Boxingscene OFFICIAL POLL : Is the 14 Day cut-off that Floyd offered fair?

[fugu]

Giving your opinion that a 14-day cutoff time for drug testing is acceptable when you have absolutely no Steroid use experience nor medical expertise that can justify the reasoning behind your thinking is reckless without a doubt. What is your opinion based on?

So it is clear that the poll you are referring to is meaningless and contributes nothing to this steroid testing debacle. JAT

And what do you base your "no" vote on? Being in nursing school?

[Foodie One]

And what do you base your "no" vote on? Being in nursing school?

The no vote is a "No Confidence" vote in this meaningless poll. I see that you like sign language. Here's more for your enjoyment. Hahaha...

[Carpe Diem]

Giving your opinion that a 14-day cutoff time for drug testing is acceptable when you have absolutely no Steroid use experience nor medical expertise that can justify the reasoning behind your thinking is reckless without a doubt. What is your opinion based on?

So it is clear that the poll you are referring to is meaningless and contributes nothing to this steroid testing debacle. JAT

Freddie Roach: "I have no problem with the testing whatsoever. They can do whatever (Keyword: Whatever) kind of drug testing that they want".



Schaefer said he believes the fight can be salvaged over the weekend and the first step is making certain that Pacquiao is aware of Mayweather’s 14-day offer. “There are reports [on the Internet] that Manny is not aware of this and we want to make certain that he knows what Floyd has agreed to do,” Schaefer said.

However, Koncz said he was informed of the offer by promoter Bob Arum and that he brought it directly to Pacquiao, who would not even consider it. Koncz said Pacquiao was very firm in his decision.

“Bob called and told us about the 14 days and I brought that to Manny and he said, ‘I told you, we’re not agreeing to that,’ and that was pretty much it,” Koncz said.


Dr. Don H. Catlin, the head of the Los Angeles-based non-profit Anti-Doping Research, Inc., said a 24-day cutoff for blood testing is not sufficient to prevent abuse. One of the concerns with such a long blood-testing cutoff prior to the date of competition would be the potential use of Erythropoietin, or EPO.

But Catlin said that wouldn’t be the only concern if there were a 24-day cutoff imposed.

“If you have a 24-day window that’s free, with no testing, you can take whatever you want and you’re not going to get caught, end of story,” Catlin said. “[Urine testing] does matter, yes, but they’re not going to catch everything by urine testing alone. What you would do is to take Mircera [a type of EPO], which is available and which is not easy to detect in urine and away you go. You need a blood test.”

"If they give me a 5-day window or something like that I have no problem with it," Roach said. "When they've drawn blood from Manny in the past he feels weaker for three or four days. It may be mental, but it's there."


My words and yours are worthless, but Team Pac words aren't. It's either Team Pac are liars or they don't think before they open their mouths.

[Carpe Diem]

38 people voted unfair, unbelievable.

[FloydTBE]

LMAO-that's true.First Manny is quoted saying (about the height difference with Yuri Foreman) "I will just chop him down to the body",then less than a week later he expresses concerns about Yuri being too tall and declines a fight with the weakest belt holder in his weight division.You only have to look at Manny's last 4 fights to realize he has been cherry-picking one armed, flat-footed, defenseless,one-dimentional fighters,yet the Pac-turds ***** about Floyd....it goes both ways. lol @ Fanny "the cherry" Pickquiao

Absolutley right man. Pacman sed he dint want to fight foreman cos of height?? he is 5ft 11, hoya is 5ft 10.5. What the hell is goin on there lol. And he picks clottey, a flat flooted boxer who will just stand infront and get hit.

[damned1974]

Absolutley right man. Pacman sed he dint want to fight foreman cos of height?? he is 5ft 11, hoya is 5ft 10.5. What the hell is goin on there lol. And he picks clottey, a flat flooted boxer who will just stand infront and get hit.

Personally,I don't give a damn about the Floyd/Manny fight anymore.I have stayed up late to find new coverage for the last few weeks and both Manny and Arum have "box-teased" the fans for too long.Mayweather and Mosely should stick to their guns and keep a blood test demand if he wants to fight them (or anyone from GBP).I think soon enough,Floyd will have more options (right now,most good ww fights are busy).Manny has played "dodge" with Floyd, Shane, would never fight Williams,etc.Funny how beating fighters like Cotto,Oscar,an expired Morales and Barrera have given Manny the nickname-the garbageman-cause he just takes out the trash/old junk...

[B u r n e r]

This thread sealed Pacs fate.

Turning down 14 days means he ducked the fight. PERIOD.

[KittenFlaps]

It's fair. Now we just have to see if Floyd demands it for whoever else he fights on March 13th.

[Nuurzhaelan]

The no vote is a "No Confidence" vote in this meaningless poll. I see that you like sign language. Here's more for your enjoyment. Hahaha...

As though any of the polls you post have merit.

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Lady fan is a biased idiot. Anybody that votes no is basically saying "hi boxing scene, I'm a ***ing Moron". There's no legitimate reason in the world why Pac can't take the test two weeks before the fight. I'm surprised Floyd actually gave Pac that option. If Floyd was truly scared, he never would have changed his stance on the issue to accommodate Pac. He would have just stuck to his guns.