This is a long read.. but IMO, it's very interesting, and I want to talk about it with you guys. To me, I always say... where there's smoke, there's fire. I'll try to explain as best I can without going too crazy, but if you can take the 5 minutes to read this, please do.
It's related to Mayweather's S&C coach he brought in specifically for this fight, Alex Ariza.
Alex Ariza is a very VERY controversial figure in the boxing world. Not only have many, including Victor Conte, called him out in public for supplying his athletes with PEDs.. He has had a long history of working with guys who were clearly using. In fact, Mayweather himself made the same accusations toward him multiple times, as recently as just one year ago.
Below, you can read what Mayweather had to say himself about the man who he later hired for his own training camp. They started working together in late 2014, and the comments posted below were from May of the same year, about 6 months prior
Interesting to note: Ariza was Manny Pacquiao's S&C coach during his prime years, when Manny was at his best, and refused random drug testing against Mayweather in 2009, the sole reason the fight fell apart back then.
One thing I have to say, is that Floyd looked to be in better shape, physically, than ever in his career. He has always been a physical specimen, though... His life has revolved around this since he was young. Floyd is a known gym rat who trains even when he has no fight scheduled, and has never had a sip of alcohol.
But this is the reality.. Floyd is 38 years old now. Not 28.. He's near 40. No matter who you are.. at 38, your body is not the same. It's not producing the same levels of testosterone, especially after a life time of grueling training and getting hit in the head.
Floyd knew this was the most important fight of his career... We're talking hundreds of millions here.. Floyd is a 38 year old boxer who said multiple times in the build up to this fight, that it's harder and harder to get in the gym and train every day like he used to - due to the wear and tear on his body, and age catching up to him.
I don't know man... When you got a guy with that kind of reputation.. why would you even bring him into your camp, no matter how good he is, if it's not for the reasons suspected?
The thing is, Mayweather was blood tested a TON leading up to this fight and all others... but with someone like Ariza, who works at the absolute highest level, you just don't know. Even Victor Conte says Ariza is able to get around the tests with cutting edge gear - the same way Conte was back when he came up with "the clear" testosterone cream that enabled baseball players to hit record numbers year after year
At such a high level of the game.. with not just millions, but HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS at stake in a fight like this? Consider that, consider Ariza's reputation.. and just ask yourself, why? What would the reason be?
There are plenty of strength and nutrition gurus out there, who do not have so much controversy attached to themselves the way Ariza does. Floyd did not use him for his entire career.. Why now? Why now, when not even a year ago, Floyd made comments blasting Ariza and accusing his fighters of being on PEDs, as seen below
Here is where it REALLY gets interesting.
Floyd was quick to point the finger at him and claim he was the man supplying and coming up with the PED regimen that both Manny and Maidana were on.
Here are quotes from Floyd himself on Ariza, less than 12 months ago... Remember. This is the man Floyd hired in his training camp for this fight... If he suspected him to be dirty, and went as far as publicly claiming so, why would he bring him in?
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Floyd Mayweather skeptical of Alex Ariza's influence on Marcos Maidana - Bad Left Hook
Mayweather (45-0, 26 KO) faces Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO) on May 3 on Showtime pay-per-view, but Mayweather sounds a little skeptical of his opponent, noting his association with Alex Ariza, the former strength and conditioning coach for both Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, among other fighters.
"I don't have anything against anyone, but I noticed that when the guy, Alex Ariza, was in Amir Khan's corner and when he faced Maidana, Amir Khan looked super strong in that fight," Mayweather said on a media conference call yesterday.
"Then you go back and look at it, I go look at Maidana's fights against certain guys, like when he fought Alexander, he was strong, he was still coming ahead because he's the kind of guy that comes straight ahead, and liked the looped shots. He wasn't as strong as he was in the Adrien Broner fight. In the Adrien Broner fight he was a lot stronger than he was in a lot of his past fights."
Floyd continued, "I don't know if Alex Ariza plays a major role into that, but when I sit back and I look, I'm looking at Pacquiao versus Bradley and I notice ever since Ariza has not been with Pacquiao anymore there's been a total change in his power."
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What do you guys think about this? If Floyd felt that way about a guy who is known to be dirty.. Why bring him into your camp? Why make those comments, and then employ the guy a year later? What exactly could Ariza bring to the table that any other S&C coach could not? Knowing that.. unless it was specifically for PEDs, what exactly is there to gain by having him in your camp?
I just think this is bizarre.
Sorry for the long read guys, but I thought this was something that should be posted and read about. I'd like to see feedback and thoughts from TMC.
Oh yeah, and Floyd is right. Even since Ariza left Manny's camp, Manny has never looked the same.. and that's undeniable
It's related to Mayweather's S&C coach he brought in specifically for this fight, Alex Ariza.
Alex Ariza is a very VERY controversial figure in the boxing world. Not only have many, including Victor Conte, called him out in public for supplying his athletes with PEDs.. He has had a long history of working with guys who were clearly using. In fact, Mayweather himself made the same accusations toward him multiple times, as recently as just one year ago.
Below, you can read what Mayweather had to say himself about the man who he later hired for his own training camp. They started working together in late 2014, and the comments posted below were from May of the same year, about 6 months prior
Interesting to note: Ariza was Manny Pacquiao's S&C coach during his prime years, when Manny was at his best, and refused random drug testing against Mayweather in 2009, the sole reason the fight fell apart back then.
One thing I have to say, is that Floyd looked to be in better shape, physically, than ever in his career. He has always been a physical specimen, though... His life has revolved around this since he was young. Floyd is a known gym rat who trains even when he has no fight scheduled, and has never had a sip of alcohol.
But this is the reality.. Floyd is 38 years old now. Not 28.. He's near 40. No matter who you are.. at 38, your body is not the same. It's not producing the same levels of testosterone, especially after a life time of grueling training and getting hit in the head.
Floyd knew this was the most important fight of his career... We're talking hundreds of millions here.. Floyd is a 38 year old boxer who said multiple times in the build up to this fight, that it's harder and harder to get in the gym and train every day like he used to - due to the wear and tear on his body, and age catching up to him.
I don't know man... When you got a guy with that kind of reputation.. why would you even bring him into your camp, no matter how good he is, if it's not for the reasons suspected?
The thing is, Mayweather was blood tested a TON leading up to this fight and all others... but with someone like Ariza, who works at the absolute highest level, you just don't know. Even Victor Conte says Ariza is able to get around the tests with cutting edge gear - the same way Conte was back when he came up with "the clear" testosterone cream that enabled baseball players to hit record numbers year after year
At such a high level of the game.. with not just millions, but HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS at stake in a fight like this? Consider that, consider Ariza's reputation.. and just ask yourself, why? What would the reason be?
There are plenty of strength and nutrition gurus out there, who do not have so much controversy attached to themselves the way Ariza does. Floyd did not use him for his entire career.. Why now? Why now, when not even a year ago, Floyd made comments blasting Ariza and accusing his fighters of being on PEDs, as seen below
Here is where it REALLY gets interesting.
Floyd was quick to point the finger at him and claim he was the man supplying and coming up with the PED regimen that both Manny and Maidana were on.
Here are quotes from Floyd himself on Ariza, less than 12 months ago... Remember. This is the man Floyd hired in his training camp for this fight... If he suspected him to be dirty, and went as far as publicly claiming so, why would he bring him in?
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Floyd Mayweather skeptical of Alex Ariza's influence on Marcos Maidana - Bad Left Hook
Mayweather (45-0, 26 KO) faces Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KO) on May 3 on Showtime pay-per-view, but Mayweather sounds a little skeptical of his opponent, noting his association with Alex Ariza, the former strength and conditioning coach for both Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, among other fighters.
"I don't have anything against anyone, but I noticed that when the guy, Alex Ariza, was in Amir Khan's corner and when he faced Maidana, Amir Khan looked super strong in that fight," Mayweather said on a media conference call yesterday.
"Then you go back and look at it, I go look at Maidana's fights against certain guys, like when he fought Alexander, he was strong, he was still coming ahead because he's the kind of guy that comes straight ahead, and liked the looped shots. He wasn't as strong as he was in the Adrien Broner fight. In the Adrien Broner fight he was a lot stronger than he was in a lot of his past fights."
Floyd continued, "I don't know if Alex Ariza plays a major role into that, but when I sit back and I look, I'm looking at Pacquiao versus Bradley and I notice ever since Ariza has not been with Pacquiao anymore there's been a total change in his power."
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What do you guys think about this? If Floyd felt that way about a guy who is known to be dirty.. Why bring him into your camp? Why make those comments, and then employ the guy a year later? What exactly could Ariza bring to the table that any other S&C coach could not? Knowing that.. unless it was specifically for PEDs, what exactly is there to gain by having him in your camp?
I just think this is bizarre.
Sorry for the long read guys, but I thought this was something that should be posted and read about. I'd like to see feedback and thoughts from TMC.
Oh yeah, and Floyd is right. Even since Ariza left Manny's camp, Manny has never looked the same.. and that's undeniable
