Floyd Mayweather Jr. is being sued by Manny Pacquiao for defamation and missed his deposition on last Friday. Why did I not know this until 37 seconds ago? Oh….right….because I don’t care. I’ll give the pertinent details, though. Team Pacquiao filed suit based on Team Mayweather’s claim that Manny has utilized performance enhancing drugs during his career. Remember that the fight tentatively scheduled March 13, 2010 fell through due to Manny’s refusal to submit to Olympic style drug testing leading up to fighting Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Let’s examine the facts. Over the course of 10 years, Manny Pacquiao has moved from a Light Flyweight to Light Middleweight. That’s a weight swing of roughly 35 pounds. What’s more impressive (or interesting) is that Manny hasn’t lost any power. If nothing else, he’s gotten stronger. Well of course he has. He’s added muscle, honed his skill, gotten faster….wait, he’s gotten faster? Oook. Unlike “Sugar” Shane Moseley, Manny adamantly refused to submit to the drug screening that Floyd requested.
Teddy Atlas allegedly got his hands on an email from the Pacquiao camp asking what the consequences would if Manny did test positive for steroids and requested that the Mayweather camp keep it quiet in the instance that a positive test occurred.
Pacquiao’s former sparing partner very recently completed an interview stating that he personally injected Manny with steroids “in the upper outer quarter of his butt cheek” and that Manny is now using a complex mixture of HGH (human growth hormones) and insulin, a combination that is virtually undetectable in post fight drug test. I’m not saying that Manny IS using performance enhancing drugs….I’m just saying……
Interestingly, all of the above claims are being dismissed as “nothing”. I wonder how dismissive the media would be if similar claims were made against Floyd Jr.
Anyway, here we are. Manny is angry and is suing Floyd Jr. Floyd is being Floyd and defied a court order to appear in court for the deposition. Most importantly, the fans are still waiting for what could be the best fight that boxing has seen in years.