Is Floyd Mayweather out of line for demanding Olympic-style drug testing before he fights Manny Pacquiao?
SDR: Mayweather’s effort to “clean up the sport of boxing” is a nice gesture but thankfully, it’s not needed. Not when you have a full board of directors and chairmen who are actually assigned to “clean up the sport of boxing” through various rules and procedures. Mayweather should rest assured that he doesn’t have to stress about moonlighting as a drug counselor while operating as a highly-acclaimed boxer. Strange how a man who’s fought in over 40 fights in his career didn’t become Captain Crusader against drugs in boxing until the road he was traveling led him face to face with Pacquiao. PG: The professional standards of today’s athletes are a lot different than the past, and they should be examined and dealt with as so. To say that Floyd is wrong for demanding better drug testing in today’s world is like saying NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is wrong for suspending football players for violations that they once were never punished for in the past. Sure, Mayweather is no boxing commi
