Promoters are working to get the on-again, off-again mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather back on again. The LA Times reports that promoters for both sides are considering having an arbitrator decide how to conduct the drug testing for the potential fight, as a way to get around the impasse which has currently derailed any agreement.
Promoters For Pacquiao-Mayweather Consider Getting Abritrator To Rule On Drug Testing
Floyd Mayweather has insisted on adopting “Olympic-style” random blood tests in the days leading up to the fight, while Manny Pacquiao has balked at that suggestion. Pacquiao has instead expressed a preference for urine testing, administered either by the Nevada State Gaming Commission, or the testers that the NFL and MLB use. The promoters claimed that an ability to come to a consensus on this issue had killed the fight, before apparently considering turning to an arbitrator as a way to resurrect the super fight that would be an enormous payday for both Mayweather and Pacquiao. Considering that they stand to make a guranteed $25 million (and up to $40 million), it seems likely that Mayweather and Pacquiao will come to some mutually acceptable arrangement sooner rather than later.
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