The Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. super fight hit a snag over performance-enhancing drug testing although common sense says nothing will stop this fight because of the amount of money on the line. Pacquiao has no problem submitting unlimited random urine samples but he doesn’t completely agree with Mayweather’s blood testing preference. Manny is willing to have his blood tested three times (In early January, 30 days before the fight, and in his dressing room following the fight.), but Money May is calling for random blood tests that could occur the week of the fight.
Mayweather Jr., Floyd Mayweather Sr., and uncle Jeff Mayweather have all hinted at various times that Pacquiao has used/uses performance enhancing drugs. Manny has had enough of their talk and plans to handle it in court and in the ring.
“Liars go to hell. They should be man enough and to own up to their words,” Pacquiao said in a statement. “For including my country in the picture, claiming that we are the producers of the best performance-enhancing drugs, Mayweather and those who are guilty need to get punished, the sooner, the better, whether it be in the courts or the ring.
“Last week, I told Floyd Jr. to shut his big, pretty mouth and that we should fight so that the world will get to see who is the best fighter on the planet.”
The fight is going to be the highest grossing fight of all-time so there’s no need for publicity stunts. Pacquiao is legitimately pissed. We’ll have to wait and see if he’s able to defend the honor of the Philippines and his own as well. In the meantime Pacquiao has to worry about keeping wife Jinkee happy after rumors of infidelity, and figuring out a way to get Filipinos to go see his tanking movie.
Manny Pacquiao on suggestions he used performance-enhancing drugs: ‘Liars go to hell’ [LA Times]
