Why won’t Manny play with needles, let Floyd mess with his mind and let Floyd beat him. Why, why, why?
That’s the question Floyd Mayweather’s adviser, Leonard Ellerbe, has for Manny Pacquiao because he is an idiot. Here is why. There is NO REASON, the urine test can find anything!
The NSAC tests urine for performance enhancing drugs, usually after a fight and sometimes before, but does not require blood testing for illegal drugs. and the Chairman Keith Kizer said Pacquiao’s urine tests have always been clean, adding, “I don’t have any reason to believe” that Pacquiao is on steroids.
Pacquiao is refusing to do the blood tests under 30 days before the fight, but will do them earlier, and Arum has said,
“We’re not going to be harassed into taking blood tests the day of the fight, or, even the week of the fight. We have nothing to hide, but nothing has changed,” said Pacquiao’s adviser, Michael Koncz.
“If they’re not going to be in agreement with what we’ve stated,” said Koncz, “then we’re not going to subject Manny against the a belief that he has against the drawing of the blood weakening his body prior to the fight if it’s done anytime other than that what we’ve stated before.”
“I’m not accusing Manny Pacquiao of anything. However, if he doesn’t have anything to hide, then what is the problem?” asked Ellerbe, adding that Pacquiao’s refusal to adhere to USADA standards is “a deal-breaker.”
“If Pacquiao is representing that he is superstitious of needles,” said Ellerbe, “then how does he have tatoos all over his body?”
Arum told FanHouse that even the methods used by professional baseball, basketball and football would be preferable than the spot-check blood-testing procedures he sees with USADA.
“Let’s be very clear on the real issues we differ on. It’s not about being tested. Manny is onboard with that since it’s such a major concern of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. It’s about who does the testing and the scheduling of the procedures. Manny will submit to as many random urine tests requested,” said Arum.
“Regarding the blood tests, he will subject himself to three tests; one given in January during the week the fight is formally announced, one 30 days from the fight, no later than February 13, and the final one immediately following the fight, in Manny’s locker room,” said Arum.
“The major issue related to the testing rests with which independent agency will administer these tests. The United States Anti Doping Agency cannot do it because they will not amend its procedures to accommodate the blood testing schedule we have outlined,” said Arum. “USADA, under its guidelines, would have the right to administer random blood tests as many times as they want up to weigh-in day, and that is ludicrous.”
The NSAC does require blood testing for AIDS and other blood-related diseases. Urine tests are screened for performance enhancing drugs, alcohol and marijuana, Kizer said.
“Talking to the experts, they are very confident in the drug-testing that we do. And if they weren’t, we’d change it. But we’re confident in how we do drug-testing, and we’ll continue to do it that way,” said Kizer. “That being said, if a fighter or fighters want to do additional drug-testing, more power to them. We have no problem with that.”
Arum has said that the fight is off, and that he has begun to look for other opponents for Pacquiao.
“[The fight] is off, because we will not succumb to their rediculous demands. Manny’s still training as if he’s going to fight on March 13. Bob Arum is putting a list of opponents together, and when it’s completed, we’ll decide on what opponent is going to be next,” said Koncz.
“If Mayweather’s people want to change their mind, then we’re willing to entertain them. Otherwise, we’re not going to,” said Koncz. “They don’t agree with us, and that’s why the fight’s been pulled off of the table, and we’ve instructed Bob to look for an alternative opponent.”
But Ellerbe has said, “I do believe that it can still happen.”
“I believe that Pacquiao, being who he is, that he’ll step up and take the test,” said Ellerbe. “These are the two best fighters in the sport, and entire world is watching. We have a chance to show, with two of its best athletes, that boxing is a clean sport.”
