Pacquiao may have taken a blood test just two weeks before his fight with Ricky Hatton, which throws that 30 day window thing out the, well, window.

If it can be proved he did cheat.

There are a ton of people who are in the corner of people who are accused of cheating without basis.

I wouldn’t compare this HGH/PED/roids stuff to Ali and dodging the draft. There were a ton of people who felt like he did, whether or not they had the same religious background as he did, and even if it turned out that he was simply following the orders of the Muslims. There are zero people in the corner of people who cheat. That’s the difference in this situation, unless Pac is vindicated.

It will say there is no basis for saying he is dirty. That to me is the same thing and the general public will agree with me. Innocent unless proven guilty, remember?

“The steroid/HGH/PEDs stuff will get worse”.

Yeah, like people still care why Ali dodged the draft. Didn’t the courts vindicate him too?

“$40 million number is hilarious”.

$40 mil or $ 4 mil, I doubt if Mayweather will find it as hilarious.

“Just remember, this isn’t about my opinion against yours. Whatever information I share here is for a reason and to give the people reading as much information as possible.”

The info is good, but you have to admit you also have opinions about it that we differ and are trying to resolve. If it were just info, I would find this very boring

I didn’t know we agreed that Pacquiao’s rep has been lowered. I think I said that I’m guessing it has. And it’s not only because of the lawsuit, but the lawsuit portion of it absolutely doesn’t help. It’s because of many things, including not complying with the drug test in a new culture where fans want to know anything and everything about their athletes, Arum’s idiotic statements, Team Pacquiao’s backtracking (mostly because of Arum), and now this silly lawsuit.

The point is, based on everything that has happened, the majority in that poll thinks Pacquiao is on drugs. Not saying that’s entirely the public opinion because the demographic on that site is more cynical just based on being fans of MMA and wrestling.

Just remember, this isn’t about my opinion against yours. Whatever information I share here is for a reason and to give the people reading as much information as possible.

“In a few years time, maybe more, do you think the boxing world will still talk about why Manny refused to take the test or about how and why Mayweather lost his life’s earnings because he cannot keep his mouth shut ? Public opinion is as fickle as the wind and everybody loves winners.”

This steroid/HGH/PEDs stuff is simply going to get worse. We’ve barely opened the can on this.

“Former p4p king Manny Pacquiao who was accused of taking drugs by the Mayweathers walked away from a $40 million fight with his accuser because he refused to take an intrusive drug test. He was later vindicated in court by winning a defamation lawsuit which alleged he was taking drugs. The court required Mayweather to pay him $40 million as redress.”

That 40 million number is hilarious by the way. Also, how can you be vindicated by winning a defamation suit? All it will say is that Mayweather was guilty of slander. It won’t say that he’s clean. In fact, I believe if he goes through with this, it will get worse, even if he is vindicated. He’s opened up his own can of worms now.

I think your history scenario would’ve been spot on about 15 years ago. Today, it will never happen that way.