Oscar De La Hoya “If Pacquiao has nothing to hide, take Drug Test”
By NowBoxing Staff
Golden Boy Promotions boss Oscar De La Hoya who retired after his TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2008, has also fought against two fighters who took performance enhancing drugs when he faced them – Sugar Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas.
In Oscar De La Hoya’s blog for RING magazine he cleared up some information concerning the drug testing for the proposed March 13, 2010 showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Oscar said that the USADA (U.S. Anti-Doping Agency) has agreed not to take blood from the fighters 48 hours before the fight and it will only be a few tablespoons of blood taken randomly in a 3 month span.
It also seems the main concern for Team Mayweather is not the steroids but the HGH (human growth hormone) which can only be detected through blood samples not urine.
Oscar also believes Pacquiao’s refusal has raised eyebrows and also made him wonder if Pacquiao took something when they fought.
Now I have to wonder about him. I’m saying to myself, “Wow. Those Mosley punches, those Vargas punches and those Pacquiao punches all felt the same.” I’m not saying yes or no [about whether Pacquiao might be taking performance-enhancing drugs]; I’m just saying that now people have to wonder: “Why doesn’t he want to do this? Why is it such a big deal.”
Oscar also encourages Manny to do the test because it will help show that boxing is the cleanest sport by doing the blood tests and that Manny would lose more blood in a fight than he would taking the blood tests.
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Oscar said in an interview that he doesnt feel the power of pacquiao… now he’s saying that mosley and vargas has the same power as pacquiao? Oscar is so bitter coz pacquiao whup his ass!
Read this. http://www.boxingnews24.com/2009/12/of-superstition-old-wives%E2%80%99-tales-pacquiao-vs-mayweather/
I can’t believe for MONEY Oscar De La Hoya would CHEAPEN HIMSELF LIKE MAYWEATHER!! There goes your Golden legacy Oscar…Tarnished!!! Blemished!! That’s what you get for sticking around people like the Gayweathers!!
Note to Pacman!!! SUE THE PEOPLE ACCUSING YOU OF TAKING STEROIDS,ETC…Let’s see what they got. Put them all in JAIL AND you get your millions without having to fight. Sweet!!!
Take Yuri Foreman for 8th title and go for another HISTORY! GO PACMAN!!
Oscar’s a joke. First Manny doesn’t punch that hard, now he’s as big a puncher as a Mosley or a Vargas? Come on, man.
I used to respect Oscar too. Does nobody have anymore integrity?
Ok, for those of you that are saying that Manny cheats. Think about it;if he cheats, why would he agreed to having 3 blood tests? Are you saying he’s planning on taking dope during his training camp? If he does, then his camp is filled with morons. Ok, do you steal when you know you’re being watched closely? if you’re saying he’s cheating, then why would he agreed to 3 blood tests? it just doesn’t make any sense. 3 or 7, it’s the same. the only problems with 7 times are that it’s invasive and may throws pacman off his game. he’s an extremely superstitious guy, as you can see when it comes to god and the last time he draw blood, he lost to Morales. another thing,they want to take blood 7 times. That’s 7 times! each time it takes about 1-2 days to recuperate that’s abot 14 days of training wasted. i believe that floyd knows that this would give him the edge, therefore, he’s forcing it on pacman
Before I was really a BIG FAn of The Golden BOY! but now I doubt HIM as a Great Fighter (maybe he is just ONLY that GOODLOOKING that is why he is so charismatic and many fans out there don’t want to see his face BUSTED, and became so famous even with 5 BIG LOSSES!!) and I don’t know why he is loosing some CLASS or he is just becoming what he really is?! Making excuses he never thought before. Is he also that stupid same of the mayweathers now? And what is wrong with having a blood sample taken RIGHT AFTER THE FIGHT?!! damn why are you guys making this a BIG ISSUE and to those boxers who are VERY ENVY of Pacquiao are Riding on those Mayweathers’ SCAPE GOAT allegations?! You guys are SICK. ENVINESS could kill you inside. Its really hard to accept the fact that not all can achieve the great aspiration they want!
now we see how low and dirty promoters are! another question is how come they put weight on what floyd sr. is saying when we all know what he has done….
Puppet Boy, give it up. Pacquiao should have knocekd you out had he chosen to. He had so much respect in you that he made it sure you never went down, not even once. With this latet tirade on your part I think Manny’s regretting his decision to have spared you. He should whooped your Mexican azz back to TJ.
Oscar’s comments are a bit dubious. First he picked Cotto over Pacquaio, stating that he (Oscar) was not impressed by Pacquiaos punching power and now he is stating that his punches felt the same as Mosely and Vargas? Make up your mind Oscar which is it? Does Manny have respectable welterweight punching power or not? Its easy for a Cross-Dressing, fishnet lingeree wearing Oscar to tell Manny not be shy. Maybe Oscar should give up all aspects of the fight game and go into acting, I hear they want to make a Too Wong Foo Thanks for everything Julie Newmar Part Two. Oscar would be perfect for that movie.
Oscar is DISCREDITING HIMSELF and NOW SHOWING WHO HE TRULLY IS!! COME ON BE A MAN OSCAR! ACCEPT DEFEAT! Only few GREAT fighters have a TRUE dignity and are trully Respectable!- I can say one is Cotto, he is a TRUE CHAMPION at HEART! He accepts defeat cheated or not on Margarito fight, gets over it and went on! ODLH before you are like a virgin lady but now you are fucked up and acting like WHORE! Damn choose your words and be a man!
Im 5′5 and i could be a champion if i took the same Roids as Pac man. lmfao. jk
@Oh Boy, Did you adopt that Moniker before or after you saw your idol De La Hoya Model the fishnet stockings?
manny has passed every required doping test out there. if they want to apply a new stringent test, make it official and make every pro boxer out there comply to it.
people don’t understand that pushing somebody to do something that he is not required to do and is from out of suspicion, is downright INSULTING.
IF THEY WANT AN OLYMPIC STYLE DOPING TEST, MAKE IT OFFICIAL AND MAKE EVERYBODY COMPLY TO IT!…
NOT ONLY IN TIME WHEN THEY ARE FIGHTING MANNY!!!!
FLOYD DON’T MAKE THE RULES IN BOXING. IF GOLDEN BOY WANTS TO APPLY OLYMPIC STYLE DOPING TEST TO THEIR FIGHTERS…SO BE IT!
BUT HAVE THEY DONE IT BEFORE!?!?
Just common sense people! If Manny is really a Doper, he definitely will get doped on fight night and whatever dope he has will still be in his system right after the fight in which he is willing to be blood tested. The Dope can’t be flushed out of his system no matter what. Manny will Never let his 10+ year boxing legacy be destroyed or tarnished by use of illegal performance enhancing drugs. Demanding an unprecedented blood test conducted by USADA for a professional non-olympic boxing match is telling the Nevada State Athletic Commision that their testing protocol is substandard and that all previous fights including Mayweather’s are subject to suspicion and doubt. From my vantage point this demand from the Mayweather camp is a lame excuse to coverup their fear of the seemingly improbable – a loss or even a humiliating KO. But then what should he be fearing about? He is the absolutely best counterpuncher in the business, is he not? A perfect unblemished record in the sport. He demolished Marquez in his return fight didnt he? Surely the Pacquiao team should have noticed. Cause he definitely noticed how Pac destroyed Diaz, DLH, Hatton and Cotto – all champions. And yes Pacman has not fought any boxer like Mayweather so I sum it up as even fight. Best Offense versus Best Defense! Let’s get this best of the best fight going cause I wanna know who is the really the better of the two. Enough of this head games and ridiculous demands.
Did Oscar “can’t win a big fight” dela hoya ever take this type of test? I guess not! And what happen to “i can put my face all night with Pacman and he won’t hurt me”? All of a sudden, Manny punches like Mosley.
pacmans is a cheater he is hidin that hes a doper in he prolly has blood wit out the dope in a freezer all yu gotta do is heat it to body heat in wallaaaaa good blood he dnt want the random because he knows he will get caught floyds the best manny isnt shit in lets face it osacar woulda beat the hello outta manny 11 years ago so yall needa stop hating cause yalls idol got caught in cheating
@fhboboxingppvfan Are you personally taking dope yourself? Because nothing that you typed made any sense at all. Everyone is facing the “TRUTH” and thats Dela Hoya and Floyd Mayweather are a bunch of SUCKERS. Everyone knows that if you get your blood taken 2-7x’s, that you will not be able to have 100% performance. Mayweather has dropped himself into shame and ignorance and that applies to Dela Hoya himself. This is ridiculous. Pacman can take the drug test AFTER the fight and it wouldn’t make any difference. Please SHOW PROOF THAT PACMAN WAS USING DRUGS, EVER! You can now go back to doing what you were best at. And that’s lack of knowledge and poor literature!
GO MANNY, K.O. or T.K.O. 2nd-7th round.
Oscar wants the fight for the money and that is all there is to it! Screw Floyd, he found his way out of not fighting Pac so who cares? A Pac-Bradley or a Pac and winner of Mosley-Berto will be much better, maybe not financially but in a competitive sense.
Panocha Dela Hoe Ya, what a crying ass mexican…..you make yo mexicans look bad puto….I’m asian but man you need to quit assuming yo ass didn’t get woop….The man woop the living tortillas out of yo ass and got you spitting sausa essay….Yo need to understand Golden Girl…you aint shit no more, and you never will be after the man woop you…take the beating and leave the steriod accusation alone….the man is clean and you aint going erase the ass wooping he gave you..NO WAY ESSAY….
I hate Pacman he is a piece of garbage, a cheater selfish, spoiled little rice patty. I stick with americans.
i dont see him making Mosley take random blood test before every fight, and he unlike manny has busted before.
I also think this is sour grapes from Oscar. He should know better.
This is sour grapes from Oscar. The fact was that he was old and got beat by a younger fighter.
On defense of Oscar’s legacy…
Someone mentioned he never won big fights. The truth is that he won several big fight. Its just that these are ignored because they are wins.
DLH vs Chavez
Huge big fight for its time. Chavez was old but so was DLH when he fought Manny.
DLH vs Whitaker
A 22 y/o beat the p4p king on his prime. Close fight but DLH won
DLH vs Tito
He outboxed Tito for 8 rounds but got robbed. So another big fight he really won.
DLH vs Vargas
Another super-fight. DLH wins in spades against a juiced Vargas
DLH vs Mosley II
Oscar outboxed and outclasses Mosley but gets robbed by the judges against a juiced Mosley.
So there…
On defense of Oscar’s legacy…
Someone mentioned he never won big fights. The truth is that he won several big fight. Its just that these are ignored because they are wins.
DLH vs Chavez
Huge big fight for its time. Chavez was old but so was DLH when he fought Manny.
DLH vs Whitaker
A 22 y/o beat the p4p king on his prime. Close fight but DLH won
DLH vs Tito
He outboxed Tito for 8 rounds but got robbed. So another big fight he really won.
DLH vs Vargas
Another super-fight. DLH wins in spades against a juiced Vargas
DLH vs Mosley II
Oscar outboxed and outclasses Mosley but gets robbed by the judges against a juiced Mosley.
So there.
Maybe because he already hits so hard
Rick
Oscar/Golden Boy are the same promo company that defended Mosley i.e. not to have blood tests because its not required during a 2008 fight. Wow! and now playing to be good guys, cmon, you are wolves in sheep skin! Public opinion continues to be high on Manny Pac for a reason. They don’t believe in Oscar and his propaganda and they don’t believe the Mayweathers’ who have so many run-ins with the Law, so many court cases, tax problems that they definitely need to have their own TV reality series!
Some info on HGH (from online medical sources): HGH taken alone is actually ineffective in enhancing performance. What the studies show is that HGH can only be effective when it is taken in conjunction with anabolic steroids (i.e. steriods can be detected by urine testing). This means that in order to get the maximum effect an athlete must take both at the same time. The trouble with this fact is that as mentioned earlier anabolic steroids can easily be detected, and with a simple urine test you can already get caught. The information campaign could also lay some emphasis on the possible risks and side effects that can result from too much intake of HGH. Some of these are acromelagy, which in layman’s terms is gigantism, increased risk of diabetes, swelling of joints, edema, being more prone to different types of cancer and many others. If this can be done then it would probably dissuade athletes from even thinking about taking HGH.
Bottom line: We have boxing writers right now that are trying to say a “one way street” on HGH, however, if you look at the medical facts . . its not “conclusive” and likely much is to be learned and studied about these drugs. However, No amount of drugs will (1) improve your skills and strategy in the ring e.g. if this drug made everybody smarter or gave them a new fountain of skills, everybody will be using it!; (2) the idea of bulking up, c’mon – PacMan is known and recognize for his “speed”, not his bulk body or armor muscles. If you ask me, bulking up, would actually sacrifice your speed . . so isn’t this an anti-thesis of the Pacquiao fast machine; (3) in this high stakes negotiation where each side attempts to get the better deal i.e. Mayweather’s request was answered “half-way” by Pacquiao – 3 blood tests (after fight announcement, before 30 days and just after the fight), these blood tests are not required for professional/competitive boxing in Nevada (Las Vegas), but Pacquiao offered this. The test just after the fight, should provide conclusive and reliable evidence that meet Olympic standards if Pac took anything! (these drugs stay in the body at least a week, depending of quantity taken); (4) Let’s take a look at the messenger of this “unsubstantiated allegations” – Mayweathers camp – goodness! these guys are not the bastion of honesty and purity, heck, they could produce a reality series with their numerous court cases, run-ins with the law, tax problems, what have you.
We don’t know whether this fight will push through or not . . however, the ascent of Manny to the top of the boxing world was duly documented in 24/7/media outlets/stories that show: (a) Manny took long hours in the gym, working on a strategy, improving his right hand to be as good as the left hand i.e. if this guy was really on super-performance drugs – why waste too many hours in the gym when you have super strength? why improve your right hand, when with the aid of this wonder drug, all you need is an ultra-power left?; (b) Manny has not shown the behavior of a guy in super-drugs who is all “about me . . me . . i can do this easily”. Instead, if you ask Manny – he will just say – “I will try my best to do well, hopefully to win for the Filipino people” or “give God glory”. I have not heard any of those humble words from all the drug convicted top athletes; and (c) Finally, no amount of “Mayweather or his minions propaganda” nor articles from writers that quick to judge on unwarranted accusations – - Society and the fans (casual/hard-core) will collectively in its wisdom make their own decisions – and vote empathically with their wallets (e.g. PPV/gate attendance). That will be the definitive statement!.
Manny is willing to take the drug test.It’s just that Mayweather is just so pathetic!
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Everyone can whatever they want about either Pacquiao are Mayweather, but comes down to this. If Pacquiao or Arum is so certain Pacquiao can beat Mayweather, why not just abide by the drug testing. Mayweather has agreed to giving 10 million for every pound over the contracted weight limit. It only make you wonder does Manny has something to hide. I think Pacquiao would win the fight, but as one of his fans, I’m starting to wonder.
Ugh Just take the test to make your detractors look stupid, Manny. Then sue them because you’ll have your proof of defamation.
Manny is conceding to blood testing AFTER the fight and 1 month before. Also unlimited urine tests whenever. (I’d piss in their faces). But thats not enough? That is just pretty stupid to say hes not submitting to testing because he doesn’t want blood drawn 1 month before the fight.
Golden Boy Promotions just suck and they killed the sport.
If Manny’s so superstitious then why has he given blood days before other fights? I thought he’s claiming it weakens him?
You don’t have to take my word for it, look here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbmqay72a6o&feature=related
He is afraid of taking RANDOM drug tests. HGH is out of your system in 3 hours max. If you know you will be tested one day, you don’t take it that day- its that simple. Manny isnt afraid of needles, he is afraid of random testing… WHY?
To Oscar: BOBO
It is too bad the Filipino does not want to take the blood test. No matter what anyone says or who they blame, Pac Mans refusal to submit to a blood test is definitely a caution flag. Take a look at pictures of him (especially his head and forehead)when he was going to fight Morales the first time. Then look at his pictures now. I know he has gained weight but in the forehead? In my opinion, no one is to blame other than the pac man camp.