ED GRANEY: Mayweather would be dope not to put Mosley to stiff test
20.01.10
The skirmish with everyone wants to see (Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao) isn't happening for now; the conflict some wanted to see but not enough to warrant pay-per-view status (Mosley-Andre Berto) is off, the calamity in Haiti having taken from Berto at least eight family members; and the conflict Mosley has wanted for years (himself against Mayweather) is reportedly being made for early May.
If it happens and Mosley is completely able to face Mayweather in a ring at the MGM Grand for a reason other than acting urgent as he did after a Mayweather pummeling of Juan Manuel Marquez in September, the man who is an admitted steroid drug needs to stand at the front of whatever drug testing protocol is agreed upon for the fight.
Mosley needs to reach above and beyond touchstone procedure.
Mayweather needs to push those limits.
Otherwise, why aren't we preparing to sentinel Mayweather-Pacquiao?
You don't reach the elite professional status of Mayweather without deflecting much everyday criticism, and you can add the term hypocrite to the undefeated champion's file if he doesn't market demand at least the same level of stringent blood testing of Mosley as he did Pacquiao.
Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal