Pacquiao-Mayweather update

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Edgar Gonzalez
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It appears the Floyd Mayweather Camp is open to a compromise on their demand of random blood testing. “As long as there’s a blood test, as long as there’s a urine test and as long as it’s random, a cutoff date is agreeable to us,” Mayweather’s representative Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions told the LA Times Saturday.

Meanwhile, Pacquiao wrote on his blog “I am still willing to Fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. I never said the fight was off or I do not want to fight him. I will fight anyone at anytime and my record and past fights prove that. I have never and will never dodge anyone. These are my specifications for this fight regarding blood testing. I have offered to give a blood sample the day of the announcement of the fight at the press [conference]. I have offered to give a blood sample 30 days before the fight. I am willing to give blood immediately after the fight is over inside my dressing room . I am also willing to give urine tests at anytime any where everyday leading up to the fight. The truth is taking blood out of my body does not seem natural to me and mentally I feel it will weaken me if blood is taken from me just days before the fight. That does not make sense to me why anyone would do that.”

Update: Golden Boy Promotions has just release this presser.

MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS AND GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS

SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT

LOS ANGELES (December 28, 2009) . . . After a Christmas weekend filled with comments and reports related to the potential mega-fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions are issuing the following statement in order to set the record straight.

Let the record be clear: Manny Pacquiao and his promoter Bob Arum are threatening to walk away from the largest fight in history.

The fact is that random blood and urine testing was one of the many deal points and was listed along with the others, such as the financial split, the weight, financial penalty for being overweight, the appointment of the foreign sales agent, the production of the marketing assets, the gloves and many more. Team Mayweather made major concessions in many of these areas and we were optimistic that Team Pacquiao would do the same as it related to the request for random blood and urine testing, which Floyd Mayweather agreed to immediately.

It is disappointing for us to see that the benefits of blood testing and the fact that many different substances and procedures can only be detected by blood testing, are still not fully understood by all.

Their “take it or leave it” approach where blood testing would stop 30 days prior to the fight unless the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) approved differently is another indication that they may not want this fight. Pacquiao’s position (and as stated on his website) is. “The truth is taking blood out of my body does not seem natural to me and mentally I feel it will weaken me if blood is taken from me just days before the fight” or he is “afraid of needles” and does not feel comfortable with blood being taken closer than 30 days before the fight is another interesting point. The fact is that he did have blood taken just 14 days prior to his fight with Ricky Hatton, an event which was documented on HBO’s 24/7 reality show.

Also when told that Pacquiao feels that the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is an agent of Golden Boy Promotions-which is in and of itself a ridiculous accusation-we moved swiftly and made yet another concession by stating that we would be perfectly fine to retain another agency which would do the random urine and blood tests and jointly agree on a reasonable cutoff prior to the fight but which would still maintain the integrity of the results. Let it be clear that this procedure was declined by Pacquiao as was the proposal to bring in an independent mediator such as Sen. John McCain, a suggestion that was in fact embraced by Bob Arum, but also declined by Manny Pacquiao.

Let it be very clear that nobody from Team Mayweather or Golden Boy Promotions is accusing Pacquiao of anything. But the reality seems to be that for whatever reason Pacquiao does not want to participate in random blood testing, which has already been deemed a harmless procedure that many current athletes are subjected to prior to and during competition.

Team Mayweather and Golden Boy Promotions is still open to the earlier discussions of having both parties work out a mutually agreeable understanding of the testing, which would be conducted by a mutually agreed upon agency.

In closing Floyd Mayweather is one of the most decorated athletes boxing has ever seen and he is anxious to make this fight happen for all of the fans and sports enthusiasts that are asking for this fight to happen too. As you might have noticed Floyd has been silently watching and patiently waiting for the final details of the fight to get worked out. As Floyd has already stated he does not have a problem with the random procedure and will be under the same requirements as Pacquiao, it is simply hard for him to understand why there is reluctance on Pacquiao’s part to agree to do the same.

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34 COMMENTS

  1. I luv the hype. It brings out the expert in all of us. lol
    I’ve said it before. I’ll say it again. This fight will happen later this year. It was NEVER meant to happen on March 13. Top Rank knows that Manny sells tickets, right ? They gave it a shot at a big venue with a less then popular opponent. Close to 51,000 tickets were sold. Now imagine what two elite fighters can sell out now ??? The 40 million they were offered before just went up. People have to remember that boxing is a business. Everyone involved has to make a lot of money. We as fans don’t always get the fights we want when we want it. It just doesn’t work out that way. So gear up for the fight later this year. I’m thinking September-October.

  2. the accusation and allegation was manny pacquiao was using illlegal drugs on all his fights…so why did he offer to get his blood drawn earlier? if manny pacquiao was using drugs he will wait until much later time so he can drain it all. Manny is the champion and he has the right to make some demand not may weather. Mayweather is the challenger and came out from retirement. He has nothing to offer so when it comes to splitting the pay, higher percentage goes to pacquiao. Maybe 70-30 is good enough.

  3. when testing blood for illegal drugs…..i think 30 day prior before the fight is much effective than 3 days or day before the fight. If Manny is guilty he will not agree on getting his blood drawn earlier. But the matter of fact he was the one willing to get tested earlier. So its clear that manny is clean and mayweather is scared to fight pacquiao. Pacquiao has proven himself to be one of the best by collecting 7 belt on diffrent weight division and his achievements will be remembered in boxing history. manny you have proven yourself and mayweather has nothing to offer.

  4. Call me crazy, but even with Pacquiao around I still think that Mohammed Ali is the best of all time and I am Filipino. Mohammed Ali was/is the best, but I do not know his record. I bet neither do you. But I know he beat some of the best names in Boxing such as Sonny Liston, George Foreman, Fraizer, Norton, etc. So heres my point. Its not the Record, its the opponents whom he beat that sets the best boxers apart from the rest. And heres one more thing, Tyson, Ali, Pacquiao are some of the best perhaps its because they did not duck any formidable challengers. That is why Mayweather is doubtfully one of the elites even with 40-0 recored. So who wants to call me crazy?

  5. Here is why Mayweather is a chicken and Manny is a true champion. So you all pay attention to my no-brainer news flash that some of you should have gotten by now. First, Manny does not want the blood tests so close to fight time because he thinks it will weaken his arm, in which he has a good point. My arm is very sore from a few hours to a few days after I donate my plasma which involves getting stuck with a syringe. Simple to understand. Why can’t some of you understand that? Second, Mayweather knows this and thus the reason he wants Manny to get stuck so close to fight time. Yes, I know, he has to submit to the same tests. So what, maybe he is immune to the kind of pain from needles where Manny feels pain. Hard to understand??? Manny AGREED to blood tests, ok!? Just not so close to fight time. He even agreed to a blood test right after the fight. Isn’t that enough for Mayweather? Mayweather is the one who keeps backing down, he doesn’t want to fight. He is a Chicken, he is afraid of Manny. Simple. Why can’t some of you understand that?

  8. Hey Boxing fan (fadi), are you missing some brain cells or what, really, can you just read a little instead of saying the same thing over and over again?
    Go back and read the article, I can understand doubting, but some people are just hard headed and can at least understand both sides.

  9. Manny needs to submit to a random blood test
    it’s simple the situation is getting absurd .Man,it’
    obvious that he is on steriods and refusing to get tested because of his reputation .Manny KO ratio
    increased just 3 years ago give me a break man
    when manny was younger he was not KO people like he does now .he is on HGH and he not going to get tested because the blood test will detect HGH ,but the urine test .

  10. Here is an extract from the below ESPN article, to me this is really how it is.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/commentary/news/story?page=keown/100105

    “I know what you’re thinking: If Pacquiao doesn’t have anything to hide, why doesn’t he agree to blood testing? That’s become the default position in today’s society. Stop at this checkpoint, walk through this machine, hold your arms out for the wand. Not to get too broad here, but we’ve become so accustomed to proving our innocence in everyday life that we forgot how the system is supposed to work.

    This isn’t a guy looking to board a plane. This is a guy who is being accused of a crime by the other side, and he’s being called upon to prove his innocence despite the complete absence of evidence suggesting guilt.

    They cite Pacquiao’s ascent through weight classes as circumstantial evidence, but going from a 106-pounder at 16 years old to a 147-pounder at 31 isn’t unprecedented. In fact, Mayweather has made a similar run through weight classes starting from his Golden Gloves days. As a 16-year-old in 1993, Mayweather won the national Golden Gloves at 106. The next year, he won at 112; and in ’96, he won at 125. Despite the Mayweather camp’s insistence on a “level playing field,” this isn’t similar to a guy hitting 73 homers after never having hit 50.”

  11. @Examinerauthor No one is going to give you there full name and address so stop asking.

    Second, everyone is in title to there on opinion. Jus the same way you think his not hiding anything.

    For $40 million I will give a blood transfusion Wouldn’t you? Keep in mind no one is asking Pacman to give a blood transfusion, but rather a random blood testing. When some one is turning down that type of money it just makes you wonder.

    And at this point his being selfish, this is the fight boxing fans wants to see and his getting paid allot of money. If it wasn’t for boxing fans he won’t be the beloved idol as you called him.

  12. i think pacman will agree what ever the nevada comission wants and to clear his name, pacman just dont want to be dictated, pacman is clean since he was 16 when he started boxing. he is willing to give blood even just after the fight. I suggest that whoever win the fight and proven to be using illegal drugs then give the belt to the losser. they must include that with their contract or fighting deal.

  13. Manny’s refusal of a random blood test during the last month before the fight has raised a lot questions among the Boxing’s fans .
    I am just asking ,Why Manny is refusing ?
    can anybody give me an incisive answer !!!
    please do not tell me that he is superstitious,scare of needles or a vial of blood will deplete his strength because all the boxing fans are not gullible.

  14. Hi “boxing fan” (or Mayweather Jr. paid hacker?): kindly give your complete name and address next time and everytime you post your comment in this forum. That way you can be included in the charge sheet of Pacquiao in his defamation suit vs your beloved idol. The court of law is the best forum for you paid PACHATERS to air all your LIBELS SLANDERS AND GRIEVANCES against the 7 -time world champion and #1 p4p king. Be also ready with your EVIDENCES (I presume u have because u r so sure of your allegations) and a battalion of lawyers to assist you in the trial. I love and salivate to see you there. I PRESUME U R HONORABLE AND MAN ENOUGH TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR CONTINUOUS ATTACKS ON THE HONOR OF THE GREATEST FILIPINO ATHLETE WHO EVER LIVED as per Bob Arum.
    AND, please sell or mortgage all your properties to finance your defense in the court of justice. I believe, that’s OK with you. HELLO ALSO TO YOUR CONVICTED DRUG DEALER friend turned OVERNIGHT STEROID EXPERT MW SR, FIGHT QUITTER ODLH who allegedly cannot feel the punch of small asian fighter Pacman (but, with his terribly DEFORMED FACE, cannot stand up anymore to continue fighting or else get KOed) and WEIGHT CHEATER MW JR. who select fighters who surely cannot erase his “O” defeat stat.
    pLEASE tell your beloved MWjr to sign the fight contract now because this is the only time in his life that he is going to earn $40M. If he fights the young Hatton, how much is he going to earn? $100-T? OMG. Do not change the rules. YOu wait till u become the new NSAC commissioner. Until then, U simply are a BIG BIG BIG BIG C O W A R D. Your stat is simply hot air.

  15. nobody is answering why Manny doesn’t wanna
    submit to a random blood test during the month before the fight?
    just tell me Why and convince me.

  16. I feel really bad for Cotto because he was a victim of two cheaters.Manny with his steriods and Margarito with his concrete gloves.

  17. Boxing fans,Why why why Manny doesn’t wanna
    get a random blood test the month before the fight ,just tell why Why ????
    Why it’s a big of a deal if Manny is clean ?
    Any fighter who is confident with himself would
    submit to any test any fucking test.
    Is Manny on EPO or HGH may other kind.
    Manny is welcoming a urine test anytime ,but blood test a month before the fight is a big NO
    i am positive because the blood test can detect steriods like HGH, ….ect which the urine test can’t .got you Manny .Manny got to get his act together and act like a champion if he is clean and stop with superstitious crap ,dude your a fighter who punch people in the face ,you gotta be kidding me man.

  18. manny’s fans are you guys stupids or stupids
    your cheater fighter is rejecting to take a random
    blood test a month before the fight .have you asked youself why or you can’t take it that the reality is manny is a fucking cheater and should
    be banned for life .All his previous fights were bogus .just face it and get some Advil that will help .

  19. wow! what a record this gayweather has? is that so! they are truely the UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONS of drugs, violence and criminality. why u r silent now mr fadi?

  20. BOXING FANS, HERE IS THE LATEST NEWS ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN DIGITALJOURNAL.COM ABOUT THIS SHIT GAYWEATHER’S PAST POLICE RECORDS RELATED DRUG USED,TRAFFICKING AND SMUGGLING AND MANNY SUET SLANDER CASE AGAINST THIS GAYWEATHER’S. READ THIS..Pacquiao’s historic climb in boxing’s different divisions has sparked concerns that he’s taking prohibited drugs.The Mayweathers have accused Manny of steroid use without evidence and have imprinted to the public the deceptive nature of the Filipino icon.
    Ironically, these accusations have its roots from a sporting family strongly associated with shootings, drug use and trafficking, family rivalries, extra-marital affairs and trouble with the law.
    In 1993, Floyd Sr. was convicted for drug trafficking and jailed for five years. He was also guilty of smuggling cocaine in boxes of laundry detergent.
    In 2006, Roger Mayweather also started a riot when he attacked Zab Judah during a bout with Floyd Jr. He was fined $200,000 and suspended for year. He was also jailed for six months
    In 2007, Floyd Mayweather Sr. also found out in that he fathered a 19-year-old light middleweight by name of Jones. The teenager contacted Floyd Sr. because of comments from his friends and relatives that he has resemblance to the Mayweather family. He then requested Mayweather if he would take a DNA test. The DNA test proved positive.
    In August 2009, Roger Mayweather was arrested in Las Vegas for attacking one of his former female boxers. Mayweather allegedly hit her several times in the ribs, then tried to choke her, causing her to spit up blood when police arrived. In a interview with HBO, Roger later admitted to choking St. Vil in an effort to restrain her, but denied that he physically struck her.
    Police has also search the Rolls Royce car of Floyd Mayweather Jr., who was speculated to be involved in a shooting incident outside the Crystal Palace Skating Center in Las Vegas in August 2009.
    The accusation of Pacquiao using performance enhancing drugs should be viewed in light of the family background of the Mayweathers. It is worth noting that the issue of steroid use was first brought up by Senior Mayweather, who has been jailed for drug smuggling and trafficking.
    Manny Pacquiao, on the other hand, has instructed Arum to file a slander case on the Mayweather camp for ruining his name and reputation and issuing statements without clear evidence. SHAME TO YOU CHICKEN ASS GAYWEATHER!

  21. Hey fadi you are no longer a child, you nor mr. mayweather dont get anything you want in this world unless you submit to the dictates of circumstances, realities and facts. i repeat, Manny is not against to any kind of random blood test, but if this random test will compromise his body then this test is unacceptable, especially coming to a fight with a bigger and stronger opponent. Protecting and Preserving our body is our life biggest responsibility. Manny has the right to accept,agree,disagree,deny or re-adjust things that is requested to him especially when in term of his own body is concern.Now, i asked you back my question, WHAT IS WRONG ABOUT THE SUGGESTION OF MANNY AS TO BLOOD TEST IS CONCERN AFTER THE FIGHT AND SO ON AND SO FORT? WHY DID MAYWEATHER UNSATISFIED WITH IT, IS THERE PARIALITY IN IT? AND THE WORST IS, AS SOON AS THEY HAVE KNOWN MANNY AS A FIGHTER WITHOUT PROVE, THEY HAVE ALREADY PREJUDGE MANNY OF WRONG DOING AND USING THE ISSUE TO AVOID THE FIGHT. MAYWEATHER IS BORN AND RAISED IN A MOST CIVILIZED AND EDUCATED COUNTRYT BUT STILL HE DOENT KNOW HOW TO RESPECT PEOPLE.

  23. BOXING FAN, THIS IS THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF MANNY PACQUIAO “I am still willing to Fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. I never said the fight was off or I do not want to fight him. I will fight anyone at anytime and my record and past fights prove that. I have never and will never dodge anyone. These are my specifications for this fight regarding blood testing. I have offered to give a blood sample the day of the announcement of the fight at the press [conference]. I have offered to give a blood sample 30 days before the fight. I am willing to give blood immediately after the fight is over inside my dressing room . I am also willing to give urine tests at anytime any where everyday leading up to the fight. The truth is taking blood out of my body does not seem natural to me and mentally I feel it will weaken me if blood is taken from me just days before the fight. That does not make sense to me why anyone would do that.” WITH THAT, WE ARE WITH YOU MANNY! WE LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU ALL THE WAY, KEEP UP THE GOODWORK, YOU’RE OUR INSPIRATION.

  24. Mr. Fadi do you have brain? until now still you dont understand? what kind of mind set you have? i repeat, Manny will submit to the test but not compromising his physical body and strength, thats why he wants to re adjust it, like floyd he also requested that the blood testing will be done in January 2010 week of fight announcement, next is on February 13 and last is immediately after the fight at his LOCKER ROOM. DONT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? Is there something WRONG with that? WHAT A BRAINER?

  26. “Mayweathers’ Record In Terms of Drug Use and Violence”
    By Edwin Ladaga.

    Dec 26, 2009 by ■ Edwin Ladaga – 195 votes, 15 comments

    Link: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/284491
    -x-x-x-x-x-x-
    Ironically, these accusations have its roots from a sporting family strongly associated with shootings, drug use and trafficking, family rivalries, extra-marital affairs and trouble with the law.
    In 1993, Floyd Sr. was convicted for drug trafficking and jailed for five years. He was also guilty of smuggling cocaine in boxes of laundry detergent.
    In 2006, Roger Mayweather also started a riot when he attacked Zab Judah during a bout with Floyd Jr. He was fined $200,000 and suspended for year. He was also jailed for six months
    In 2007, Floyd Mayweather Sr. also found out in that he fathered a 19-year-old light middleweight by name of Jones. The teenager contacted Floyd Sr. because of comments from his friends and relatives that he has resemblance to the Mayweather family. He then requested Mayweather if he would take a DNA test. The DNA test proved positive.
    In August 2009, Roger Mayweather was arrested in Las Vegas for attacking one of his former female boxers. Mayweather allegedly hit her several times in the ribs, then tried to choke her, causing her to spit up blood when police arrived. In a interview with HBO, Roger later admitted to choking St. Vil in an effort to restrain her, but denied that he physically struck her.
    -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
    —-OMG!!!!!!!!
    —-Just hours ago, Manny Pacquiao had already submitted specimens of his urine UPON ORDERS OF NSAC. As per TV news reports, the result of the Urine tests would be our around two weeks from now.
    Repeat: UPON ORDERS OF NSAC, not by Convicted Drug Dealer FLOY MAYWEATHER SR., nor WEIGHT CHEATER FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR., nor FIGHT QUITTER OSCAR DE LA HOYA.
    —-OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  28. I am really not getting what are you saying
    examinerAuthor.Do u know me because if you
    do ,I am got nothin to hide ,I’m black and I ‘m proud of it.what’s up .what u got to say now ?
    if you live in LA I guess ,
    we can meet sometimes to show you that I am disguising noin

  30. Boxing fans,new updates in Pacriods previous blood testing .
    if you guys remember the 24/7 pacriod vs Hatton
    the robot man when the show dispaly pacriod
    submitting to a blood guess what this test was
    only to renew his license and he was blood tested for only Hebatitis C and B and was tested for HIV as well,but he was never got test for testerone ,HGH,winestrol …ect.so in reality he was not blood tested for steriods ,he was only tested for diseases just for the renewal of his license and that why now he making out of it a big deal because he is on steriods and since his
    blood test which is required by maywethear team
    is going to include all the testing for steriods and
    Disease .
    if a champion has nothing to hide ,he will comply
    with any kind of drug test to protect his reputation ,but not pacriod .Maywethear is right
    about reauesting this kind of test in order to end up with a fair fight .
    Even Cotto who is a friend of pacriod is astonished because of pacriod’s refusal of a random blood test .
    boxing please think with your head not your heart if you are a true boxing fan.

  31. sometimes it takes a cheater to detect another, if you remember both Mayweather and Mosley gained to much muscle mass suddenly and they look to strong for their weight division and they first commented about something going wrong with Paquiao and complained about him using steroids was Mosley and Mayweather’s father or uncle can’t remember, this make me wonder if they did it first.

  32. FIGHT FANS HERE IS OFFICIAL RELEASE OF WHAT TEAM MANNY PACQUIAO HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE MAYWEATHER VS PACQUIAO BOUT CONTROVERSY BY BOB ARUM THE PROMOTER OF MANNY PACQUIAO. “Let’s be very clear on the real issues we differ on. It’s not about being tested. Manny is onboard with that since it’s such a major concern of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. It’s about who does the testing and the scheduling of the procedures. Manny will submit to as many random urine tests requested. Regarding the blood tests, he will subject himself to three tests; one given in January during the week the fight is formally announced, one thirty days from the fight, no later than February 13, and the final one immediately following the fight, in Manny’s locker room. The major issue related to the testing rests with which independent agency will administer these tests. The United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA) cannot do it because they will not amend its procedures to accommodate the blood testing schedule we have outlined. USADA, under its guidelines, would have the right to administer random blood tests as many times as they want up to weigh-in day and that is ludicrous.

    “Our suggestion is to utilize any of the independent agencies that work with the National Football League, the National Basketball Association or Major League Baseball, since they administer drug testing for their professional athletes.”

    New York-based athletic physician, Dr. Keith Pyne, a private injury consultant for NFL athletes and those who participate in running and combat sports, told AOL Fanhouse,

    “I have more than 800 guys who are special athletes who are all drug-tested. And the urine testing is sufficient that you won’t miss anything, especially with performance-enhancing drugs. So, yes, I believe that the urine testing is more than sufficient for boxing. If you’re using steroids, it’s going to come up for sure in urine. There’s no way it’s going to get through the liver and the kidney without being detected.”

    “If Mayweather Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions are sincere in creating ‘a level playing field,’ as they stated in their release, our recommendations should put their minds at ease,” said Arum. “If not, one has to wonder if their motives are more about leveling the fight.” ITS VERY CLEAR AND SIMPLE! MABUHAY MANNY!

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