"Yeah, I definitely want Pacquiao to give blood. How is that going to affect him mentally? You could give blood a day before the fight and it wouldn't affect you, let alone 3 weeks out. Something isn't right man and we're going to make sure everything is copacetic," stated world-class trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. as he shared his thoughts on the Olympic-style drug testing that both fighters have agreed to undertake leading up to their highly-anticipated showdown. Although Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach, said he had no problems whatsoever with the testing, he did admit to having an issue with blood being drawn from his fighter six weeks prior to the fight. According to Roach, that could affect Pacquiao mentally. Mayweather Sr., however, strongly disagrees.
"He didn't even say Manny would be too drained if he gave blood; he said it would affect him mentally, so unless he has something to hide, it shouldn't affect him mentally," he continued. Mayweather also responded to Roach's suggestion that he has no knowledge of performance enhancing drugs due to the fact that he dropped out of high school. "You don't have to finish high school to know about performance enhancing drugs. We train world class athletes every day. Shows you how much Freddie Roach knows," he added.
Naturally, Mayweather feels his knowledge of boxing and fighters is far beyond anything he could learn in high school and the success he's had in the sport is a testament to that. "I went up to the 11th grade and said I had enough; that's it! It's not what I did or didn't finish, it's where I am now and not to brag, because I am very blessed, but I have more money now than the teachers that taught me in high school, so what is Roach talking," Mayweather stated. He also found some of Roach's recent threats regarding his brother, Roger Mayweather, to be comical. "I see where he said he would kick Roger ass," he laughed. "Roach is lucky that Pacquiao worked out because other than that, what fighter has he made a champion that hadn't already had success?"
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