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MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao wants Floyd Mayweather Jr to put his money where his mouth is on keeping the sport of boxing clean.
Mayweather has reportedly rejected Pacquiao’s request for a $5 million penalty should either fighter test positive for a performance enhancing drug prior to their May 2 fight in Las Vegas.
The fighters will undergo random and urine testing under the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which will screen for steroids, human growth hormone (HGH), erythropoietin (EPO), and utilizing carbon isotope ratio (CIR).
“I’m a little puzzled and a little dismayed that they wouldn’t agree to something this simple,” Pacquiao’s advisor Michael Koncz told the Los Angeles Times.
Leonard Ellerbe, CEO of Mayweather Promotions, responded: “If … Koncz and Manny didn’t communicate with their promoter during the negotiation, it’s a lame … attempt to generate some publicity.”
A positive test calls for a four-year competition ban under the rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency, which accredits USADA. The fight could conceivably be canceled if either tests positive before the fight.
The issue of drug testing has been a central part of the long drawn out Mayweather vs Pacquiao negotiations, which began in 2010 and only materialized an agreement in 2015.
Negotiations were nixed initially because Pacquiao rejected a clause for random testing but later agreed, with money being a prime sticking point in subsequent negotiations.
In 2012, Mayweather and Pacquiao settled a federal defamation lawsuit stemming from Mayweather’s suggestions that Pacquiao had used PEDs.
Mayweather was ordered to pay approximately $114,000 in legal fees for not agreeing to be questioned under oath by Pacquiao’s lawyers.
Neither fighter has ever failed a post-fight test. – Rappler.com
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