Pacquiao and Steroids

I criticized Manny Pacquiao for his unwillingness to allow for indiscriminate drug testing during negotiations for a potential fight with Floyd Mayweather that would have taken place this past spring. If Pacquiao had nothing to hide, why wouldn't he be willing to take a drug test? Mayweather would be forced to endure the same testing.

When negotiations for the super fight fell apart this summer, it seemed like Mayweather's fault. It was reported that Pacquiao had accepted taking any drug tests with no restrictions. Mayweather's camp even denied that negotiations had taken place, a strange argument. One that made it appears as if Mayweather's was culpable for negotiations falling through this time around.

But on 24/7, Pacquiao's advisor, Michael Koncz, made the admission that Pacquiao would not be willing to take a drug test within 7 days of a fight with Mayweather. They used the same weak excuse that Pacquiao feels drawing blood so close to the bout would drain him. It is unfair to use circumstantial evidence to convict Pacquiao of using steroids, even in our own minds. It would only be fair with hard proof. But, his reluctance to a take a drug test without restrictions does raise suspicions that he is on steroids.