I hate it when baseless accusations are blathered around in order to discredit a man, woman, or beast.
[Video of Floyd Mayweather Senior calling Pacquiao a PED user]
These types of insults are thrown around not only within the boxing world but also in politics, the entertainment industry, and even amongst friends.
[Paulie Malignaggi also accused Pacquiao of PED use in this video]
I have no interest in the political or financial turmoil surrounding America but I do chuckle when people point to current president as being the sole reason that the country is in such economic shambles. For those of you lacking that thing called “common sense”, it was quite evident that this was a huge catastrophe in the making and that the Wizard of Oz could have been crowned President of the United States of America and still… we’d be on the verge of hell.
The biggest and most baseless accuation flying around these days within the world of boxing is the statement that Manny Pacquiao has apparently utilized performance enhancing drugs in order to attain his all-time great status. The leading argument from his detractors is the fact that the “Pacman” has moved from the 130 pound division to the 147 pound division in a mere four years while retaining all the physical qualities he exemplified within the lower weight classes. They state that moving up 17 pounds in weight while preserving a chiseled physique is damn near impossible for a man of Pacquiao’s size.
I would tend to agree completely.
We’ve all seen examples of fighters moving up in weight that tend to lose that “carved out of marble”-look…
Unfortunately this argument falls drastically short on numerous levels regarding Pacquiao.
Here are the most succinct examples as to why there is no argument in regards to Manny Pacquiao utilizing illegal substances to achieve success within the higher weight division…
Manny Pacquiao entered the super featherweight division March 19, 2005 when he took on all-time Mexican great, Erik “El Terrible” Morales. Here is the tale of the tape for that bout:
The fight took place at 130 pounds in which Pacquiao would weigh-in the day prior at 129.5. On the night of the bout the “Pacman” would rehydrate to 139 pounds while Morales would rehydrate to 140. Being that it was his first move up from the featherweight limit (a weight he competed a total of only 5 times at), it was evident that Manny was the “smaller” man at the time. His body hadn’t saturated itself at the higher weight yet and making the contracted weight was not an issue.
19 months following that first bout with Morales, Pacquiao would enter his trilogy match with the Mexican on November 18, 2006. Here is the tale of the tape for that bout:
