Mayweather Can't Run From Pacquiao, Says Ariza

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s conditioning expert Alex Ariza is getting a little peeved with the camp of Floyd Mayweather Jr who keep demanding drug tests in addition to those conducted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and continue to play on the unsubstantiated allegations of Floyd Mayweather Sr that Pacquiao is on some performance-enhancing drug.

Ariza said he didn’t have any problem with Olympic-style drug tests being conducted on Pacquiao but said “no matter where they try to look for something, at the end of the day Mayweather is going to have to get in that ring and he is just going to have to show up. All the posturing about Manny getting knocked out or being on steroids…all of that s—t, he is going to eventually have to step into that ring and he’s going to have to fight. There’s not going to be any excuses.”

Ariza said “I am the one in charge, I’m the one responsible for what Manny takes. He has no idea what he takes. He is on the same thing that Amir Khan (WBA light welterweight champion), Vanes Martirosyan’s on and I don’t give my guys any steroids. What I give them is all natural and its my own special blend of different things.”

Ariza told Mayweather, “don’t look for excuses, don’t run, just show up to fight.”

The conditioning guru who teamed up with celebrated trainer Freddie Roach and helped turn Pacquiao into a devastating punching phenomenon who annihilated WBC lightweight champion David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, IBO light welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in succession said “it is very difficult for other fighters to look at what Manny has accomplished.”

At the same time in a light vein Ariza supported a suggestion that Floyd Mayweather Sr’s head should be examined first considering the nonsense he’s been peddling.

Ariza confirmed that Khan would be among Pacquiao’s sparring partners but said there was no definite word on whether training camp will begin in Baguio City like it did for the Cotto fight or remain all throughout at the Wild Card gym in Los Angeles.

Source: boxingscene.com