A letter and a few questions for Manny Pacquiao December 29, 2009

To me and many others it’s plain and simple, for a fighter who says he would never dodge anyone it sure seems you’re doing one hell of a job at dodging Floyd Mayweather Jr. for whatever reason you may have. Don’t you want to be involved in probably the largest fight in the history of boxing? Don’t you want your name to go in the books as one of the greatest boxers who ever fought? Isn’t that every pro-fighters dream?

Manny, How did you and your people let this mess go this far? All you had to do is say "yes" to the blood test. I’m really having problems understanding why a procedure as simple as a blood test to rule out the use of illegal performance enhancers is causing such a fuss for you. Floyd said he’d take the blood and urine test, Manny why can’t you do the same? Unless.... lets no go their...

Didn’t you make a statement a few days ago on your blog, like the day after Christmas that isn’t so credible stating you where not comfortable taking a blood test closer than thirty days before a fight? Then it’s discovered that you actually took a blood test fourteen days before your fight with Ricky Hatton. Is this thirty day no blood test thing something new? Just asking....

Manny you probably don’t believe it, but to many of the boxing aficionados who actually pay you to fight are really starting to believe that you’re making your promoter Bob Arum look really bad, he just like everyone else wants to see this fight happen. Concession after concession the people from Golden Boy and Floyd’s people are bending over backwards, and can you believe so is YOUR promoter Bob Arum just to see this fight take place. Is it maybe because you don’t want to fight Floyd? Again, just asking...

Can you believe even the last fighter you beat, Miguel Cotto is shocked at YOUR refusal to admit to the testing? Yes, Cotto’s all for the testing, he says "it is the only way to ensure that the outcome of the bout is the strict result of conditioning and ability" he’s also stated "to magnify your talent with drugs is repulsive". I like many boxing aficionados must agree with Cotto.

"Liars go to hell?" What’s that all about? Manny I have feeling that this wasn’t a great boxing Christmas for you. I can understand you’re probably really pissed off about now, but who’s to blame, no one but you. Right from the start all you had to do was agree to take the blood test, it’s not like you never had one before.... remember fourteen days before the Ricky Hatton fight, same thing.

One more thing Manny, what’s up with this law suit thing we all keep hearing about?Please correct me if I’m wrong, so you’d rather fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a court room than in a boxing ring on Pay Per View and take away the millions you could have earned? Manny, I can assure you you’re not going to get paid the right way in a court room and besides those things aren’t shown on Pay Per View and if it was who would order it.

You probably already know this but if you don’t, get ready because people are going to talk bad about you, even the notorious boxing conspiracy theorists will come out with mind boggling theories about your rise in the world of boxing and how it was done and immediately patch it right into what’s going on now. What’s amazing is this could have all been avoided....

The fight that every boxing fan wants to see is Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather Jr. and we want to see it on March 13, 2010. My humble advice to you is, Manny if you really want all this to end on a good note for everyone involved, including the fans, just extend your arm, let them take the blood and start training for the fight against Floyd. No one wants you be the guy who refused probably the biggest fight in boxing history because you refused to take a blood test to prove you don’t take illegal performance enhancing drugs. Make it your business to be on the good side of boxing history.

Peace and best of luck to you.

Enrique Olivieri/Editor/Webmaster