Manny Pacquiao. AP FILE PHOTO
Amid his training for his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao took some needles for his third drug test Wednesday (Manila time).
According to a report from ABS CBN North America bureau, Pacquiao just finished eight rounds of sparring when a medic from the United States Anti-Doping Agency paid him a visit at the Wild Card gym in Los Angeles.
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Pacquiao’s third drug test came in just a day after he received his boxing license from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
“It’s okay, I’m good since I got my license,” Pacquiao said.
It was issues on drug-testing that derailed the first negotiations of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.
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Under USADA rules, their agents will test boxers unannounced for performance-enhancing drugs any time before a fight.
His first drug test was done last March 17.
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