Mayweather's IV injection (Master thread)

[Redd Foxx]

this has everything to do with pacs L, for 6 years all the fans did was say this and that and when the fight happened he lost, then all the excuses with the arm, slow motion, now this pops up, pac fanatics are clinging to it... I understand but its old

It's ignorant and sad for this to be about Pac or Floyd at this point. This is about the manner by which testing is done and exemptions are made. Anyone who gives a damn about doping in this sport should not let this go, regardless of how much they like Mayweather. Floyd is done but testing is still hugely relevant. Fans need to sack up and put their biases aside.

[MDPopescu]

look man pac man lost the fight, Floyd didn't do much outside of footwork and some counters... there is nothing to be ashamed of. he lost the fight, no shame in losing to the best fighter of this generation lol get over it man

... While everybody lost to Armstrong -- he was one of my favorite athletes ever...
... But Lance was caught after more than 10 years of cheating...

[lane99]

#RoidMayweather

The best defense is a good offense. Pity he only followed that motto when it comes to PR, and not in the ring, too.

[North Star]

It's ignorant and sad for this to be about Pac or Floyd at this point. This is about the manner by which testing is done and exemptions are made. Anyone who gives a damn about doping in this sport should not let this go, regardless of how much they like Mayweather. Floyd is done but testing is still hugely relevant. Fans need to sack up and put their biases aside.

Exactly! People should be wanting to know the truth, regardless of who the fighter involved is.

[Deevel916]

the media pumped Manny up...he lost....I know a lot of dreams were smashed but dang man, why are they trying so hard to get this dude for something??

American media "majority suburban" media hate to see a man of color talk trash and back it up....we've seen this waaaaaay back since Jack Johnson days, it happened with Ali, Roy Jones people couldn't wait to see them lose and say i told you so even though most of all their losses were past prime.


its sad to me.....they take a black athlete's prime years every generation on straight Bull****

Ali....lost his best years because he didn't want to fight in a war he disagreed with...they knew no one was gonna beat him from 1966-1970 so they did what no fighter could do...beat him. didn't help he was a black ****** and a loud mouth

Tyson lost his prime years over an alleged ****

Mike Vick lost his best years over dog fighting but Ben Roethlisberger has a history of sexual assault and he remained active in the NFL

People bring up everything under the sun about Mayweather but the American media never touch on Manny's infidelity, cheating, gabling and dodging drug tests


they hate this man hasn't lost, changed the game as far as athletes getting their share of money instead of networks, promoters, etc...he has done more good for boxing than bad

They are reaching too hard man....give it a rest..American media is full of shyt

When all else fails....

[New England]

Or no one sees it as an issue. The only time I hear about this is upon visiting a boxing site & almost 100% exclusively via Mayweather's anti-fans or Pac fans. Its rarely if ever discussed by neutral people or just non-anti Floyd people in a serious or concerned way as one would expect it to be if people did find it as a viable cheating scandal.

This is the type of thing Real Sports or Outside the Lines would eat up if it was legitimate & I've yet to see them cover this. Right now its 99% strictly a Mayweather anti-fan or Pac fan discussion & with the fan bias so strong against Floyd that basically makes this a meaningless topic until someone impartial enters the discussion.

this is the rhetoric if deflection. you recognize that there's an issue [floyd's IV use, and the shady manner in which it was deemed acceptable by USADA and eventually the NSAC,] and still try and minimize it.


most of the major news outlets [washington post, NY times, etc] covered floyd's IV use / retroactive theraputic use exemption. they aren't going to cover a story about boxing for several months.



any impartial fan of the sport recognizes these things:

floyd's PED use cannot be proven, given the facts.

floyd claims to walk around at 150 lbs during most of training camp.

the best method for rehydrating a moderately dehydrated athlete is to give him water and electrolytes.

we can deem his behavior involving his IV use highly su****ious. his treatment is similar to the methods used by lance armstrong to mask his PED use. you don't give 750 ML of saline to a moderately dehydrated athlete. you hand him a glass of water, or a pedialite, or some gatorade mixed with water, or all three.



any unbiased boxing fan will be su****ious of the end of floyd mayweather's career. we can't prove anything, but we have hte right to deem his behavior, which is highly su****ious under any unbiased scrutiny, as highly su****ious.

[North Star]

When all else fails....

Sad that it always comes to that. Even though the biggest cheater in this day and age, who was a darling of the same media that eventually turned against him is a white man. Does the media hate white people too?

[hhs661]

Drug testing I'm all for. A honorable guy like Floyd attempted it. Even had his opponents go through them as well. So I applaud all parties

Sport did get cleaner that's for sure. Shout out to Donaire too and many more who didn't get forced into testing but acknowledged it.

Pioneer. Maybe he'll get the credit but if others continue to do it, it went matter who voiced their thoughts on extra testing first.

A sham? Not at all

I'm looking at test results and don't see failed tests from Ortiz, Maidana, Canelo, Floyd or Manny

What are we discussing here?

[Jc8804]

I can care less about a shot pac losing a sham fight.

Fact is floyd cheated and vegas and usada wanna throw it under the rug.

He should be held accountable

[NEETzsche]

regardless, it has resulted in an improvement