Any lingering misconception that Floyd Mayweather Jnr might be the one occupying the moral high ground has surely been dispelled by Manny Pacquiao’s declared willingness to waive any and all restrictions on blood testing if the richest fight in boxing history ever makes it into the ring.
By lifting his objection to random drugs tests within 14 days of the first bell Pacquiao leaves Mayweather with no excuse for failing to meet the challenge of proving which of them is the greatest pound-for-pound fighter on the planet – assuming of course that any prison sentence Floyd Jnr might be about to receive does not keep him in captivity beyond his pugilistic lifespan.
The concept of Mayweather as the good guy flies against his own carefully constructed, money-making image as boxing’s man in the black hat. That has not prevented his camp followers from trying to depict Pacquiao as the villain.
