MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao has somewhat given in to the demands of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Top Rank chief Bob Arum told the website ESPN that Pacquiao will agree to ?unlimited random (blood) testing (to be) done by a responsible, neutral organization.?
Arum said the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the body Mayweather wants to handle the tests, is not a neutral organization and that there are other groups that can ?handle the test under the supervision of the athletic commission respective of the state where the fight is going to be held.?
Efforts to stage a sure box-office and PPV success event like the Pacquiao-Mayweather match have failed in the past owing to the issue of random testing and revenmue split.
Arum hopes that Pacquiao?s decision to accept Mayweather?s challenge will pave the way for the fight to take place in 2012.
Pacquiao and Mayweather have scheduled fights in the coming months and it is of course paramount for them to hurdle these obstacles.
Mayweather faces southpaw Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17, while Pacquiao meets Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12. Both fights are going to be staged at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao and Mayweather are both heavy favorites to repulse their respective opponents.
