Charlie KleinBoxing's renewed prominence in American sports is now falling faster than Lehman Brothers stock circa 2008. Why? Oh just a simple matter of drug testing. There has been more he-said she-said to this saga than your average episode of Gossip Girl. Mayweather, who to me is at fault for this bout being at best delayed, demands that Pacquiao submit to an Olympic style blood test for steroids. This may not seem so ridiculous to the casual boxing fan, but it is ludicrous to anyone who has any clue about boxing.
Pacquiao's camp suggested the methods of drug testing currently used by Major League Baseball and the National Football League. And yet this was just not good enough for Floyd Mayweather. Oscar De La Hoya, who is another victim of the People's Champ, recently commented that Pacquiao's refusal to acquiesce to Olympic style drug testing suggests that the Pac Man may be using PEDs.
I honestly hope these two lads fight it out. It is the fight we have all been waiting for since Pacquio killed Ricky Hatton and De La Hoya. And I would love nothing more than to see that god awful smirk punched off Floyd Mayweather's face. This fight has to happen. If it does not, it would be like an NFL season with no Super Bowl. MLB without a World Series. Just makes boxing a joke, like horse racing and curling.
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