Manny is just angry, Floyd is definitely furious

The boxing world was shocked that a fight between the top two boxers today, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., went kaput over disagreement on how to conduct the Olympic style drug testing demanded by the latter.

Manny has expressed anger over accusations or insinuations, mostly from Team Mayweather that his incredible success in the ring of late was aided by performance enhancing drugs.

His statements in the media and the defamation suit he filed against those he perceives responsible is a proof of his sentiment on this.

What is not played up in the media, however, is how Floyd was the more incensed of the two that the March 13, 2010 bout did not happen.

Floyd was looking forward to his biggest payday and perhaps his greatest achievement in the ring after laying out a brilliant idea and game plan on how to ensure victory against Manny.

Not that he did see he can easily beat Manny as rumors coming out from his camp early on seem to indicate he is scared to fight the Filipino champion who just scored devastating victories over Oscar Dela Hoya, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto in succession in a span of one year.

But Team Mayweather’s research and study of Pacquiao’s previous fights, particularly the ones he lost, may have given them an idea on how to have a much-needed crucial advantage come fight night.

What followed were the accusations and insinuations made in the media of Pacquiao possibly on steroids or PEDs before the negotiations and then Floyd, the usually demanding fighter immediately agreeing for a fight with Manny on even terms, easily approving the other fighter’s demand like purse split, use of gloves, even the staggering $10 million per pound penalty for over weight.

Then as everyone in the sport has become ecstatic and looking forward to the event, Floyd unleashed his ace, a seeming simple request for both of them to undergo Olympic style random blood testing.

The undefeated American did not foresee Manny walking away from the mega buck mega fight and was thinking the Filipino boxing superstar would be forced to accept his terms.

But as things have turned out, even a potential $40 million earning can’t make Manny agree on the so called blood testing scheme that’s just a cover for their strategy to put the Filipino fighter in a weakened physical condition like he was during his first bout with Mexican Erik Morales.

And so two months after the aborted megabout and after Pacquiao moved on to face another tough challenge in African Joshua Clottey, Mayweather Jr. is still furious because not only did the biggest payday of his life went down the drain, he was forced to fight another tough welterweight champion in Shane Mosley for much less.

And so don’t be surprised that even if Floyd is supposed to hype his coming fight with Mosley, he’d rather talk about Manny, unfavorably, of course.

Source: http://www.theboxinghistorian.com/news/6151_pacquiao88.html