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Empire, please don't post facts or logical information in this thread. It's not welcomed here. Unless of course it supports Manny, in which case there isn't anything of the likes, so please nothing of this nature. Obviously Manny is golden in this situation and there's nothing that can be said otherwise.
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The article you posted says 14 days. 14 days is 2 weeks, not one week.Cotto came out and said olympic style testing should be the norm.
http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/inde...ts+-+MLive.com)
This is damn interesting. If more athletes come out and say something of the like, I wonder if athletic commissions will look into adapting. I doubt it.
Also, there is news circulating that Pacquaio was blood tested a week before the Hatton fight.
If true, what a bullshitter he is.
The funny thing is that all these boxers saying they want olympic drug testing are going to be the ones that test positive for something.
Olympic drug testing is extremely extensive. To the point where it catches everything. You can take too much medicine and test positive for amphetamines.
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everyones favorite promoter Dana White chimes in on the situation
Throughout Dana White’s sometimes ugly yet always entertaining back-and-forth with the boxing world, the UFC president has maintained his stance that as a fight fan, he is hopeful for boxing’s reemergence.
However, he sounded even less optimistic than usual when discussing the fallout from the drug testing controversy that has enveloped the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega-fight tentatively scheduled for March 13.
“Boxing in the United States has fallen apart, and it’s just over,†White said Wednesday after the UFC 108 news conference. “It’s over. It’s going to take, for it to even have a shot, it would take someone to come in and spend the kind of money the Fertittas spent to try to save boxing. But nobody in boxing spends money to try to save boxing. They all take from boxing; they don’t give back to it, none of them do.â€
While White has beaten on this drum many times before, the possibility that the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight may not take place may give his often-dismissed opinion a little more credence. Reasserting his claim that the sport is an also-ran in the United States, the outspoken UFC boss, acknowledging the trouble his answer may cause him with his English fighters, claimed the sport’s European popularity is a sign of weakness that can’t be ignored.
“Everybody knows my philosophy on boxing,†said White. “They’re in big trouble. There is no amateur program anymore. It’s become a European sport now. Back in the day -- all the people in England are going to blast me for this one, but the European guys couldn’t win jack s---.â€
As for the drug testing issues that may scuttle the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout, White sounded indignant that fighters felt the need to go above and beyond the testing implemented by the state athletic commission in Nevada.
“What, fighters decide what fighters are going to do? That’s what the commission is there for,†commented White. “The athletic commission is there for the safety of the fighters. They drug test, they blood test, they do all those other things. For another fighter to be calling out another fighter for some type of blood work is f------ crazy. Just f------ train for the fight and fight; that’s what everybody wants to see. I want to see this fight. I’m dying to see this fight.â€
And if the issues are resolved and the bout does come to fruition, White, the consummate promoter, understands the big picture.
“People are used to this kind of stuff from boxing,†he said. “If anything, it just makes more people aware of the fight.â€Comment
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Pacquiao will fight with Yuri Foreman
May be posturing. I just cant see them not coming to an agreement and leaving 30-50 million on the table.
Pacquiao will fight with Yuri Foreman
By Carlos Gonzalez
Filipino Manny Pacquiao could become the first boxer in history to win eight world championships in as many divisions as you climb to 154 pounds to challenge for the crown Yuri Foreman median junior World Boxing Association (WBA) night March 20 at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This was confirmed early this afternoon, Murray Wilson, manager of Foreman, said while he is waiting for the promoter Bob Arum returns from Mexico to formalize the lawsuit.
"We reached an agreement for Pacquiao to face Foreman. Originally we wanted to have it on March 13, but (Floyd) Mayweather, Jr. has that date booked with the MGM Grand. So we are looking at March 20. We still have to settle some things, but we will definitely not have blood tests done on either of the two fighters, "Wilson told Primera Hora telephone from Las Vegas. Pacquiao fight at 154 pounds for the first time in his career.
"It will be a tough fight. I believe that Manny is heading into the unknown. It will not be easy against a man who will hydrate up to 160 pounds by the time of the fight. I think it will be too much for him (Pacquiao), "said Wilson.
Pacquiao was scheduled to face Mayweather, but talks went overboard when they reached an agreement for blood tests to detect steroids before the fight.Say it Ain't So! (But it Looks like Pacquiao-Foreman)
Thu 31-Dec-2009
By Steve Kim
I guess my New Years resolution for 2010 will be to have fewer lunches at Rafael’s, my favorite Mexican restaurant located on Beverly Blvd. and Wilcox Ave. in Montebello( a few short blocks from my office). Before I started working out at the nearby Bally’s this early afternoon, I was informed that talks between the camps of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather were still on-going and productive.
Hey, perhaps this whole mess could be salvaged after all for March 13Th.
Then hours later as I was consuming my albondigas soup( which is Mexican for ’meatball) this arrived in my email box courtesy of veteran boxing scribe Michael (SPAM DELETED - SPAM NOT ALLOWED). I was actually informed of this via BBM message:http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-5...reman-March-20
Yeah, it looks like Pacquiao could be facing Yuri Foreman, the current WBA jr. middleweight titlist. Which was news to Golden Boy CEO, Richard Schaefer, who told Maxboxing.com at around 4:15 pm," That’s what I’m hearing, but again, Bruce Binkow and Todd DuBoef are still having conversations. So I’m hearing these things. Supposedly Bob( Arum) mentioned it to Robert Morales and to Dan Rafael, that they are going to go with Yuri Foreman."
So what’s the plan with Mayweather?
"I’m not going to discuss what we’re going to do next," said Schaefer."I have reached out to Bruce and asked him to reach out to Todd. And if this is really the case, if they are walking away from the fight and are going to fight Foreman, if that’s the case, I will have conversations with Team Mayweather on what they want to do next." At this stage, Schaefer didn’t seem to know much more than anybody else."I talked to Bruce Binkow about 15 minutes ago and he is waiting to hear from Todd. They talked earlier today trying to gap that window as it relates to the blood testing, the cut-off date. These conversations were supposedly productive and so that’s all I know."
About a half-hour later, I received a call from Arum, who is wrapping up his vacation in Mexico. He confirmed to Maxboxing regarding Foreman,"That’s the fight we’re working on." Arum will arrive in Las Vegas on Saturday, and at that point he will start to negotiate that bout.
What also angered the veteran promoter was this story by Tim Smith of the New York Daily News: (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/mo...of_ethics.html)
That story included this interesting tidbit from an anonymous source: "According to a source familiar with the talks, Pacquiao’s representatives asked what penalties Pacquiao would face if he tested dirty, and also if a dirty test result could be kept secret so that the integrity of the fight wouldn’t be ruined in the public eye."
Which is odd, given that the whole issue of this extra battery of tests was to show the public that there was an even playing field where both sides were abiding by the laws and regulations of the commission. Arum said of this passage,"It’s totally crazy! What kind of b*llshit is that?!?!"
This was an eventful day as Pacquiao filed a federal defamation lawsuit against the Mayweather’s, Oscar De La Hoya and Schaefer, over the comments that they have made regarding his possible usage of illegal performance enhancing drugs.
When asked if Binkow and DuBoef were still talking, Arum answered,"No, no, no! As far as we’re concerned, we filed the lawsuit and we’re going to go ahead with the Foreman fight. As far as Mayweather, we’re going to fight Foreman and maybe revisit this if they stop acting like assholes in the summer and fall. No use talking further, we’re talked out. We have a fighter who is extremely upset, we’re upset.
"This has been a smear campaign."
( Of course, this could all change by the morning. You never know.)
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theres an easy way to make PBf and Manny fight each other... if they fight anyone else, dont buy or support the fight....
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Nothing fishy. Trust, he's from the province in the Phillipines, and was raised in a culture dominated by superstitions. If anything it's funny. He's the filipino version of Jethro from Beverly Hillbillies, and sadly, if he ever ran for President of the Phillipines, would probably win hands down.Last edited by elbingz; 01-01-2010, 08:42 PM.Comment
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If they end up fighting other opponents, I will hope for either of them to lose. It would be a laughing stock if they end up leaving tens of millions of dollars sitting.
Boxing needs the fight.
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fool lost the election of something. hes running for mayor. Ive heard from the fiipino mafia here at work that the politicians are using his for his money.
either way pacman gonna fight mayweather and beat him and then they gonna make a movie about pacman and elbingz is gonna star in it.Comment
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This was the topic of my recent article on the homepageComment
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Arum says the fights off.
fucking morons
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Great now after Mosley KOs Berto maybe he will see him but I doubt it. Mayweather a hoe.
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