By Jason Kim: I don’t begrudge Manny Pacquiao for wanting to file a lawsuit for defamation against Floyd Mayweather Jr., his father Floyd Sr., Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, as reported today, but I think this may make it much harder to make the mega fight possible between Pacquiao and Mayweather now. It’s not impossible for the fight to still be made, but this likely won’t help matters. Besides that, Pacquiao is taking a lot of heat from boxing fans in internet boxing forums and in the comment sections of blogs.
Some people in the internet forums see Pacquiao’s lawsuit in an unfavorable light, likening it to a child that runs to their mother when they’re teased. I can’t blame Pacquiao for wanting to file the lawsuit, but I’m not precisely sure that it will accomplish much in the very end, other than possibly getting a judgment in his favor and a monetary award for Pacquiao.
The one that thing that could have quieted the negative perceptions of some people would have been for Pacquiao to agree in part to the random blood tests for drugs within the 30 day window. Pacquiao agreed to three blood tests, but didn’t want them to take place within 30 days of the fight. However, if Pacquiao did that it would mean that he was caving into the desires of Mayweather. It’s a complicated matter. If Pacquiao doesn’t take the tests, some people will think negatively of him. And if he does take them as Mayweather wants, then Manny might feel like he’s being pushed around and being led by the nose.
With the lawsuit bearing down on Mayweather, one has to wonder whether this will affect his desire to make a fight happen with Pacquiao. On the one hand Mayweather would make a lot of money in a fight with Manny, but he may not be as eager to fight him now that there’s a lawsuit out there.
In an interview of Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach by writer David Tyler at Doghouse Boxing today, Roach said “Well, it’s not really Manny but me [why Pacquiao is refusing to take a blood test], the Nevada Commission has been around a long time and is the best commission in the world. They have been involved in every fight that I have had in my life. I don’t work for Mayweather, he doesn’t tell me what to do, he doesn’t tell my fighter what to do, we go by the commission rules and by the sanction body rules and that’s fine.” Roach is saying that he’s the one that is behind Pacquiao not taking the random blood tests. That’s interesting to know.
Roach also has this to say about the blood tests: HGH cannot be detected by blood, saliva or urine. Now saliva and urine are more complete test than blood for HGH and steroids.”
In the same interview, Roach said that they’re considering a fight against World Boxing Association light middleweight champion Yuri Foreman. As for Paulie Malignaggi, who has been mentioned as a possible next opponent for Pacquiao by Arum, Roach says “No, we [Pacquiao] would kill him [Malignaggi], and I don’t want to hurt Paulie.”
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