‘Steroid talk’ fuels Pacquiao-Mayweather
MANILA -- Talks about steroid use has fanned a “word war” between the camps of Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao and former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Mayweather’s father and boxing trainer Floyd Sr. fired the opening salvo against Pacquiao when he speculated that the Filipino boxer could be using “some type of supplements”.
"In my honest opinion, I believe that he's on some type of supplements," Floyd Sr. told Michigan's Grand Rapids Press. "I think they're pushing Pacquiao too much -- even if he's got [ste]'roids in his body."
His son Floyd Jr., who is set for a comeback fight against Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), has been consistently been being pitted against Pacquiao, the current pound-for-pound king.
"I don't think that he can beat Little Floyd with steroids in him or not. He don't have that kind of talent or that kind of skill -- whatever he has in him," said Floyd Sr., whose boxer Ricky Hatton was knocked out by Pacquiao in just two rounds.
‘They’re the ones using roids’
Pacquiao, meanwhile, joked that he doesn’t even have a clue what steroids are.
"Maybe all of them -- they're using the steroids, and not me," Pacquiao said in a report by FanHouse.com. "You know what? I don't even know what a steroid is. I've never done that."
Pacquiao reacted on Floyd Sr.’s statement just hours before he made the ceremonial pitch before the San Diego Padres-Arizona Diamondback game at the San Diego's PETCO Park in California.
Pacquiao’s coach Freddie Roach, for his part, said Floyd Sr. is just bitter over his ward’s victories, especially over Hatton.
“Steroids? Where in the hell did that come from? You know, these guys, they had to come up with a reason why they lost. They lost because [Floyd Sr.] sucks as a trainer and I had the better fighter,” said Roach.
Artest in Pacquiao-Cotto press tour
Meanwhile, NBA’s “Big Bad Boy” Ron Artest showed up the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto presser at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles.
The NBA star even asked for pictures with both Pacquiao and Cotto.
The two boxers flanked Artest during the photo-op with the 5’6” Pacquiao jokingly standing on a chair to make his height even with the NBA.
Artest, who is newly acquired by the Lakers, refused to pick a winner between the two boxers.
“I can’t choose a fighter but I want to see a great fight. I just can’t wait to see a great fight,” he said. With reports from the Philippine Star and Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News
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Roids?
Hamo't sila ang may sabi nyan. At alam natin kung sino ang tainted sa mga drugs na iyan. Di kasi nila alam na tinolang manok w/ malunggay ang pampalakas ni PACMAN. Di kasi nila kilala yan. Tingnan na lang natin on March 2010, first round lang iyan ni PACMAN or baka PACMAN will kill him.
Think about it?
Why are they talking about Pacquiao, isn't his next fight with Marquez? Think about it.
steroids?
steroids ba ang head and shoulders? ang alaxan, magnolia, sam miguel beer,ginebra, talk and tix, mutulite, datu puti, extreme magic sing, mcdo??
kung meron man gagawa ng kalokohan, si Floyd Jr. un...lagi ngang nahuhuli yan..nahuli sa lugar na may nagbabarilan, nag loan nag kotse d man lang binabayaran...
Flyod Sr. is delusional and hallucinating
little Floyd may be using some drugs along with his dad..Floyd Sr. is delusional and hallucinating..
Floyd cant accept that Manny is 100x better than his son, as a person and as a boxer.
The truth comes out
First, they do regular drug test during training and before the fight. So he thinks that Pacquiao and/or Roach are so sophisticated that they would have the ability to acquire or develop a totally unheard of performance enhancing drug that cannot be detected. This is ludicrous. What is more of a reality is that Floyd Sr. obviously realizes that Pacquiao is better than his son, Floyd Jr. Thank you for admitting that Pacman is better. The truth has an amazing way of coming out.
Big Mouth, Here we go Again!
True to his notorious ways, the Floyd Sr. is again talking his usual way.
Too much air and tiny bubbles, the Floyd Sr. has nothing to show and prove but thin air.
He was talking the same level of mischievousness and the same agility to attract attention, but who cares to believe him? He faulted and overwhelmingly embarrased in the Pacquiao-Hatton fight.
So, what is the difference between Mayweather Jr and Hatton VS Pacquiao?
Nothing - but the big mouth is much bigger and the noise is even longer in this forthcoming fight.