Pacquiao’s camp seemed to have moved on fairly quickly once the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather Jr. bout was cancelled. They immediately found a legit welterweight, which is arguably something that Mayweather Jr. has yet to face since moving up to the division.
On the other hand, Mayweather and GBP’s camp can’t seem to stop bashing and talking about Pacquiao. Talking about how Pacquiao should agree the Olympic style testing, if he has nothing to hide and that Mosley, who is rumored to face Mayweather sometime in May will have no qualms in accepting any type of testing.
I thought Mayweather Jr. was the face of boxing and he’s the real draw. Yet, they seem to be constantly using Pacquiao’s name to promote Mayweather’s next fight and keep the latter relevant.
Is it even relevant to Pacquiao, if Mosley agrees or not to Mayweather’s terms?
Mosley doesn’t have the star power or leverage that Mayweather or Pacquiao have. In negotiations with either fighter, he basically almost has to agree on Mayweather or Pacquiao’s terms. If he doesn’t then, he won’t get the chance to fight the two fighters considered the best pound for pound and make the amount of money that goes when fighting one of the two. Pacquiao or Mayweather can make a significant amount of money fighting basically anyone and Mosley can’t.
Also, Mosley has a history of using performance enhancing drugs; although he said he used it ‘unknowingly.’ If he doesn’t agree on the testing, then his legacy will be put into question and those people, who gave him the benefit of the doubt in regards to his excuse, will now be forced to question his credibility.
Yet, Sugar ‘Shame’ Mosley had the audacity to question Pacquiao when the latter wouldn’t agree on Mayweather’s terms. Mosley is a great fighter and I give him the benefit of the doubt that he is clean, but for him to question Pacquiao is nothing short of laughable
Who’s more questionable? A fighter, who has never tested for any illegal substance, that doesn’t agree on a testing procedure that has never been part of his routine or been forced upon another fighter or a fighter who had used performance enhancing drugs only to say that he used it ‘unknowingly.’ If I should believe the latter part, then I might as well believe that Margarito didn’t have any knowledge of his trainer putting a plaster in his gloves.
Furthermore, he is part of GBP, who had been one of the main players in requiring Pacquiao to take a non-mandatory testing procedure. If he doesn’t agree and GBP do not force him to take the Olympic style testing, then it would put GBP’s intention into question in relation to Pacquiao.
Mosley agreeing on the testing procedure being mandated by Mayweather Jr. has no relevancy in accordance to Pacquiao. Just make the fight happen between Mosley and Mayweather, while proving that you do not need Pacquiao’s name to promote a fight between the second and third best fighters pound for pound in the sport.
