Pacquiao laughs at Mayweather drug plight: ‘Truth finally came out’

 


Manny Pacquiao, the silent protagonist in this week’s Floyd Mayweather Jr. drug-testing drama, blistered his rival in a brief interview — saying the tables have been turned.
For years, it was Pacquiao enduring doping insinuations from Mayweather. A report from SB Nation, however, illuminated a questionable intravenous injection Mayweather received before their lackluster May megabout — which Mayweather won via an easy decision — and seemingly preferential treatment from the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
“Truth finally came out and I was vindicated,” Pacquiao told reporters in the Philippines late on Thursday, according to Agence France-Presse. “[The] Mayweather camp accused me of using PEDs. Now look what happened. I hope Floyd Mayweather would learn a good lesson out of [the experience].”
The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight never happened in the two fighters’ primes, in part because of Mayweather’s barbs about Pacquiao using performance-enhancing drugs and insistence on a strict testing regime for the fight (presumably to be administered by USADA). Pacquiao sued for defamation, and the two settled out of court.
Though the substances in Mayweather’s IV are not prohibited under World Anti-Doping Agency rules, administering them intravenously is a breach of regulations because they can be used to mask the use of performance enhancing drugs. Mayweather retroactively obtained a therapeutic use exemption to avoid rule-breaking.
“I am very proud to be a clean athlete and will continue to champion the cause,” Mayweather said in a statement.

Source : NYP

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