers are now much more familiar with the drug testing procedures than they were in December
2) The sentiment of much of the boxing public has shifted away from "Floyd is ducking" to "Just take the damn tests, manny".
3) Floyd cemented his economic primacy.
4) With the defeat of Mosley - and the WAY he defeated Mosley - Floyd has elevated his standing in the minds of many/most boxing experts and writers.
You say that nothing changed. Well, that wouldn't speak well of why manny would flip-flop on testing if nothing changed. At least changed conditions would provide a justification for Manny changing his position. If manny changed for no reason, then he was either wrong then, or wrong now. Which is it?
1) Floyd, the NSAC, boxing hardcores, and many mainstreamers are now much more familiar with the drug testing procedures than they were in December
2) The sentiment of much of the boxing public has shifted away from "Floyd is ducking" to "Just take the damn tests, manny".
3) Floyd cemented his economic primacy.
4) With the defeat of Mosley - and the WAY he defeated Mosley - Floyd has elevated his standing in the minds of many/most boxing experts and writers.
You say that nothing changed. Well, that wouldn't speak well of why manny would flip-flop on testing if nothing changed. At least changed conditions would provide a justification for Manny changing his position. If manny changed for no reason, then he was either wrong then, or wrong now. Which is it?
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