Pacman haters will not stop hitting the 8-division world boxing champion whatever it takes. If they can’t beat Pacquiao in the ring, they will do everything to destroy his reputation. A recent article published by an anonymous writer created a buzz in the boxing world because of a renewed allegation that Pacquiao used anabolic steroids before his fight against Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto. Boxing writers ignored this but many reacted when Sugar Shane Mosley picked up the story and blast it on his twitter account.

Mosley, a Bitter Loser?

Shane Mosley lost to Manny Pacquiao in a lopsided fight. Analysts say that Mosley changed his fight plan when he was sent to the floor on the third round. He knew Pacquiao can knock him down. A thing he must avoid because of his untainted record for not succumbing to an opponent by a TKO. But for boxing fans, he should have fulfilled his promise of giving them a good fight.

And recently, Mosley made another mistake when he tweeted the alleged use of steroids by the Pacman. Based on online sources, the information was sent to Mosley by Bella Rodriguez, his Latina girlfriend. The author of the article claimed that a former Filipino sparring partner of the Pacman confided to him that the latter was injected with steroids and HGH. This happened before his fight against Hatton where Pacquiao knocked down the British boxing star in the early round.

Mosley might have discerned that it is not the right thing to do. He later tried to distance himself from the issue. In his latest tweet, Mosley said that he never wrote or said Pacquiao was on anything. “I said the better man won the night.”

Steroid Story Not True

The Pacquiao camp shrugs off this latest accusation against the pound for pound king. Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s adviser, told the media that the story is totally absurd and they will not respond to it. “If you can show me a Filipino sparring partner we had, then it put some credence to the story but we’ve never had one,” he said. Pacquiao’s chief of staff also reiterated that Pacquiao never had a Filipino sparring partner when he started fighting in the United States. Jake Joson told a local media in the Philippines that they already informed Bob Arum about this issue and consulted their lawyers about any possible action against the author of the story.

Joson assured the public that Pacquiao never took any banned substances. The boxer only relied on vitamins and legal food supplements. According to Joson, Pacquiao won his titles fair and square. Those power punches are natural and not the result of taking performance enhancing drugs like the relentless accusation of his rivals.

When Pacquiao was asked by the media after he arrived in the Philippines, he just smiled and said that the new allegation is not true.

Drug Test Results Clean

Meanwhile, the Nevada State Athletic Commission already released the drug test results of the two fighters. Both fighters were clean of any substance of abuse according to the statement released by Keith Kizer, the executive director of NSAC.

Sparring Partner’s Own Story

The sparring partner of Manny Pacquiao in his last training defended Pacquiao. In the interview of Chris Robinson of the Boxing Examiner, Karim Mayfield confirms Pacquiao is not on steroids. Mayfield is the sparring partner of Pacquiao during his training in the Pacquiao-Mosley fight. “I can’t judge any of his prior fights but I’m sure, almost 100% sure, that the man couldn’t have been on steroids,” Mayfield told Robinson.

“I’ve never seen no superman stuff out of him that would indicate he was on steroids. Yes, he was faster than other guys I sparred with but it wasn’t super blazing and he did have power but it wasn’t like no super power,” he added.

Mayfield confided to Robinson that Pacquaio is just like any other fighter who is also suffering from fatigue. “I definitely saw several bad days where he was tired from sparring, you know what I mean? I don’t even see how steroids could be attached to him,” he said. As regards to the fight, Mayfield blamed Mosley for not giving the fans a good fight.

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