Pacquiao says he plans to sue Mayweather

AP ^ | December 25, 2009 | AP

[devere]

SARANGANI, PHILIPPINES(AP) —Manny Pacquiao says he is planning to file a defamation lawsuit against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the fighter’s father, and Golden Boy Promotions

In a statement posted Friday on his Web site, Pacquiao claims that his character has been damaged and tarnished by accusations he says are untrue.

“Enough is enough,” Pacquiao said in the statement. “These people, Mayweather Sr., Jr., and Golden Boy Promotions, think it is a joke and a right to accuse someone wrongly of using steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. I have tried to just brush it off as a mere pre-fight ploy but I think they have gone overboard.”

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“I maintain and assure everyone that I have not used any form or kind of steroids and that my way to the top is a result of hard work, hard work, hard work and a lot of blood spilled from my past battles in the ring, not outside of it,” Pacquiao’s statement said. “I have no idea what steroids look like, and my fear in God has kept me safe and victorious through all these years.

“Now, I say to Floyd Mayweather Jr., don’t be a coward, and face me in the ring, mano-a-mano, and shut your big, pretty mouth, so we can show the world who is the true king of the ring.”

[crushkerry]

That’s easy enough: Manny Pacquiao has said he won’t allow blood to be drawn within a week before the bout. So naturally that’s what Floyd demanded, since he is desperate to avoid the fight.

When did Manny say that? If it was before the issue of the drug-testing was raised for this fight then that would lead me to believe PBF is ducking. However, if that reasoning came up after the issue was raised then I'm still suspicious, especially in light of Arum's eye-popping and bizarre quote of "I've got a Filipino fighter who is superstitious" as a reason Manny wouldn't agree to it.

[devere]

It’s never been demanded for an professional boxing match before. Mayweather came up with this to duck the fight. He needed something, because he believes he would lose, and I believe he is correct.

Mayweather’s apparent objective is to tarnish Manny Pacquiao without fighting him, and it looks as though he is succeeding due to the legion of suspicious people willing to believe the worst about anyone.

Manny Pacquiao has never been suspected of using illegal substances by anyone, and he is quite right to sue. His reputation has been tarnished by slander, as the posts on this thread testify.

[Para-Ord.45]

Mayweather`s looking for a way out.

If he does fight then he`d better have hand picked judges who`ll score him winning every round with his “ peck the jab,run away for the rest of the round” style.

Mayweather will have to BEAT Manny, not peck and run.

[crushkerry]

That’s what makes this fight so interesting. Manny is an amazing offensive fighter that hits from angles I’ve never seen and is quick and relentless. PBF on the other hand is one of the finest defensive fighters of our time (BHop is the other) who rarely gets hit and is quick enough to score in flurries. Which style prevails is what I hope to find out. Be warned however, the clash of these two styles, by the the best fighters going today, might not lead to the type of exciting bout we all
want to see. It might be like watching 2 Olympic caliber wrestlers going at it where the true greatness of what is going on is recognized by the people who truly understand the sport as opposed to the casual fan just tuninig in, to whom the action might seem “slow” or not the fireworks he’s been led to believe by the hype.

[Archie Bunker on steroids]

How about, lets draw more interest to this fight through controversy. Then, twice the number of people will order the product. The soap opera stuff is just BS, they know when they will fight.

[nonliberal]

If this fight doesn’t happen, there should be an asterisk behind Mayweather’s record. He wants to stick with fighting past-their-prime “names” like De La Hoya. I’m surprised Mayweather hasn’t tried to set up a fight with Marvelous Marvin Hagler.