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By By Babatis Banda @ BoxingNews24.com: It is disheartening to see the level of double standards in boxing today. Not so many years ago, Floyd Mayweather junior P4P fighter 44-0, challenged Manny Pacquiao 54-5 to take the test for prohibited substances for them to fight. Pacquiao refused. The PEDs issue became the main roadblock to the fight.
Floyd was being blamed for asking for RBT (Random Blood Testing) and the reasons given were illogical. Up to now, some hard-core Manny Pacquiao fans have maintained that Floyd should never have asked for RBT but should have instead fought Pacquiao without conditions.
The unthinkable happened in their 4th fight for Pacquiao and Marquez. Pacquiao was taken out, unconscious for a number of minutes. Again, Pacquiao fans cried foul. Some of them were so sure Marquez was on PEDs despite testing negative. Some of them were also so sure that Marquez was able to hide the substance which they say is undetectable.These are the same people who also claim that Pacquiao has never tested positive, a complete opposite of their logic.
Pacquiao is now fighting Rios, a fighter coming off a loss. If it had been Floyd fighting Rios, they would have cried murder, sure that Floyd was cherry picking. Pacquiao is now requesting Rios to under-go the same tests that he turned down. This is kind of confusing and I don’t know how Pacquiao’s fans look at this.
These double standards are really sad, and the comforting factor is that they are not coming from real boxing fans, but fanatics of Pacquiao. It is sad that Pacquiao has to end up this way, in a very bad way.
1st let me state that I like & respect both boxers & still want them to fight. But this is sad that people have to distort facts, because this post is very misleading. That’s why schools like credible resources when writing papers.
- Yes Pacquiao disagreed at 1st but why change rules (drug policy) when you don’t have to, if I ask you to do another “unnecessary stipulation” I’m sure all of you would hate that and give the same defense “I’m not required to that.”
- And Pacquiao finally AGREED, but to a neutral 3rd party & Pacquiao wanted OLYMPIC style blood testing. Verified by promoters as well as ESPN.com, here is the article. http://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/sport/story/100115.html
- Then the fight didn’t happen because Mayweather wanted to split the purse, probably the biggest purse in the history of fighting sports, unfairly. To which Pacquiao agreed to receiving only 45% of the purse.
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8405784/manny-pacquiao-says-floyd-mayweather-jr-bigger-split-money-potential-fight - And yes it was wrong to question Marquez, I completely agree, but the only reason was because his trainer was involved in Olympic scandals & banned substances & Marquez looked so much bigger than in previous fights. Still fans should not have pointed that out as Marquez had the same trainer in the previous fight testing clean twice.
This is the truth backed up w/ FACTS.
Why I’m mad Pat Healy failed his drug test!
Not only is it against the UFC’s drug policy & unprofessional, it cost him thousands of dollars in bonus money & a suspension. I believe it was his first UFC fight to from Strikeforce so he should have made sure that he made a good first impression…which he technically did w/ his performance. But then he failed his drug test.
But the main reason I’m pissed is because he cost me my parlay ticket. I think I had bet on Jones of course, Phil Davis, Roy Nelson & Jim Miller. Knowing I had lost my ticket since Healy won the fight, I immediately threw my ticket out. Now that the decision is overturned, I could’ve at least shown the ticket to the casino & received my money back.
So thanks a lot Pat Healy for losing my money, for a stupid reason when I could at least have gotten my money back!
That awful moment when you learn that this wasn’t scripted. That Will Smith’s character was actually supposed to brush off the whole thing, but Will’s father actually had left him when he was younger and he just fell apart on the set and the hug at the end was from one actor to another, not one character to another.
I know I already reblogged this but I still feel the need to do it again
This tears my heart in two. Love you willy
I know the feeling will
This tore me up. Relatable. Too relatable. :o(
OMG
4ever reblog since I have personally felt & asked the same questions…
Brothers on the Pacers!
Wow, I had no idea that Tyler Hansbrough had his brother, Ben, playing on the same team as him. That’s actualy pretty cool having your sibling playing with you on the same professional sports team.
What other brothers have played on the same professional sports team if there are any? (Not including the Olympics.)
Roger Gracie is fighting on UFC 162?!
Please Roger, work on your cardio because I really want to see you succeed, and I want there to be a Gracie member in the UFC after all, you guys helped create the UFC. Another one I’d like to see in the UFC is Kron someday.
Mayweather 44-0
44 have tried…
44 have failed…
I will say that I dont like the guys personality at times, but still I RESPECT the man’s skills. He has the BEST DEFENSE ever and is a true genius in the ring. He plays it smart & gets the job done. People always tell me he’s a boring fighter, but to me its exciting seeing how elusive he is & how he counters…that in itself is exciting.
Gale
Gale was one of my favorite characters…he was so nice, smart, kind, & innocent. He also seemed to have a lonely personality yet was interested in a lot of diverse things…RIP Gale.
One of my favorite brands…love how they sponsor two of my favorite things too: BJ Penn & BJJ. Also love how simple their logo is…
Without Olympic Wrestling/Collegiate …Or A Stage For Greco-Roman/Freestyle…
We would have no Rashad Evans.
No Randy Couture.
No Cain Velasquez
No Frankie Edgar.
No Uriah Faber.
No Dominick Cruz.
No Daniel Cormier
… All of these men…have been champions under the ZUFFA umbrella…
SAVE. WRESTLING.
Interesting examples since only one of them wrestled in the Olympics yet you excluded ufc hall of fame member Mark Coleman who was on the Olympic team.
Would Dan Henderson & Chael Sonnen count as well?
