Now that the smoke has cleared after the fight against Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, the fighters talked about their flaws that viewers didn't see, including an injured shoulder Pacquiao faced weeks before.
According to Yahoo Sports, Pacquiao's team claims they were restricted from giving him his required anti-inflammatory shot. The shot was reportedly approved by the United States Anti-Doping Agency during training. The athlete was expected to take the shot after 6 p.m. PT, but was denied by the Nevada Athletic Commission. The team did not have a doctor on board to support the claims.
"It's part of the game," Pacquiao said. "I don't want to make alibis or complain or anything ... [but] it's hard to fight one-handed."
Promoter Bob Arum gave his thoughts on the claims.
"We felt the [rehabilitative] work that was done on the shoulder during training would give him the opportunity to use the right hand," he said. "We were disappointed when in the third round the injury kicked up again, but this is always the case in sport. ... He heals the injury, thinks he's conquered it and it flares up again."
Chairman Francisco Aguila claims he didn't know about the injury until he Pacquiao and his team entered the locker room.
"The first I heard of this was at 6:08 [p.m. PT] when he arrived in the locker room," he said."I have no proof of the injury, If he told us on Friday, we would have gotten the MRIs and there are a lot of things we could have done."
Mayweather was asked about the controversial claim, which may or may not have changed the outcome of the fight. He says he also fought with injuries to his hands.
"If [Pacquiao] would have come out victorious, the only thing I could have got up here and said was, 'I have to show respect and say he was the better man,'" Mayweather said in his post-fight news conference. "Both my arms were injured. Both my hands were injured, but as I've said before, I always find a way to win."
Source: Yahoo Sports | Photo Credit: Splash News
