The buzz surrounding the November 12th Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez trilogy bout took an interesting turn earlier this week when BALCO founder Victor Conte released a message via Twitter stating that Marquez has been working with admitted steroid dealer Angel ?Memo? Heredia for this particular camp. Now known as Angel Hernandez, the strength and conditioning coach had testified before a San Francisco court in May of 2008 that he had sold illegal substances such as EPO and steroids to Olympic sprinters Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery. The news certainly came as a curveball of sorts as Marquez has always carried himself as the consummate professional and any prior association of him with performance-enhancing drugs seemed to be a stretch. But while you never want to accuse anyone without proof, people?s speculation towards Marquez has been running rampant the past 48 hours because of his connection to Hernandez.
