Inaakusahan ngayon ni former two-division world titlist Paulie Malignaggi na gumagamit umano ng performance enhancing drug (PED), partikular ng steroids, si Sen. Manny Pacquiao.
Ayon kay Malignaggi, hindi raw kasi normal para sa isang boksingero na manatiling kampeon sa loob ng maraming taon.
“Yeah, I’ve always asserted that [Pacquiao was using PEDs],” inihayag ni Malignaggi.
“I’ll give it to you the best way I can…I learned to box, I fought my entire amateur career, came up the ladder, turned professional, came up and down the professional boxing world as well, had a 16-year boxing career in the professional ranks, and then retired like a normal human being.”
Kuwento pa ng retired boxer, nang magsimula raw ito sa sport ay kampeon na si Pacquiao, at ngayong matagal na nitong sinabit ang kanyang boxing gloves ay patuloy pa rin ang pamamayagpag ng Fighting Senator.
“Manny Pacquiao, when I started, was a world champion. Manny Pacquiao, when I ended it, was a world champion. Manny Pacquiao, today, is a world champion…Are we living in fairy tales? Does this guy not age?” ani Malignaggi.
“Aging is human…I was a young man, a teenager, maturing into my man body…I grew up…I fought professionally…I eventually passed my prime…[then] I was done…and this guy’s still on a championship level…The fans of boxing, the media in boxing, love this sh*t. They love guys being on steroids.”
Sa ngayon ay wala pang tugon ang kampo ni Pacquiao ukol sa nasabing akusasyon.
