The drama continues between camp Mayweather and camp Pacquiao. Pacman’s rep, Bob Arum, said, “In my mind (this fight), is dead as a door nail,” adding that, “we’re starting to look, today, for other opponents” for Pacquiao.” Arum’s comments were in reaction to Pacquiao’s refusal to take Olympic-style drug tests for the fight. Mayweather’s camp has maintained, since day one of negotiations, that they suspect Manny isn’t a clean fighter and that Floyd will not fight Manny unless he agrees to a strict, 3rd party drug test.
I’m not going to get on a soapbox about how boxing is broken and needs a uniform, governing body because that’s a moot point. The real question here is simple, why wouldn’t Pacman agree to an Olympic-style drug test? If you have nothing to hide then surely you’d be fine with any drug test, right?
I’m going to beat through the bush here and say that if Pacman doesn’t agree to an Olympic-style drug test then he’s a complete fraud. It’s clear he’s either looking for an excuse not to fight Mayweather because he knows he’ll lose, or he is in fact a dirty fighter and doesn’t want to get caught. Either way it’s a PR nightmare for Pacman that could end his career and tarnish his legacy forever.
A lot of people can’t stand Floyd Mayweather Jr. but personally, I like the guy. When you’re 40-0 in hand-to-hand combat you can say whatever the fuck you want. The simple fact is the guy writes checks with his mouth that his talent can cash with ease.
The mega-fight was scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and would have been the richest purse in either fighters career… by far. At this point we don’t know if the fight will happen but it’s obvious that Mayweather has already cornered Pacman and they haven’t even started training camp yet. We’ll keep you posted.
