Pacquiao files federal lawsuit - read it here!

[DG.]

He must be rich to throw away $40M!!

Is he hiding something?

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

http://www.BS.com/filedcomplaint-pacquiao.pdf

I'm not a law-man, but i reckon thats a pretty strong case they've put together.

I think a few bank balances are about to get hit hard, and if i'm honest, i'll be happy if thats the result of all this. Pacquiao's reputation has been irreversably dmamaged and i'm disgusted by it.

His case is beyond weak, off the cuff comments made in an interview that aren't actual statements/accusations and asking for drug tests does not constitute liable. You could argue Floyd Sr/Malignaggi was a culprit but they arent worth going after.

I have a feeling this is all fight hype anyway, if it had just been agreed without any BS 2weeks ago we wouldnt be talking about it now. Especially as they are going back in for negotiations tomorrow anyway

[Ezzard]

Floyd must have the right masking agents to get him through the test to make these claims.

[Chambers2]

Paule Mallignaggi - "I'm really at a loss for words. I think [Pacquiao-Mayweather] should happen and I feel that Manny Pacquiao should take the tests if he's clean. He's making up stories where he doesn't know where his next excuse is coming from next.

"I've had 30 pro fights and none of the blood tests I've taken were ever more than 30 days before. They never test for drugs or steroids because it costs too much money. This will be the first time that a blood test would also test for drugs. In my opinion he may be on something. Maybe - I'm just saying maybe.

"All of a sudden he's coming up with I'm scared of needles but he's got 100 tattoos. These are all things that are being disproven. If you have to reach for excuses and they're lies, don't you think it's a little fishy? He's done this before, why is it all a problem now? If I accomplished as much as Manny I'd want to clear the air right away. Instead he's reacting the opposite way."


Manny should just take the test if he's got nothing to hide. To me it sounds as though he has (got somat to hide)

[banjo]

The tattoos thing is a load of bollocks, I'm covered in tattoos but I don't enjoy having blood taken or injections, completely different things.

But yeah if I were being accused of something I'm not doing then my first reaction would be to prove them wrong and then sue them.

[ALI]

http://www.BS.com/filedcomplaint-pacquiao.pdf

I'm not a law-man, but i reckon thats a pretty strong case they've put together.

I think a few bank balances are about to get hit hard, and if i'm honest, i'll be happy if thats the result of all this. Pacquiao's reputation has been irreversably dmamaged and i'm disgusted by it.

His case is beyond weak, off the cuff comments made in an interview that aren't actual statements/accusations and asking for drug tests does not constitute liable. You could argue Floyd Sr/Malignaggi was a culprit but they arent worth going after.

I have a feeling this is all fight hype anyway, if it had just been agreed without any BS 2weeks ago we wouldnt be talking about it now. Especially as they are going back in for negotiations tomorrow anyway

Do off the cuff comments not count as defamation then????? As for statements & accussations, you're obviously short on facts or dont understand what the term defamation actually means.

Here's a short video which clearly implements Floyd Sr and Uncle Roger. There's also an 'off the cuff' comment by Floyd Jr stating that the best performance enhancing drugs come from the Phillipines, implying that Pacquiao is a user.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrd2QOuGfyk

Pacquiao's reputation has clearly been damaged as a result of the accussations made by the team Mayweather/Golden Boy over the last couple of months. No evidence supports there claims. If Pacquiao follows through with this lawsuit i cannot see him loosing.

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

http://www.BS.com/filedcomplaint-pacquiao.pdf

I'm not a law-man, but i reckon thats a pretty strong case they've put together.

I think a few bank balances are about to get hit hard, and if i'm honest, i'll be happy if thats the result of all this. Pacquiao's reputation has been irreversably dmamaged and i'm disgusted by it.

His case is beyond weak, off the cuff comments made in an interview that aren't actual statements/accusations and asking for drug tests does not constitute liable. You could argue Floyd Sr/Malignaggi was a culprit but they arent worth going after.

I have a feeling this is all fight hype anyway, if it had just been agreed without any BS 2weeks ago we wouldnt be talking about it now. Especially as they are going back in for negotiations tomorrow anyway

Do off the cuff comments now count as defamation then????? As for statements & accussations, you're obviously short on facts or dont understand what the term defamation actually means.

Here's a short video which clearly implements Floyd Sr and Uncle Roger. There's also an 'off the cuff' comment by Floyd Jr stating that the best performance enhancing drugs come from the Phillipines, implying that Pacquiao is a user.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrd2QOuGfyk

Pacquiao's reputation has clearly been damaged as a result of the accussations made by the team Mayweather/Golden Boy over the last couple of months. No evidence supports there claims. If Pacquiao follows through with this lawsuit i cannot see him loosing.

And Floyd's responsible for what Roger and Sr say? Saying the Phillipines have the best performance enhancers isnt defamation, it isn't even an accusation, insinuation isnt defamation. Someone giving an opinion in an interview isn't necessarily even defamation as the media is responsible for the output. Not only that but Pacquaio needs proof he isnt on PEDs, proof that the defense would argue that current testing procedures arent good enough to provide. He has been given the opportunity to prove he doesn't use PEDs and would earn $40million, instead he declined the random test, this is very suspicious, why turn down 40m for the sake of a pin prick?

The case is very weak, a few lawyers have said as much. Getting LAwtons 2cents would be interesting as hes a lawyer too.

Debating with you is pretty pointless anyway as you blatantly hate Mayweather and have no desire to change your bias. There are more talks today and the fight probably gets announced and the law suit goes in the trash.

[ALI]

Saying the Phillipines have the best performance enhancers isnt defamation, it isn't even an accusation, insinuation isnt defamation.

Under the law of defamation, people get sued for insinuating things all the time. Get with the programme!

Your quick to state debating with me is pointless, but with clanger's like that, you ought to be looking in the mirror more often

No point in debating this any further with you, thats as clear as the light of day!

[DG.]

I believe that Pac is hiding something.

[HughJohnson]

Ive said it before and i`ll say it again, I think Floyd continuesly retireing, is just as suspicious,he could be doing anything under the cloak of retirement.

[Chambers2]

Team Manny and Team Mayweather were in front of a mediator yesterday (a retired federal judge) trying to iron out the drug-testing differences between the 2 camps


http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationwor ... 5226.story

Pacquiao, Mayweather camps mum after mediation hearing on megafight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Representatives for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. wrapped up a lengthy mediation session Tuesday night with no word on any progress on the drug-testing issues endangering the boxers' prospective March 13 bout.

Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum and Mayweather's promotional team all said they had been told to make no public comments after their meeting in Santa Monica. The mediation finished nearly nine hours after it began in front of Daniel Weinstein, a retired federal judge.

Arum's Top Rank and Mayweather's representatives at Golden Boy Promotions agreed to the mediation in an effort to resolve their dispute over the methods and frequency of drug testing for the bout, which will be held at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas if a compromise is reached.

Although both fighters have agreed to extensive urine testing, Mayweather has demanded random blood testing as well. Pacquiao has balked at unlimited blood testing, instead proposing two blood tests before the fight and another immediately afterward.

Pacquiao also complicated the negotiations by filing a lawsuit last week alleging Mayweather and most of his camp's key players defamed him by falsely accusing him of using performance-enhancing drugs.

Neither side would say whether more mediation will be held Wednesday, but the length of Tuesday's meeting appeared to be a positive development for the potential fight. If little progress could be made, the session likely would have been scrapped early, with the sport's top two fighters moving on to replacement bouts instead of meeting in what's expected to be the richest fight in boxing history.

After impressive pay-per-view numbers in their most recent bouts last year, both fighters stand to make more than $25 million in their welterweight meeting. Except for drug testing, the camps have settled every significant detail of the fight, according to Arum and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

If the fight falls through, Pacquiao is expected to attempt to win a title in a record eighth weight division with a bout against 154-pound champion Yuri Foreman in Las Vegas on March 20, while Mayweather could fight former 140-pound champion Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand on March 13.

Boxing's two most prominent promotional companies have appeared before Weinstein in the past, including a session in 2007 in which they resolved the promotional rights to Pacquiao, who had deals with both companies at one point.

In fairness the above doesn't say alot in terms of hard cold facts, but IMO as they have agreed all but the drug testing procedures, that they've spent 9 hours mediating and that neither camp were willing to discuss what went on in the talks....... it sounds promising (but I do have optimistic tendencies)

[Cossack]

Team Manny and Team Mayweather were in front of a mediator yesterday (a retired federal judge) trying to iron out the drug-testing differences between the 2 camps


http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationwor ... 5226.story

Pacquiao, Mayweather camps mum after mediation hearing on megafight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Representatives for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. wrapped up a lengthy mediation session Tuesday night with no word on any progress on the drug-testing issues endangering the boxers' prospective March 13 bout.

Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum and Mayweather's promotional team all said they had been told to make no public comments after their meeting in Santa Monica. The mediation finished nearly nine hours after it began in front of Daniel Weinstein, a retired federal judge.

Arum's Top Rank and Mayweather's representatives at Golden Boy Promotions agreed to the mediation in an effort to resolve their dispute over the methods and frequency of drug testing for the bout, which will be held at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas if a compromise is reached.

Although both fighters have agreed to extensive urine testing, Mayweather has demanded random blood testing as well. Pacquiao has balked at unlimited blood testing, instead proposing two blood tests before the fight and another immediately afterward.

Pacquiao also complicated the negotiations by filing a lawsuit last week alleging Mayweather and most of his camp's key players defamed him by falsely accusing him of using performance-enhancing drugs.

Neither side would say whether more mediation will be held Wednesday, but the length of Tuesday's meeting appeared to be a positive development for the potential fight. If little progress could be made, the session likely would have been scrapped early, with the sport's top two fighters moving on to replacement bouts instead of meeting in what's expected to be the richest fight in boxing history.

After impressive pay-per-view numbers in their most recent bouts last year, both fighters stand to make more than $25 million in their welterweight meeting. Except for drug testing, the camps have settled every significant detail of the fight, according to Arum and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

If the fight falls through, Pacquiao is expected to attempt to win a title in a record eighth weight division with a bout against 154-pound champion Yuri Foreman in Las Vegas on March 20, while Mayweather could fight former 140-pound champion Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand on March 13.

Boxing's two most prominent promotional companies have appeared before Weinstein in the past, including a session in 2007 in which they resolved the promotional rights to Pacquiao, who had deals with both companies at one point.

In fairness the above doesn't say alot in terms of hard cold facts, but IMO as they have agreed all but the drug testing procedures, that they've spent 9 hours mediating and that neither camp were willing to discuss what went on in the talks....... it sounds promising (but I do have optimistic tendencies)

the fact that they are working so hard, means it will cwertainly happen.

[Chambers2]

the fact that they are working so hard, means it will cwertainly happen.

Yeah I agree, the fact that it will generate in excess of $50m also gives them the extra will to make it happen