Is Manny Pacquiao afraid of needles? Is he really superstitious about needles? That’s what it sounds like coming from Team Pacquiao as this media blitz continues to damage Manny Pacquiao’s image.
Floyd Mayweather Sr. first came publicly with accusations of Manny Pacquiao being on “supplements” in September of 2009. This just so happened to be just before Floyd Mayweather Jr. was going to make his return into the ring after an almost two year layoff against Juan Manuel Marquez. The #2 Pound for Pound fighter in the sport at the time.
“I believe he’s on some type of supplements. I’m convinced about a lot of (boxers), that’s what they’re doing right now. Everybody should be checked a little bit more thoroughly. Sometimes people know what’s going on but they ain’t saying nothing.” Mayweather Sr. said.
The elder Mayweather also was quoted as saying “I don’t think he can beat Lil’ Floyd with steroids in him or not because he don’t have that kind of talent. He don’t have that kind of skill. I think they’re pushing Pacquiao a little too much, even if he’s got ‘roids in his body. The steroids aren’t going to make him no faster. It’s going make him relentless and hit strong, but that’s it. It ain’t going to put no knowledge in your head.”
A Week after Manny Pacquiao’s destruction over Miguel Cotto, Alex Ariza whom is Pacquio’s strength and conditioning coach stated that only he had knowledge of what goes into Pacquiao’s body, not Pacquiao but himself. Ariza also stated, “I am the one in charge, I’m the one responsible for what Manny takes. He has no idea what he takes. I don’t give my guys any steroids. What I give them is all natural and its my own special blend of different things.”
He has no idea what he takes?
It’s my own special blend of different things?
Why wouldn’t Manny Pacquiao want to know what he takes? Haven’t we heard this same old song & dance by numerous athletes in various sports ranging from baseball to cycling? From Football to Track & Field?
Why are the representatives for Pacquiao downplaying the use of Olympic Style Blood Testing?
Why are they trying to spin to the public that a urine test is just as good?
In September of 2009 Freddie Roach was quoted in an interview saying “Manny is not on steroids, we have taken him a couple of times to be tested, and we haven’t tested positive yet. I think Mayweather Sr. is wrong, but all Manny’s on is white rice.” If that is all that Manny is on then whats the problem with the test?
I keep hearing excuses with no reason or logic coming from Pac’s camp. First it was a superstition, then it was he would be to weak, then it was he didn’t want to interrupt training with random test’s. I wonder why they would agree to NON-Random blood test’s?
Roach also said “I’ve done my homework, I’ve talked to experts, urine and blood-testing are almost identical in this type of situation. Neither test can detect growth hormones and HGH and stuff like that anyway. So, I’ll do all of the urine tests in the world, no problem. I’ll give blood 30 days before the fight or after the fight in the dressing room, I’ll give blood, but not right before the fight.”
*scratches head*……I don’t know if I should believe Freddie Roach or Travis Tygart, the chief executive of the United States Anti-Doping Agency?
Travis Tygart, said his organization has a checklist that it calls the matrix of effectiveness. It includes blood and urine testing, both in and out of competition. Blood tests, Tygart added, detect prohibited substances like human growth hormone, synthetic hemoglobin, designer EPO and blood transfusions, while urine tests do not.
Pacquiao has agreed to have his blood tested three times: in early January, when the fight was expected to be announced, 30 days before the fight and immediately after it. He also agreed to random urine testing.
But Tygart said the 30-day window would still allow an athlete plenty of time to dope with illegal substances not detectable by urine testing.
“That kind of window is totally unacceptable,” Tygart said. “It would provide a huge loophole for a cheater to step through and get away with cheating.”
Tygart also confirmed, that the test requires less than a teaspoon of blood. They noted the athletes who have undergone this type of testing, including Kobe Bryant and Michael Phelps.
Arum countered with Top Rank’s preference: using the testing procedures of the N.F.L. or the N.B.A., organizations that he said “deal with professional athletes.” The issue is not the testing, Arum said, but who does it and when……….*scratches head….again*
Why is Bob Arum opposed to arguably the best drug test administered in the world?
Why is he opposed to RANDOM testing? Why would he want test done but only if they are notified before hand?
Pacquiao’s camp said he had a problem with giving blood. Leonard Ellerbe (Mayweather’s advisor) then wondered why Pacquiao had tattoos if he has an aversion to needles. Arum said the issue was with the blood, not the needles.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that makes sense now..NEEDLES…..ahhhhh I understand now..He is afraid of NEEDLES….fearful of them to the highest degree.
So I guess this video below explains the whole NEEDLE Myth?
Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a recent statement was quoted as saying “I understand Pacquiao not liking having his blood taken, because frankly I don’t know anyone who really does,” said Mayweather. “But in a fight of this magnitude, I think it is our responsibility to subject ourselves to sportsmanship at the highest level. I have already agreed to the testing and it is a shame that he is not willing to do the same. It leaves me with great doubt as to the level of fairness I would be facing in the ring that night. I hope that this is either some miscommunication or that Manny will change his mind and step up and allow these tests, which were good enough for all these other great athletes, to be performed by USADA.”
If Mayweather is willing to TAKE THE SAME EXACT Olympic style test why won’t Manny agree? This situation is leaving the boxing world pondering the motives of Team Pacquiao’s refusal to comply with something that his opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. has no issues about.
