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Floyd Mayweather Jr is ‘highly suspicious’ with his rise in weight classes and length between fights

If the critics are going to publicly blast Manny Pacquiao for his rise in weight classes, then they need to do the same thing with Floyd Mayweather Jr. In my opinion, there’s more to be suspicious about with Floyd Jr than Manny Pacquiao. In addition to Floyd’s rise in weight classes, there’s his conspicuous gaps between fights and his “retirements”. Let’s examine further: Drug Testing Just because Floyd Jr is the one demanding random drug tests doesn’t mean he’s always been clean. It just means he’s talking the loudest. Most bullies talk like they’re the toughest but they typically are the weakest. It’s very convenient that Floyd Jr only started making drug testing demands when facing his toughest opponent ever. As I’ve stated numerous times before, Floyd Jr’s “drug crusade” was a self serving marketing ploy. And for those who want to argue that Floyd Jr just went through random drug testing with Shane Mosley, remember there was 18-19 of no blood testing before the fight. Ultimately, the random blood testing didn’t really solve anything when it comes to testing before a fight. Neither fighter has failed a drug test. Yet, Manny is still being accused. Why aren’t we accusing Floyd Jr too? Gaps between Fights It was Floyd Mayweather Sr who said that Manny has had over 6 months to clean out the PEDs from his system. Well, what about Floyd Jr retiring for a year? What about the fact that Floyd Jr says he only wants to fight once a year? That’s plenty of time for someone to get the PEDs out of their system. How can critics say Manny had time to clean out the PEDs but ignore that Floyd Jr has had more time than Manny?

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