PACQUIAO SAYS HE HAS BEEN VINDICATED
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 11 Sep 2015
Manny Pacquiao says he has been vindicated over previous allegations by Floyd Mayweather Jr that he was on performance enhancing drugs after Mayweather himself was accused of violating anti-doping rules before their mega-fight last May 2.
Pacquiao said the "truth finally came out" after the news broke that Mayweather received an injection of vitamins and minerals in the build-up to their fight in Las Vegas on the eve of their fight.
However, Mayweather and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) have both insisted the boxer's actions were legal after a report by multi-awarded boxing writer Thomas Hauser
said Floyd had broken World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules.
In a brief statement to reporters in the Philippines, Pacquao said ?Truth finally came out and I was vindicated. The Mayweather camp accused me of using PEDs (performance-enhancing drugs). now look what happened. I hope Floyd Mayweather would learn a good lesson out of (the experience)."
The SB Nation report said Mayweather's infusion had come to light after USADA agents visited the boxer at his Las Vegas home on Friday May 1, the day before the Pacquiao fight, to conduct a random unannounced test.
The report said the IV consisted of two separate mixes of saline and vitamins which had been administered to address dehydration concerns.
It added that while the substances in question were not prohibited under WADA rules, administering them intravenously was a breach of WADA regulations.
WADA guidelines say IV infusions are prohibited because they can be used to mask the use of performance enhancing drugs, increase plasma volume levels and distort the values of an athlete's biological passport.
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