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Blood testing doesn't get you drowsy, now if he were to donate pints of blood that's a different case. When it comes to a boxing match, each boxer can request their own rules. Pac has done it plenty of times by asking boxers to fight at a Catch-weight. De La Hoya asked Mayweather to fight with smaller gloves. Pac also requested Mayweather to be fined $10 million dollars for every LB over 147, Mayweather agreed and even offered the 14 day cut off dates to Pac and they still refused. After that, Mayweather said fuck it all his fights random blood testing with no cut-off dates.
dude is a walking contradiction.
Yup it is. Because one if unchecked can be extremely dangerous for a fight.
Quote from: Javier on September 20, 2011, 02:37:26 PMBlood testing doesn't get you drowsy, now if he were to donate pints of blood that's a different case. When it comes to a boxing match, each boxer can request their own rules. Pac has done it plenty of times by asking boxers to fight at a Catch-weight. De La Hoya asked Mayweather to fight with smaller gloves. Pac also requested Mayweather to be fined $10 million dollars for every LB over 147, Mayweather agreed and even offered the 14 day cut off dates to Pac and they still refused. After that, Mayweather said fuck it all his fights random blood testing with no cut-off dates. The fine for Mayweather coming in overweight is irrelevant, since all it does is reinforce the same limit as before. Did they change the 147 pound welterweight limit? No. They just put a bigger penalty if Floyd comes in overweight. Why? Because he had come in two pounds over the contracted weight before against Marquez, so he has a documented history of not meeting weight (albeit at a catchweight). But coming in at 147 isn't hard for Mayweather, so it's no more of a concern than it would be if the penalty weren't there. They're not making him have to do anything extra.First off, let me say that I wish Manny would've just taken the tests in the beginning to get it over with, but that aside, it was an additional physical hurdle that Manny would have to go through, one that is neither required nor necessary. Are blood tests good for the sport? Sure, I'm not against them. But if he doesn't want to do them, then he doesn't want to do them. But he agreed to anyway, then Mayweather kept changing his stance. Let's not forget...First round of negoations: Floyd wants blood tests, Manny says no, Floyd allows 14-day cutoff, Manny allows 24-day cutoff (which was when he was blood tested before the Hatton match)... no dice, Manny fights Clottey, Floyd fights Mosley (though we later find out that their last blood tests were 18 days before the fight)Second round: Manny agrees to original 14-day cutoff, Floyd wants testing up to the fight... no dice, Manny fights MargaritoThird round: Manny (allegedly) agrees to testing up to the fight (though Michael Koncz said in 24/7 that it was a 7-day cutoff), Floyd still wants testing up to the fight... no dice, Manny fights MosleyFourth round (kind of): Manny agrees to testing up to the fight, though they want to use the WADA (since the USADA can't conduct tests in the Philippines where Manny trains), but Floyd wants the USADA to exclusively conduct the tests and supposedly even wants Manny to train exclusively in the U.S. as a result (though I think it was more his team who said it)Some fault lies with both of them, but Floyd is the one who keeps changing his demands after Manny agrees.
All I'll say is, I can't wait to see Pacquaio knock Mayweather's head off and put him in his place IF the fight does go ahead. Mayweather stays running though.