Angelo R. (Reseda, CA): Manny Pacquiao has recently agreed to the 14-day window by Mayweather, but only if the sample is a certain amount of blood each time. The amount he is OK with is apparently very small amount, which may make accurate testing impossible. What do you think about this?
Vivek W. (ESB): If Pacquiao has an amount in mind that he deems to be 'sufficient', yet it isn't enough to conduct the proper testing, there will be no fight. It's that simple. What isn't that simple is my ability to understand why there continues to be so many trigger points in this negotiation. Seems that literally every single ounce of progress is met with resistance, and when you solve one issue another pops up. Although neither party is exempt, I see far more room to question one side over the other. During the first negotiations between the two camps with the mediator, Team Mayweather came up with the 14-day proposition there at the end. Arum said it wouldn't work for Pacquiao, then said it hadn't been offered in time, but it took roughly two weeks to sign the Joshua Clottey deal beyond that point, yet no moves to amend were ever made. Now Arum/Team Pacquiao have decided to accept the same offer that it said wouldn't work before, and there's no understanding for why it's good now but wasn't before.
I keep a lot of notes and emails, and in reviewing a few, I found an odd trend that somehow reversed itself, which displays exactly why I have questions. Pacquiao supporters now say on record that "the fight isn't happening because Mayweather is afraid to face Pacquiao". But, reviewing emails from the time frame when Mayweather was set to return to the sport, the common thread was that Mayweather was "only coming back for the money to face two smaller men, (Marquez and then Pacquiao), rather than facing someone bigger or at least his size". Ironically, Floyd has taken that exact challenge against the bigger man that most said he wouldn't face at that time, (Mosley), and here we are still struggling to put together a fight with him and the man he was supposedly "too big for", and now, supposedly "too afraid to face". None of it adds up and it's very troubling. Pacquiao said before that giving blood too close to a fight would make him weak, then he said "only if the commission tells him to", now he's saying saying he would do it without the commission if it's a "small amount".....one that he will personally have to decide.
This is why my original take on the whole blood thing was filled with questions. If you can't do something, doesn't matter who tells you to do it, YOU CAN'T DO IT! If I ask you to walk across a busy intersection and you say "no, only if my boss tells me because I have more affinity to him"......What difference does it matter if I tell you or your boss tells you, considering that either way it will result in you being struck by a car? Doesn't matter who gives the instructions.....if having to give blood at 14days will make you too weak to compete effectively, that's the end result, regardless of who originates it. So, that's where my issues come in at. I love and respect both men, but the delays seem to be exclusively from one angle. We know Pacquiao fears no man, but unlike those who blame one side, I will blame both for this if it doesn't go down. (Which it seems it won't)!
source:
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=23933&more=1
Vivek W. (ESB): If Pacquiao has an amount in mind that he deems to be 'sufficient', yet it isn't enough to conduct the proper testing, there will be no fight. It's that simple. What isn't that simple is my ability to understand why there continues to be so many trigger points in this negotiation. Seems that literally every single ounce of progress is met with resistance, and when you solve one issue another pops up. Although neither party is exempt, I see far more room to question one side over the other. During the first negotiations between the two camps with the mediator, Team Mayweather came up with the 14-day proposition there at the end. Arum said it wouldn't work for Pacquiao, then said it hadn't been offered in time, but it took roughly two weeks to sign the Joshua Clottey deal beyond that point, yet no moves to amend were ever made. Now Arum/Team Pacquiao have decided to accept the same offer that it said wouldn't work before, and there's no understanding for why it's good now but wasn't before.
I keep a lot of notes and emails, and in reviewing a few, I found an odd trend that somehow reversed itself, which displays exactly why I have questions. Pacquiao supporters now say on record that "the fight isn't happening because Mayweather is afraid to face Pacquiao". But, reviewing emails from the time frame when Mayweather was set to return to the sport, the common thread was that Mayweather was "only coming back for the money to face two smaller men, (Marquez and then Pacquiao), rather than facing someone bigger or at least his size". Ironically, Floyd has taken that exact challenge against the bigger man that most said he wouldn't face at that time, (Mosley), and here we are still struggling to put together a fight with him and the man he was supposedly "too big for", and now, supposedly "too afraid to face". None of it adds up and it's very troubling. Pacquiao said before that giving blood too close to a fight would make him weak, then he said "only if the commission tells him to", now he's saying saying he would do it without the commission if it's a "small amount".....one that he will personally have to decide.
This is why my original take on the whole blood thing was filled with questions. If you can't do something, doesn't matter who tells you to do it, YOU CAN'T DO IT! If I ask you to walk across a busy intersection and you say "no, only if my boss tells me because I have more affinity to him"......What difference does it matter if I tell you or your boss tells you, considering that either way it will result in you being struck by a car? Doesn't matter who gives the instructions.....if having to give blood at 14days will make you too weak to compete effectively, that's the end result, regardless of who originates it. So, that's where my issues come in at. I love and respect both men, but the delays seem to be exclusively from one angle. We know Pacquiao fears no man, but unlike those who blame one side, I will blame both for this if it doesn't go down. (Which it seems it won't)!
source:
http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=23933&more=1