"Superstitious" Manny Pacquiao Takes Blood Test With Ease Within 30 Days of the Hatton Fight

While much of the discussion on our site focuses on politics and the economy, we here at the Economises also happen to be huge boxing fans. Everyone is probably familiar with the upcoming fight on March 13, between Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Earlier this week, as you may have heard, Pacquiao threatened to pull out of the fight because Mayweather was demanding Olympic Style drug testing for the fight to be conducted by the United States Anti Doping Agency. Pacquiao cited a superstition against having blood taken so close to the fight and a fear of needles as reasons for not wanting to do the blood test so close to the fight. Pacquiao expressed his desire to only undergo urinalysis tests or do the bloodtesting at times specified by him. Obviously, Pacquiao's reluctance coupled with his lightning fast rise in weight while maintaining all of his speed and power have people speculating. Earlier today, this video was brought to my attention. In the video, from the HBO series 24/7, Pacquiao can be seen undergoing a blood test with no problems, seemingly completely at ease. It has been verified that the test depicted in the video took place within 30 days of Pacquiao's fight with Ricky Hatton. This certainly makes you wonder what the real reason for his reluctance to undergo the Olympic style testing is.

Here is the link. Steve, if you see this, can you add the video to the front page? I am having trouble doing it from the office. Thanks.

UPDATE: The video that I linked to last week was reportedly brought to Bob Arum's attention and he now believes that he can convince Pacquiao to go through with the blood tests. Haha. Looks like someone got caught lying and is backtracking pretty fast if you ask me.You can read more about it here.