Mayweather-Pacquiao in Jeopardy Over Drug Test - Merged Thread:

[GameBullDawg]

Roach BLASTS Mayweathers - "Mayweather is a coward!"

December 22nd, 2009

Brad Cooney

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8CountNews contacted Freddie Roach to get his thoughts on the recent reports of Manny Pacquiao's refusal to give blood the day before the scheduled fight with Floyd Mayweather. Roach says that he is the one advising Manny not to give the blood the day before the fight. Roach blasts the Mayweather's calling them cowards, and scared. Check out what else Freddie Roach had to say in this exclusive 8CN interview.

8CN - Freddie, todays headlines all say that Manny Pacquiao is refusing to give blood the day before the fight. What is your response?

FR - Well the sanctioning bodies and the state commissions run the boxing world, not Floyd Mayweather. Who is this guy to tell us that we have to have blood tests, or urine tests, or any tests? He's just looking for a way out of the fight. He is scared, and he's just afraid that he's going to get his ass kicked. We don't work for Floyd Mayweather. We fight for the state commission, since when does the fighter make up the rules?

8CN - To play devils advocate, Floyd's people firmly believe that Manny is taking steroids. Why not just take the test and prove them wrong?

FR - So, what if I think Mayweather is taking steroids too?, so does that mean I go out and change the rules in boxing? This guy isn't going to walk all over us, he's not railroading us. This is bull****, we will go by the rules of the commission, and that's it. We'll go on to other things, and he can make no money fighting some bum. My fighter is clean, I have trouble giving Manny protein shakes and vitamins, let alone steroids. We will pass the drug test, because my fighter is clean.

8CN - Is it Manny refusing to take the blood test or is it someone deciding for him?

FR - It's me, I am not going to let my fighter give blood a day before the fight.

8CN - What can giving blood a day before a fight do to a fighter?

FR - It's just like having *** before a fight. You're not supposed to have *** before a fight, it makes you weak. If you mentally think that, it will. When Manny gives blood it takes him 3 or 4 days to recover from it. I am not going to have my fighter going into a fight feeling weak and not sure of himself.

8CN - Is it true that Manny never wanted to give blood the day before any of his fights?

FR - We will never do it a day before a fight. We never flunked a urine test, and there is no reason to think my fighter is dirty. We have passed every test ever given to us. We go by the commission rules, not no rule Mayweather puts out there.

8CN - So it's fair to say that the ball is completely in Mayweathers court now, you guys are not budging?

FR - Yes it's fair to say that. If Floyd wants to fight us, then step up and fight us. If you want Manny to take a blood test after the fight, no problem, but not a day before.

8CN - Wouldn't a blood test the day after the fight be the same as a test a day before? I mean if Manny was taking steroids, wouldn't the test the day after the fight show the same thing as it would the day before?

FR - Yes agreed. A urine test will show the same thing too,but if they want a blood test the day after the fight, I have no problem with that. I will not have my guy giving blood a day before the fight, that will make him weak. Why is Floyd Mayweather dictating what we do in life? It's crazy... he's a coward and he's afraid to fight us and that is all there is to it.

8CN - If this fight gets scratched, what's next?

FR - We go up and get Yuri Foreman's title. We will go up one more weight division, just for you Floyd!

[chino727]

guess you're one of those people that pass out too.thanks for replying.

[Dondi33O]

I told you that the casual fans will view it as Pac is hiding something.

[FLY TY]

This is probably the most pathetic pre-fight slander attack through the press I've ever seen.

Of course the Floyd fans will eat this **** up (the source alone, GBP, should be a giant red flag).

yea, stories, quotes, and articles from freddie roach, ariza, arum, or any writers in the phillippines are much more credible......

[Jerub_Baal]

a 10 million dollar penalty for being overweight is nothing major...and Floyd agreed to it...

a fight shouldn't happen if someone doesn't make weight in the first place.

[HaglerSteelChin]

Regardless if pac is guilty or not........this is blowing up big time because even casual people will see that yahoo page. I do think Bob Arum's big mouth is not heard and that speaks volumes.

I still cant see this fight with all that money not going through, HELL, even if i was guilty i would cycle off and take that big pay day.

[Boxing's Truth]

The Verdict

We the jury find the defendant Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao guilty of defrauding millions of people in the Republic of the Philippines and tens of millions around the world.

[..WaRSpencE..]

i work in a hospital.and ive seen grown ass men literally pass out on the floor just b/c their wives were getting their blood drawn or an epidural.and i read the article on espn and it did not say that he was actually scared of a needle...just superstitious.for a guy who's as religious and constantly praying before and after every round...that sounds just about right.

Guys can't even be in the room when an epidural is being performed..it's such a delicate procedure that they ask everyone to leave the room and the anesthesiologist and his assistant are the only ones there..

and no that sounds just about WRONG..if you're religious you don't believe in supernatural effects like superstitions..

[mrpain81]

This is all publicity for the fight, just look how much attention it's getting.

Well played imo.

[COACH WEBB]

a fight shouldn't happen if someone doesn't make weight in the first place.

you think that he would come in overweight in the biggest fight of his career? you are silly for that.