The issue of Performance Enhancing Drugs in boxing has been one of the most intensely debated topics in boxing over the last few years. It began in late 2009, during the initial negotiation period between the super-fight that never was between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
Then, Mayweather made a request to Pacquiao that he undergo Olympic-style drug testing should the two meet in the ring. At that time, Manny declined to undergo the unlimited testing. Since then, the sides have each gone back and forth on the issue?some say Manny has agreed, some say he hasn?t.
What is a fact, is that in each of Floyd?s subsequent prize fights, he has undergone random drug testing with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). He did so against Shane Mosley, against Victor Ortiz, and against Miguel Cotto.
Since the initial negotiation period in late 2009, Manny Pacquiao has gone on to fight Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito, Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Timothy Bradley. In none of those fights did Manny Pacquiao undergo Olympic-style drug testing.
Recently, boxers Lamont Peterson and Andre Berto requested testing for their rematches with Amir Khan and Victor Ortiz, respectably. The Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) did the testing, and did not Khan or Ortiz testing positive, but instead Peterson and Berto.
