Floyd Mayweather Jr dismantled Sugar Shane Mosley - then demanded Manny Pacquiao takes random blood tests if he wants to fight him.
Mayweather survived a secondround scare to win a unanimous points verdict against fellow American Mosley in their welterweight non-title bout in another display of his brilliant boxing skills in Las Vegas.
It cleared the way for a clash against Pacquiao in what would decide boxing's best pound-forpound fighter and be the biggest money-making bout of all time.
Talks between Mayweather and Pacquiao broke down at the start of the year due to Mayweather's insistence on random blood tests up to two weeks before a fight date.
There was no compromise and Mayweather instead faced three-weight world champion Mosley, 38, and notched up his 41st win by the judges scores of 119-109, 119-109 and 118-110. But unbeaten fiveweight world champion Mayweather, 33, is demanding Pac Man agree to his terms on drug tests.
If he dioes not, Mayweather could face Argentine Sergio Martinez, the WBC-WBO middleweight world champion who hospitalised Bristol's Adrian Stone in 2003.
He said: "If he wants to fight it's not that hard to find me. We tried to fight before and it didn't happen and we moved on.
"I take my hat off to Mosley, he did what I asked him to do, he took the blood and urine tests. If every athlete in the sport would do that we would have a clean sport.
"Everyone should take the test.
am willing to take the tests. I just want everyone to be on an even playing field. All roads lead to Floyd Mayweather.
"If Manny takes the test we can make the fight happen. If he doesn't we don't have a fight. I'm going to continue to fight the best our there.
"If the fans want to see that happen, I want to make it happen, but we have to have a level playing field. I'm not saying Manny Pacquiao isn't a good fighter, but I have the will to win when I get up under them lights.
"We may all hit the bag alike, we may all jump rope the same, but we don't perform under the lights the same."
Watching Mayweather at the MGM Grand were boxing greats Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard as well as celebrities such as Will Smith.
Mayweather was guaranteed $22.5million as well as a percentage of the pay-perview profits, but can expect more if a fight with Pacquiao can be agreed towards the end of the year.
Source: mirror.co.uk
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