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Will the NSAC’s ‘findings’ on blood tests finally silence Manny Pacquiao’s critics?

The Nevada State Athletic Commission’s forum on drug testing couldn’t have gone any better in regards to Manny’ Pacquiao’s drug testing stance. Experts testified that there were risks to fighters if the blood tests were taken too close to a fight. Also, the same experts, devalued the significance of testing blood. I’ve personally gone on record and disagreed with some of their statements. However, will the results from the public forum finally silence Pacquiao’s critics? Let’s examine further.

The NSAC has destroyed Floyd Mayweather Jr’s “Drug Crusade” Manny has faced a public lashing like no other boxer has face before. Unfounded claims sparked a public witch hunt in the media. Battle lines were drawn between those who supported Manny and those who criticized him. And the greatest critics of all have been the Mayweathers. Floyd Mayweather Jr Floyd Mayweather Jr used his “soap box” to publicly accuse, insinuate, question, and/or smear Manny Pacquiao’s name and integrity. Of all the people who would be impacted the most by the NSAC’s findings, it would have to be Floyd Jr. Floyd’s entire “drug crusade” was based on random blood testing up until the day of the fight. Now that the NSAC has basically squashed that idea, what will Floyd Jr do? Well, we have no idea because he’s taking a temporary vow of silence. But, when he does decide to speak, will he tone down the criticism of Manny? Will Floyd Jr stop saying Manny is afraid to take a $25 million dollar drug test? The biggest reason Floyd kept saying this was because Manny wouldn’t agree to do up until the day of the fight. Well, now that Floyd’s own hometown athletic commission won’t support him, will Floyd relax on these harsh accusations? Unfortunately, Floyd Mayweather Jr wasn’t the only Mayweather to attack Manny Pacquiao. For the last 8 months, FLoyd’s uncle and pops have viciously attacked Manny in the media. In fact, just within the last few weeks both publicly lashed out at Manny again.

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