Originally posted by bayarealuv:
Originally posted by silkyjohnson:
Originally posted by bayarealuv:
boOooOOOO.. if it ain't pac.. it's not worth watching
Blame Arum... and Pac to an extent.
why blame them? (actual question)
to be honest i haven't read any articles regarding the subject in the past couple of weeks.. because i don't want to get caught up in the hype
in my heart i blame both parties.. if they really wanted to they could make this happen
Because both parties came in with a set of demands. When Floyd laid down his demand for olympic style testing, team Pac started making all sorts of lame excuses. From Pac's scared of needles (even though he has tattoos) to draining blood from Pac weakens him to he's superstitious about that s**t.
Floyd demanded random tests up until fight night. Now I could see how Pacquiao would oppose that. Roach, the guy that knows Manny better than anyone else(besides Manny himself), said Pac would need at least 5 days to recuperate. But either way, team Pac said no, no blood test.
Floyd demanded that the drug tests be done by USADA, the firm that takes care of Olympic testing. Team Pac wanted none of that. Then Floyd said fine, the NSAC (Nevada State Athletic something) can take care of the blood tests.
Then Pac team said, fine, we'll do it, but only up to 30 days before fight night. Team Mayweather stood their ground and said no. Then they went to a mediator and some how team Pacquiao and the mediator came up with 24 days. Floyd decided to meet them half way from their original date and said 14 days, a more than reasonable amount of days to recuperate from A TABLESPOON OF BLOOD.
Team Pac passed up the $40 million megafight for a very reasonable concession from Floyd.
Floyd didn't throw hissy fits over the glove size, or the ridiculous $10 million fine for every pound he comes overweight over 147. And he conceded quite a bit on his blood testing demands. He dropped USADA, he gave them 2 weeks without blood testing before fight night.
At the end, it was team Pac that didn't want the fight. Evidenced by their unwillingness to negotiate any further, and having a fight and a venue set up by the next day.