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Shane Mosley Tweets Probably-Fake Story Claiming Manny Pacquiao’s Ex-Sparring Partner Injected Him With Steroids

The ex-sparring partner of Manny Pacquiao injected him with steroids, according to a fishy story that Sugar Shane Mosley tweeted out. Mosley’s girlfriend Bella Gonzalez first tweeted the news, which Mosley re-tweeted and then tweeted himself earlier this afternoon.

The article’s origin seems to be a mystery, since it can only be found copied and pasted in message boards on boxing sites. The red flag is that the article is written before last Saturday’s fight between Pacquiao and Mosley, or at least claims to be, but it’s only gaining traction now. And the only people giving it traction are Mosley and his girlfriend.

In their tweets, Mosley and his girlfriend claim that the ex-sparring partner claims that Pacquiao began taking steroids in preparation for the fight against Ricky Hatton. Rather, the ex-sparring partner in the article says that Pacquiao began taking steroids in preparation for the fight against Oscar De La Hoya and continued do so for the subsequent fights against Hatton and Miguel Cotto.

A Filipino ex-sparring partner, whose identity is concealed, claims to have injected Pacquiao with steroids “in the upper outer quarter of his butt cheek” as Pacquiao clenched his teeth. He also said that Pacquiao has switched from using steroids to a complex mixture of HGH and insulin, which is “a combination that is virtually undetectable in post fight drug tests.”

We call bullshit. Since when would a sparring partner be the one injecting a boxer? It seems highly unlikely. If Pacquiao was juicing, wouldn’t his conditioning trainer, Alex Ariza, be the one injecting him? And if not Ariza, then possibly one of his boxing trainers, Freddie Roach or Buboy Fernandez.

According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, Pacquiao’s test results for steroids, diuretics, and masking agents came back clean. Also, Pacquiao has never had a test result not come back clean. Pundits are continually amazed at how someone who began boxing at 105 pounds continues to move up weight classes to bash bigger opponents, but there is not a sliver of evidence to suggest foul play.

Plus, Mosley shouldn’t be one to cast stones (while at the same time pretending he’s not). Oscar De La Hoya said this about Mosley, based on the fact that he admitted to using BALCO-manufactured steroids, including the clear and the cream.

Stay tuned to see if this story is legitimate or not. But at this juncture, we say not.