Pacquiao Fans Should Brace For Another Excuse…Steroids
By Oliver Suarez, special contributor to The National Fist
In an interview with Ringtalk Radio last week, Kermit Cintron basically accused Manny Pacquiao of using steroids. Antonio Margarito did mentally damage a fighter but maybe it wasn’t Miguel Cotto. If Kermit wants publicity since his career has taken a downturn since his losses to Margarito, what he needs to do is beat the elite of his division instead of getting a gift victory over Sergio Martinez.
First off for another professional boxer to accuse someone of using steroids without any evidence is foul. Before he mouthed off he should have researched Pacquiao’s career and how it is in living in the Philippines. Pacquiao started his boxing career at a tender age of 16. How many people are only a few pounds from how much they weighed at 16?
Also, unlike in the U.S. where people in poverty have access to a number of government assistance, there is almost none of that in the Philippines as Freddie Roach mentioned in one of the 24/7 of Hatton vs. Pacquiao. As a result, many people in the Philippines are often malnourished. Pacquiao didn’t earn much in the beginning of his career and certainly not enough to completely support his family. Ask some immigrants from any poor countries how much weight they have gained since coming to the US and you will be surprised by their answers.
Furthermore, Pacquiao has been able to go up in weight classes because he trains like no other and now is receiving proper nutrition. With his success, he is not only able to buy almost anything he wants, but also get the best trainer and conditioning coach. Maybe Kermit needs to spend a day with Pacquiao to see how the best trains. Kermit is not exactly known for his conditioning as he often falters in the later rounds in his fights. The difference between Pacquiaos, Mayweathers, Mosleys and other fighters are their work ethic. Just ask those who trained with Jordan, Jerry Rice and Kobe Bryant. They often explain how they thought their work ethic was great until they worked out with them.
This issue has also been overblown. Pacquiao only walks around 150-155 lbs when he is not training for a fight. He hasn’t even made weight in any of his fights above the Junior Lightweight division. In his fight against Oscar at Welterweight, he only weighed in at 142. In the fight against Hatton, he only weighed 138 for a Junior Welterweight fight. Even in the fight against David Diaz, he weighed at only 135 ½ lbs.
Also like many superstars in other sports, Pacquiao is blessed with great genetics. Only one needs to see his family to notice this. His legs are also like tree trunks. Some of the pounds he has added are probably caused by working out his legs alone. His legs are also an important factor in his success to higher weight classes as it has helped him maintain his explosiveness and power.
As far as his punching power, I think people have put too much attention to his knockout of Hatton. Hatton was knocked out because he did not see the punch. What makes Pacquiao dangerous is because his punches come from odd angles. The most dangerous punch in boxing is the ones you don’t see as they cause the most damage. Just ask Miguel Cotto.
The fact is Pacquiao has often been tested for drugs and other substances and so far he has passed them all. Until he fails a test, all the talks of him using steroids are nonsense and just another excuse in a long list of excuses to downgrade Pacquiao’s accomplishments.
Editor’s Note: A recent interview with Paulie Malignaggi reveals that he also thinks Manny uses steroids. HATERS!
In case you’ve already forgotten, let’s take a look back at Manny’s beat down of Cotto SANS steroids:
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Steroids come in in the urine. We aren’t talking about steroids. We are talking about hgh and other enhancers. Ask Shane Mosley if you don’t know. His tests came bacl negative too. U know why? They were urine tests. But his Grand Jury testimony will tell u the Real Deal Holyfield on that one.
The obvious one who’s on steroids is none other than F.Mayweather Jr. He was out of boxing for a very long time yet he came back with speed & big muscles during his fight with the urine-drinker J.M.Marquez. Look at FMJ’s body & muscles in recent fights, excessively rich and plain body-builder-big! Big body & muscles like that should slow the person considerably and also produces more substances that tire his own body (lactic acid if I’m not mistaken). He shouldn’t be that quick, his body should exhaust easier, his legs heavier as the fight progressed. Just apparent PED-using results! You Pac-haters may answer that FMJ is just a different athlete, that’s why, and criticize Pac for his own exciting performance? Sheesh. FMJ should have been very rusty & less mascular. His alibi of still training during his long absence is dubious, especially with all his financial turmoil.
While JMM was good at the lower weights, never it would seem at the higher ones, he just can’t pack that much muscle and still be effective. He’ll never be great with respect to that category in greatness. You fellows were booing him over & over before but now are rallying behind him becoz he’s d only 1 left to look up on to. Even if he won his 2 fights with Pac before, it wouldn’t be convincing, wouldn’t be sensational, just on points. You Pac-haters say R.Hatton was a shot fighter after Pacman devastatingly KOed him, and now JMM considers fighting RH? Eh? If you haters claim that RH was washed-out & made-to-order then why would JMM consider fighting him? I doubt JMM will dominate RH. Probably it will be the other way around. Style make fights afterall. Just becoz Pac wasn’t able to demolish JMM, doesn’t mean RH won’t. Don’t count RH out yet.
Again, the obvious drug user is FMJ! His claim of Pac using such is absurd! He’s just trying to belittle Pac & do character assassination. He came up with his baseless accusation becoz he’s the one using it all his fights. To FMJ (and to FMSr., all those envying personages, and the racists): stop slandering, quit being foul-mouthed, be an exemplar for the sport of boxing! If you don’t want to fight Pac, then fight the other welterwts already! There’s Mosley, Cotto, Margarito, Williams & Clottey in the corner. Cease cherry-picking smaller boxers. Transcend the sport if you can, just like how the smaller Pac already did! Pac made history, legacy! Boxing-haters felt boxing is dead for a long time, quite true, but since Pac’s arrival to the sport at the lower weights years ago, boxing is a household word again. Even Pac’s old foes, the triad, particularly JMM, are popular today becoz of Pac’s previous battles with them. He ushered a new era for the game. Everybody, pls be grateful of Pacman’s historical & impacting contributions to pro boxing. Manny Pacquiao, not just the no.1 pound-4-pound today, already an All-Time-Great!