PACQUIAO LEGACY NOW MIRRORING BARRY BONDS?
San Francisco, CA– The stench that permeates the blogosphere this morning is emanating from General Santos City in the Philippines and the lips of boxing’s ‘pound for pound’ king* Manny Pacquiao. The reason I put an asterisk (*) in the prior sentence is that like baseball’s Barry Bonds, Pacquiao is being accused in different circles of taking performance enhancing drugs/Steroids.
EXCUSES SO LAME ARUM MUSTA’ WROTE THEM
The reasoning put forth by Pacquiao for his refusing “Olympic” style drug testing is two fold. Bulls*it Excuse #1: Pacman was “superstitious” regarding blood tests. Bulls*it Excuse #2: Manny is afraid of needles. Did somebody in the office of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum put together this pabulum?
TATTOOS ARE ABOUT HOURS OF NASTY NEEDLES
With his body looking somewhat like a painter’s canvas with tattoos aplenty, Manny was poked and prodded for many hours by a tattoo artist. One of Pacquiao’s big tats would take as much as six to eight hours to design.
NEVADA TESTING METHODS AN INVITATION TO CHEAT?
The Nevada Athletic Commission is the government agency that will oversee the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. They don’t plan on testing anybody until the fight is over! The problem with that is “cycling on and off” Steroids isn’t difficult, taking only days to disappear sans masking agents, thus in a three month span Pacquiao could conceivably easily cheat and get away with it. Cycle off a Steroid three weeks prior to the fight and you can pass the test with ease.
PAC LOOKING “MORE DIRTY” AS TIME GOES ON
Although they say that this puts the March 13 fight between Mayweather & Pacquiao in peril, in addition I think this refusal to adhere to a system of strict drug testing is essentially Manny Pacquiao thumbing his nose at his faithful followers and boxing fans worldwide.
PAC GUILTY IN COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION?
That’s a question: Is Pacquiao’s refusal to adhere to strict Steroid testing convicting him of Steroid use in the court of public opinion?
Pedro Fernandez
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