‘Hmmm . . . interesting quote, considering Mosley was pegged for juicing.’

At the time, the fact that Shane had been pegged for juicing led the opponent in question to request more stringent testing procedures than normal. Schaefer, on the basis of Shane’s current non-juiced status (and I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt), claimed that his current innocence meant he should be treated like any other fighter regardless of past guilty.

Naive and unrealistic in our world. But it IS Schaefer’s job to protect the interests of a man who (as one of De La Hoya’s partners in Golden Boy ownership) is essentially his boss.

However, the fact that Schaefer was so outspoken in defending the interests of his man when his man had a track record of steroid-use makes the current negotiations involving someone who has never been accused of such practices before his rivals (primarily Paulie Maglinaggi, who is a man with a serious chip on his shoulder, love or hate him, and Floyd Sr) started trash talking to cut him down and get some cheap publicity.