Arum Willing to Speak to Pacquiao about Blood Testing Timeline

Bob Arum said he will speak to Manny Pacquiao about the blood testing timeline and whether they could do it later than 30 days before the fight. It turns out that HBO's "24/7" footage of the Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight showed Pacquiao taking a medical blood test 24 days before the fight (HBO reported it originally as 14 days but were proven inaccurate). Given that he has already done tests at 24 days prior to a fight, Arum might be able to tighten the timeline.

As for whether or not Manny will accept the day of the fight or within a few days of the fight is another story. I don't think that should make a difference. Whether Pacquiao does the blood test right after or right before the fight doesn't really make any difference. Either way, the test will take at least several days to conduct before a result is known. Given that, even if Pacquiao or Mayweather test positive the fight will have to be conducted whether or not blood is drawn right before or right after the fight. Hopefully, the fighters can agree now - especially if Pacquiao is willing to be blood tested a couple of weeks before the fight.