Boxing McCarthyism
By Elman R. Madrio
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In the 1950s and 60s, Sen. Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin started accusing publicly anybody he suspected of being a communist. According to him, anybody who looks like a duck (communist), who talks like a duck (communist), and walks like a duck (communist), must also be a duck (communist).
It didn’t matter whether Mr. McCarthy had evidence or not. His method was like that of Hitler: Repeat a lie long enough and it will become truth. It was guilt before innocence.
Lately, boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao – without evidence presented – has been accused of taking PED’s or performance enhancing drugs. He is also accused of taking HGH. A growth hormone that will accordingly improve his physical body, stamina and over-all performance.
Pacquiao denied all the accusations.
His accusers – primarily the Mayweather family – insinuated that since Pacquiao is refusing to take the Olympic style blood test, then he must be taking drugs. No less than the Golden Boy Promotions President, Oscar de la Hoya, which represents Floyd Mayweather, join the issue by saying that Pacquiao is afraid he will be discovered. Innuendos that Pacquiao is not afraid of needles – as evidenced by all the tattoos of his body – but afraid of a drug test needle spread in the internet like wildfire. They chorused that the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s drug testing procedure is not enough. And only the Olympic style drug testing is the way to catch a cheater. They proclaimed that one of their fighters, Shane Mosley, passed the Nevada Drug test but later on admitted that he took performance enhancing drugs.
But there is one thing the Golden Boy Promotions forgot. Another athlete, Marion Jones, also passed the Olympic style drug testing procedure but admitted later that she also took PED.
The question now arises: Since there is no fool-proof drug testing method, what method should the athlete submit himself?
When the boxers submit to a State Commission for testing and passed them, it would be unfair to accuse only one or two of them and ignore the rest who also took part of the whole and same process.
Or are we now subscribing to the idea that if a person looks, walks, and talks like a duck, then he must also be a duck?
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This slander served 2 other very useful purposes:
1) Bossing around Pacquiao. Strategically it would have been EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for PBF to portray himself above Pacman inside the Pacman’s head. If they could trick him to agree to PBF drug tests they could then make other demands next till they led him by the nose completely. By the time they walked into the ring Pacman might think he was trying to fight God Almighty! How could he even throw a punch then?
2) Taking blood from the vein 3~4 times within days of the bout was hoped to have seriously impede the PUNCHING POWER of the Pacman. PBF were not afraid of his speed, because Floyd has very high speed himself. But they were VERY SCARED of the punching power that floored Hatton, Cotto and the rest. By taking blood and causing pain in the arms with the needles plus the psychological distraction they hoped to nullify the power of Pacman. Sure Floyd would have been hurt by the tests too but that DIDN’T MATTER: he never wanted the toe-to-toe battle that VIEWERS WANTED TO SEE, but hoped to run and stay outside the Pacman’s reach. Floyd could care less making the fight boring, as LONG AS HE WON. And his legs would serve him running just fine no pinpricks there..
The lawsuit, ––the most appropriate response by Pacman, destroyed this despicable plan sent PBF and GB back to the drawing board and then some. It has backfired and will damage the culprits far worse than than even the loss of the match would have inflicted on the Pacman.
even if the pacquiao vs mayweather will be realized, i hope the legal suit should be continue, the mayweather cam and GBP as of OScal Dela hoya must pay to tha damage they made in pacquiao image. This Dela Hoya is just behind a little in Floyd in arrogance. I have in mind what rematch of dela HOya with pacquiao in full 147 lbs or 154 what ever he want, the outcome is the same, he will quit or get knockout
Thank you for the illumination that the article provided. Yes, Mayweather is not an emperor and his promoters will now be caught in a web of policy inconsistencies – because of greed.
It really is a bad idea to infuriate Manny. Team Mayweather really needs to back off these irresponsible allegations for Floyd’s sake in the ring.
This is a great example of why Manny should not accede to the USADA testing…
Asafa Powell claims he has been weakened by drug tests … read on to the link.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4515784.ece
Mayweather is an idiot to think that he is at the same level of McCarthy. MacCarty deserved his ill reputaion now but at least he did it for a noble reason. Fine it’s his Harakiri but still honorable to a lot of people. Now this MayChimpanzee thinks he could pull one. Sorry man, you got no class at all, you do no even have the right to try that. you boss Schaeffer and GBP is now trying to wash their hands ever so subtly off this ill meaning accusations.
Bloodtest or no blood test, we see the true color of the boxer who is not what he thinks he is. PBF, together with his equally arrogant father and uncle & the whole PBF team should also have their mental state examined. I have seen and talked to Manny in person. His strength comes from an “inner faith” in his Creator and hard work, before, after and during a fight, period!
Hope, the suit would be filed by Arum and Manny against whoever insinuated Manny is on drugs. I’m sure they will win the fight without ever throwing a punch.
Panman is not interested in dealing with Mayweather Jr,Sr and GBP.He doesn’t want to fight in the ring ,He wants to fight them in the courtroom where he could make more millions of dollars so he could share it to the poor people !!!
Thank you very much Mr.Madrio for a perfectly written commentary!
Gayweather thought he had the upperhand in the mind games and has outsmarted the Pacman thru his trial by publicity stunts (trying to malign Pacman even using the press). A shame to those “paid” press people who spewed a lot of misinformation regarding Pacman!
Gayweather will have no option: To fight Pacquiao (on March 13 or later date this year) and to fight him also in court!
It could be costly for Gayweather because he could lose both fights!
Gayweather surely got the best of its own doze of medicine!
More mind games Gayweather?
What Are Defamation, Libel and Slander?
Generally speaking, defamation is the issuance of a false statement about another person, which causes that person to suffer harm. Slander involves the making of defamatory statements by a transitory (non-fixed) representation, usually an oral (spoken) representation. Libel involves the making of defamatory statements in a printed or fixed medium, such as a magazine or newspaper
COWARD FLOYD “BLOOD SUCKER” DRACULA GAYWEATHER.
I wonder which one is the dumb, dumber or dumbest, respectively— Mayweather Sr, Mayweather Jr or the Mayweather suckers?
THE DILEMMA OF FRAUD GAYWEATHER
If he continues with his lies that Pacquiao uses PEDs, he will surely lose in court.
If the fight continues, he will surely lose in the ring as well.
Either way, Pacquaio wins $50 million!
That’s what you get for being a fraud and a coward!
Fraud Gayweather is both chicken and duck (he ducks good fighters). He thought Manny would not agree to fight him because Manny is running for representative in his district. When Manny accepted his challenge, he started backpedalling like mad. FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR is a COWARD.
Nice article, bro. I just wonder why some of our sports writers leave out the fact of the issue when they make their story known to their readers. Are they under the payola of the GBP?
i think the LAWSUIT made a lot of difference on how TEAM FLOYD IS negotiating.Currently as reported “THEY ARE NOW BACKING OFF FROM USADA STLYE TESTING” and SCHAEFER MADE A STATEMENT THAT “HE IS NOT ACCUSING pACMAN TO BE DIRTY”.ITS HIGH TIME FOR PACMAN TO GO ALL THE WAY WITH THIS LAWSUIT THING.IT WILL DISCOURAGE DEFAMATION WITHOUT PROOF AS WELL AS ‘CHARACTER ASSASINATION”.
Plain and simple its a conspiracy between the mayweathers and the golden boys to destroy pacman’s name. They know they cant beat pacman in the ring so lets fight him outside the ring. A bunch of arrogant and hypocrite typical american bullies.
I agree with diamond. GBP wants to control this promotion. They also hope the blood tests would have an adverse effect on the power of Pacquiao. Dela Hoya knows the power of Pacquiao can put Mayweather down based on his personal experience.
You missed one more point: Pacquiao does not even look, walk and talk like a duck. This is just pure harassment by people who are obviously jealous of Pacquiao’s success.
just drop this fight manny, and let mayweather be DAMNED FOR ALL TIME IN BOXING…….
FLOYD MAYWEATHER Jr. will not be forgotten, he will always be remembered as the GREATEST COWARD AND DISGRACE IN BOXING HISTORY! I would vouch for the gay “beautiful boxer” of Thailand rather than PBF!
Pacman should call off the fight for good. That would be the severest punishment for Floyd. He will never make that much money ever. Who is he gonna fight? The Hattons, that’s laughable. Only a moron would wanna see that. Remember Manny made more money than what he needs in his lifetime. He lives in the Philippines. Floyd has to deal with the IRS. With his lifestyle Floyd is gonna end up like Tyson. BROKE.
Mayweather being smart and methodical has been analyzing Pacquiao’s style for the last two years trying to find weaknesses..and a month ago he discovered there isn’t any, his defensive style like what Cotto vainly tried would not be enough to stop the relentless attack of Pacquiao, every fighter knows their limitations and Mayweather knows this. Like any bully who thinks highly of himself he resorts to name calling, doesnt matter if its baseless. When you’re afraid you will say just about anything to gain some pride back, its funny really, Mayweather a self proclaims “the best fighter of all time” doesn’t want to fight a small guy from the tropics…Mayweather should not be scared of itsy-bitsy Pacquiao…
If it look, walks, talks, and whines like a duck then it is a duckling. Do not forget there is the Papa Duck.
If that is the Way Mayweathers and cohorts thought about Pacquiao’s fate after non stop steroids or Ped allegation,initially it did created some semblance of beliefs from fans and casuals alike.However truths will come out and clear up the mess.It is happening now ,and hopefully the bad intentions will be eliminated and if the fight is still possible despite of the bad start, it should take place smoothly no more of the same.That is of course if there is an agreements made and followed to the dot.
No matter how these Mayweather’s and GBP try to bully Manny, they won’t escape the hands of the media. Their true colors will be revealed no matter how they try to hide it since everyone right now are looking forward for this fight. It looks like they made a good move early on, but I’m sure as long as it goes and as long as Manny is not proven guilty with these PEDs, the Mayweather’s and GBP won’t be able to wake up from this nightmare that they brought to the world of boxing. I guess even non-pacquiao fans will react on this shit that they did. They even questioned the credibility of the NSAC. UFC might have to celebrate if these bunch of bullies/rulers will continue doing these. Such a shame for having them in boxing. No wonder why mexican’s discredits DLH. Maybe this time they will even curse him for having him such a shame to the mexican community. Fuck these abusers!
the only duck here is Gayweather, who has been ducking real opponents all his fighting career.
Guys,
Have you read the latest statement of Manny? He has agreed to accept to the terms of Floyd. His statements are amazing. It’s like a farewell fight. LOL. This came from the mannypacquiao.ph site. http://forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=156711
Guys,
Have you read the latest statement of Manny? He has agreed to accept to the terms of Floyd. His statements are amazing. It’s like a farewell fight. LOL. This came from the mannypacquiao.ph site. I can’t post the link but you can see it on the furums links posted on the right.
In short, Money/bad/gay/floyd mayweather camp afraid to fight pacman of the philippines!
Guys,
Have you read the latest statement of Manny? He has agreed to accept to the terms of Floyd. His statements are amazing. It’s like a farewell fight. LOL. This came from the mannypacquiao.ph site. I can’t post the link but you can see it on the furums links posted on the right. philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=156711
Guys,
Have you read the latest statement of Manny? He has agreed to accept to the terms of Floyd. His statements are amazing. It’s like a farewell fight. LOL. This came from the mannypacquiao.ph site. I can’t post the link but you can see it on the furums links posted on the right. forum.philboxing.com/viewtopic.php?f=102&t=156711
Elman,
Your article is right on the money. What I don’t understand is why we have “boxing writers” like Manuel Perez who has no credibility at all. All he does is create a title demeaning to Pacquiao to get plenty of responses even if those responses are damning himself. OMG why there’s such a person?
Elman,
Your article is right on the money. What I don’t understand is why we have “boxing writers” like Manuel Perez who has no credibility at all. All he do is create a title demeaning to Pacquiao to get plenty of responses even if almost of those responses are damning himself. But… he enjoy it. What kind of person is that?
im scared for mayweather if this fight pushes thru. he’ll be fighting with a very angry manny. god, he’s dead meat.