Floyd Mayweather’s random blood testing demand was the real cause why the super bout Mayweather-Pacquiao broke down on the negotiation table earlier this year. Mayweather insisted on such testing, believing that the exemplary ring performance of Pacquiao in the last couple of years at heavier weight classes could not have been possible without aid of performance enhancing drugs. Pacquiao rejected the demand, saying that drug-testing rules should be decided by boxing commissions, not by individual boxers.
While Mayweather deserves applause for trying to instigate the very first random blood testing in the sport of boxing considering that the sport has had doping issues since 1995, his motive for such unprecedented action remains questionable in the minds of sensible boxing fans.
It is a fact that while Mayweather has been decisioning his ring rivals since 2006 with the exception of Hatton, Pacquiao has been beating bigger and credible fighters.
If Pacquiao had not looked unstoppable against David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, and Miguel Cotto, Mayweather most probably wouldn’t have asked for random blood testing.
It was not about cleaning up the sport. It was about his fear of losing and egotistical personality that impelled Mayweather to continue clinging to expensive random blood testing, much to the delight of the business-minded and opportunistic WADA/USADA people.
- Marshall N. B., marx7204@lycos.com
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