"The much-anticipated showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, tentatively scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, has collapsed, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com on Wednesday night.
"The fight's off," Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, said from Las Vegas.
The fight died after a last-ditch attempt at mediation between Top Rank and Golden Boy, which represents Mayweather, failed in an effort to determine the drug-testing protocol.
Pacquiao had agreed to move off his hard-line stance of refusing a blood test inside 30 days before the fight, but Mayweather wouldn't budge off his desire for random testing all the way until the fight, Arum said. Nor would Mayweather agree to a public apology for remarks he made accusing Pacquiao of using performance-enhancing drugs, Arum said.
"I am very disappointed that we could not make this fight for the fans and I am angered because of the false accusations from Golden Boy and the Mayweather camp that I used some type of drugs, and that is why I have instructed our American lawyers to proceed with the lawsuit to clear my name," Pacquiao said in a statement (ESPN)."
Well boxing has done it once again. Just when there was a chance of this sport becoming relevant once again they go and blow it. To be honest there has to be much more to this then just the steroid testing, but still I blame Pacquiao. Why not just agree to all the testing. There is so much money to be made here, and yet they are willing to throw it all away just because Mayweather wants more testing, just seems silly to me.
Anyways, way to go boxing, you have once again shown us that the fighters don't care at all about who is the best of all time (or about the fans)...
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