Is Manny Pacquiao On Steroids?
Almost immediately after Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao brutalized Miguel Cotto to capture the WBO welterweight championship last Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, fans began clamoring for a matchup between Pacquiao and undefeated former titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
“I don’t think it’s going to happen,” Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) said about a potentially lucrative battle with the man www.espn.com ranked No. 48 on their 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time list. “I am sure he doesn’t want the fight.”
Pacquiao, 30, who is also the current IBO and Ring Magazine light welterweight champion, was asked to elaborate why he believes that Mayweather (40-0, 25 KOs) will again cower like the yellow clown pocket he has proven himself to be.
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“Boxing for him is like a business,” said Pacquiao, the No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound boxer in the world by Ring Magazine. “Mayweather doesn’t care about the people watching. He doesn’t care if the fight is boring, as long as the fight is finished and he gets plenty of money. I want people to be happy. You have a big responsibility as a boxer.”
Industry sources have speculated that a marquee matchup pitting Pacquiao versus Mayweather could generate in excess of $80 million.
Unfortunately, Mayweather, 32, wrongly contends that he is the more glamorous boxer of the two, and he has already demanded a larger share of the proposed purse.
Justifiably, Pacquiao, the first fighter in history to win a belt in seven different weight classes, and his camp have been adamant that they are seeking an even 50-50 split.
“Both sides need to look at the big picture,” said HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg. “That’s a boatload of cash and a fight that America wants.”
Greenburg said he couldn’t fathom why either Pacquiao or Mayweather would opt out of a fight against each other.
“Boxing fans demand it and the sport needs it,” Greenburg said. “If you’re an athlete, do you say you don’t want to play in the Super Bowl?”
Floyd Mayweather, Sr., who has claimed to be “The Greatest Trainer of All Time,” attended last weekend’s highly-anticipated bout, and he predicted that his son would decimate Pacquiao.
Floyd’s “Pretty” son has long been criticized for avoiding the most challenging opponents, and the loony patriarch of the Mayweather clan already has said he would advise his offspring not to fight Pacquiao.
“I have my own personal reasons,” said Mayweather Sr., a flamboyant dresser who is known to don ridiculously colorful outfits likely designed for pimps. “I don’t think little Floyd should fight Pacquiao. I’ll just say that. I’ll let you figure it out.”
When pressed to identify his “own personal reasons,” Mayweather Sr. said that he is confident that Pacquiao’s ability to absorb Cotto’s powerful blows is proof that “Pac Man” is a juice-head.
“I know Floyd is the best,” said Mayweather Sr., a convicted cocaine smuggler and trafficker. “But when your opponent uses something illegal, even the best can get hurt.”
Keith Kizer is the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission and he said that there is no evidence whatsoever that Pacquiao has used steroids.
Pacquiao’s conditioning coach, Alexa Ariza, said that Pacquiao enriched his workouts with whey protein, liver-support supplements, and a diet that consisted of consuming 6,500-calories-per-day.
Baseball has been vilified as the sport that has most suffered from the steroids epidemic.
However, there is no question whatsoever that performance enhancing substances have hindered all fields of athletics.
Therefore, it is safe to presume that boxing has been grievously affected by steroids as well.
Nevertheless, for Mayweather to make such a slanderous allegation against Pacquiao with zero proof highlights that the Mayweather’s are a cowardly family who are mortified at the very thought of losing.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a truly great boxer who is diminishing his legacy because he is afraid to be contested by premier fighters.
Manny Pacquiao is a pugilistic icon who has fought all challengers without exception, and he has battered every man he has encountered in the ring.
“I’ve been around Muhammad Ali, Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard,” said Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum. “Manny is the best fighter I’ve ever seen.”
Manny Pacquiao is not “the best fighter I’ve ever seen”.
Still, Pacquiao is a superior talent and, if the viewing public is not afforded the opportunity to see him battle “Pretty Boy,” every fight fan will lose.
If Mayweather is in possession of any stones, he will force his family to stop fabricating stories to the media about Pacquiao and he will scrap the “Fighting Pride of the Philippines.”
Unfortunately, knowing the Mayweather's, they won’t “think little Floyd should fight Pacquiao” and boxing fans will be robbed of excitement yet again.
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