Great boxing tonight on Showtime with Yonnhy Perez v. Abner Mares (bantamweight title fight) and then Vazquez v. Marquez IV, which we can only hope is exciting as their three other bouts.
Following up on this post after my Q&A with Erin Hannan, Communications and Outreach Director with the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency), in which it seemed unlikely that the USADA would participate even if Mayweather and Pacquiao could come to terms on a 14 day cut-off (or something between 14 days and 24 days), according to Kevin Iole, the USADA confirmed that it would NOT participate in any program with black-out dates for testing.
In this article, Kevin discusses the fact that Pacquiao now may be amendable to a 14-day cutoff if a small amount of blood is drawn, which would have (likely) made this fight happen during the last round of negotiations.
However, according to Kevin (I followed-up with him), Mayweather is on record as saying he will "NEVER" agree to a 14-day cutoff.
Bottom line, my optimism over this fight happening is quickly fading.... I will continue to monitor.
Fight Lawyer
