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1. By vpin

   Dec. 25, 2009

   8:17 p.m.

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   Mayweather chickened out. Best pound for pound fighter in a paper bag.

2. By tysuave77

   Dec. 25, 2009

   10:34 p.m.

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   shut up! manny paquio is a cheating little bi*** all he has to do is take the blood test he's say's he's scared of neddles but yet he has tatoo's give me a break.Then on top of that he wants to fight feather fisted paulie when bradley who has two belts at 140 just called him out manny and freddy roach are cherry picking punks!

3. By twinsdad

   Dec. 26, 2009

   7:17 a.m.

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   Manny is THE MAN. Mayweather has no business making any demands. People want to see Manny fight. No one cares who Mayweather chooses to run away from in the ring unless it is Manny taking him out!

4. By vpin

   Dec. 26, 2009

   8:20 p.m.

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   Tysuave,

   If you weren't so ignorant you'd know that drawing blood is not the same as getting a tattoo.

   If too much blood is drawn or done the wrong way it can do one of two things, make you weak and dizzy or collapse a vein. Wanting a blood test is a sham, you won't find out anything from blood as far as drugs are concerned that you wont find in urine.

   Did you ever hear of the supreme game player, Ali, demand his opponents take a blood test before any fight?

   Get real!

5. By language

   Dec. 27, 2009

   6:13 a.m.

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   I AGREE. MAYWEATHER IS JUST FINDING EXCUSES NOT TO FIGHT..IF PACMAN AGREED TO THIS TEST THEN SOMETHING ELSE WOULD COME UP THAT MAYWEATHER DEMANDS..PACMANS READY TO FIGHT...MAYWEATHERS SCARED OF HIS RECORD BEING KILLED....

6. By tysuave77

   Dec. 27, 2009

   1:19 p.m.

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   @vpin since your so smart you do relise floyd will be takeing the same test right!ur so smart your dumb!

7. By markmmm

   Dec. 27, 2009

   2:26 p.m.

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   Mayweather is a coward!!!!!

8. By tysuave77

   Dec. 27, 2009

   3:06 p.m.

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   I think you're a biased Pacquiao fan who's views are blinded by Manny's cumshot.

   You're calling Mayweather a coward when Pacquiao is afraid of a blood test. So what if Mayweather thinks he's using steroids? They want him to prove he isn't on anything illegal.

   Pacquiao doesn't want to take a blood test. That's what's preventing this fight from happeneing. Make any excuse you want the facts are right in front of you. Pacquiao says he's superstitious about blood tests when in this video he is taking one no problem.

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbmqay72a...

   Mayweather is taking the blood test too so people complaining it's just for Manny need to stop crying. For a guy who is going to make $40 million dollars he sure is acting like a damn girl. The Mayweather camp wants a blood test to prove the guy they are fighting isn't on steroids because of his freakish rise to P4P #1 status. How hard is that to understand? It makes perfect sense.

   It's not a damn mind game, it's a safety procedure that Pacquiao fans twist to stir up drama. Sounds like a bunch of high school chicks in here. If Pacquiao wants his legacy to go unquestioned, he needs to take a blood test and fight Mayweather.

   Lastly he and his fans need to think of it this way. If Pacquiao doesn't agree to this, he will forever have a steroid allegation above his head and his accomplishments and will have made the world miss out on the richest fight in boxing history. If Pacquiao agrees to this, he makes himself look like a freak of nature, and will make the Mayweather camp look bad.

   Aside from that, both these guys are making enough money to last for the rest of their lives so what the hell is all the complaining about??

9. By StanG

   Dec. 28, 2009

   3:01 a.m.

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   I understand that the commission has rules re testing and it's Mayweather who wants to change them. If that's the case, I'd say he's just looking for an out. Furthermore, the fighters will be tested right after the fight. I can't imagine that a blood test prior to the fight would be able to find anything that it couldn't find a few minutes later. Of course the fight may take more than a few minutes because Mayweather wants as big a ring as he can get in order to stay as far away from Pacquiao as possible. It may take several rounds to catch him.

10. By SufferinRebel

    Dec. 28, 2009

    11:42 a.m.

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    FYI: Olympic athletes all use these drug tests. Sprinters have blood drawn, and compete within the next 48-72 hours. Plus both would have it done. All this is being spun in the media by Bob Arum who is still mad at PBF for leaving him before he became "Money" Mayweather. Bob Arum has a ax to grind, and if it isnt his way he doesnt want it done. This is alot bigger then Mayweather & Pacman. There is nothing greater in the world to Bob, then to possibly see Mayweather get beat up. He holds grudges, look how he did Delahoya and Golden Boy after Oscar left him. Also Manny has absolutely no say, he gets the cut that Bob gives him and it will be the most money he has ever seen in his lifetime so that toy soldier is ready to be destoryed once Bob agrees to terms that were not his idea.

11. By kody

    Dec. 28, 2009

    2:40 p.m.

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    i heard mayweather accepted and agreed to ALL of mannys demands [weight , gloves etc.] and never cried about it,why wont he agree to this ?? hmm..the fans deserve the random testing..floyd m. will take the same tests...if anyone is afraid of losing its man-roid !! he only looks good fighting people that come straight forward with no defense!!look for mayweather to make a statement in this fight !!

12. By mikegino

    Dec. 29, 2009

    8:30 a.m.

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    How about Harry Reid against any of the above? Harry's not afraid to take a blood test.