Pacquiao threatens lawsuit, issues statement on Steroids

Team Pacquiao has responded to all the allegations and the story now takes a new twist. The mega fight for the ages may end up being a fight in a court room instead of a ring. Pacquiao is now asking Arum “to help me out in the filing of the case as soon as possible, because I have had people coming over to me now asking if I really take performance-enhancing drugs and I have cheated my way into becoming the No. 1 boxer in the world.”

"Enough is enough. 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", said Pacquiao.

"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".

Interestingly the door is still left open for a potential matchup in the ring.

"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", said Pacquiao. "Pretty Boy Floyd, face me instead on March 13 in Las Vegas and not in some talk show forum or in press releases written for you by people who don't even know me. Face me in a fight where I get to punch back".

“These people think they are doing the sport a great service. They are not,” added Pacquiao. “To Floyd, despite all these accusations, may your Christmas be merry and I will see you in court, soon, too.”

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lol said:

that'd shut up team pbf. And most specially the senior loser who concocted all of this after his ward was devastated by a guy whose power he can't explain where it's coming from. It's called a gift. And even you and your son aren't blessed with it lol.

26 December, 2009

victor.abadia said:

26 December, 2009

mayweather said:

your right LOL.. That's why I'm scared to fight the pacman.. My own reason is after the fight I'll look like a fucked up monkey like my father.

26 December, 2009

mayweather SR. said:

hey son!! It's in our genes that we look like a monkey..

26 December, 2009

BHop213 said:

All kidding aside its true that Mayweathers unfounded accusations do nothing but harm to the noble sport we all enjoy & love.

26 December, 2009

Gun Ru Hammer said:

Manny - " I dont do steroids, but I will not take the tests to prove it. Im scared of needles. See you later, off to get another tattoo."

26 December, 2009

layzie guy said:

I HAVENT FOUND ONE PAC-ROID FAN THAT CAN GIVE ME AN HONEST AND NON BIASED ANSWER AS TO WHY MANNY WONT TAKE THE TEST. NOT ONE.

ITS NOT MANDATORY - ASKING FOR 8 OZ GLOVES AINT MANDATORY EITHER, NEITHER IS ASKING FOR 10 MILLION A LB IF FLOYD GOES OVER 147, AND NEITHER IS ASKING FOR A SMALLER RING SIZE

ASKING FOR THIS TEST HARMS THE SPORT - ......YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME. YOU KNOW DAMN WELL YOU DONT BELIEVE THAT SHIT. HARMS THE SPORT? CHILD PLEASE, IF ANYTHING THIS SHOULD BE MANDATORY FOR ALL FIGHTS FROM NOW ON

HE'S SCARED OF NEEDLES - THAT PUNK HAS TATOOS ALL OVER HIS BODY! BIG BAD PACQUIAO IS SCARED OF NEEDLES? WHATEVER

THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF THE EXCUSES PAC-ROIDS CAMP HAS COME UP WITH AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE LOOKING REALLY STUPID BY BELIEVING HIM. I GUESS IF PAC-ROID CAME OUT AND SAID ''IM GOD'' YALL WOULD BELIEVE HIM, BUT I THINK YOU PAC-ROID FANS ALREADY THINK HE'S THE ALMIGHTY CREATOR

26 December, 2009

Jandro83 said:

"All kidding aside its true that Mayweathers unfounded accusations do nothing but harm to the noble sport we all enjoy & love."

NO, these accusations don't ruin the sport, Manny's avoiding the tests its what ruins it, he's not willing to prove them wrong and that leaves doubt in peoples minds, that's what ruins it.

oh and at "lol", u can't say PBF isn't blessed with that "power", when Manny had to work his ass to put JMM down, while PBF did it with a mere chaeck left hook, and JMM was clearly hurt, PBF did put him out on that fight because of respect. PBF has very decent power, the thing is it isnt shown because of his fight style, but if u pressure him and make him actually fight (like Corrales, Gatti and Hatton did) u can be surprised by his punching power.

26 December, 2009

Jandro83 said:

ooop i meant PBF DIDN'T put JMM out on the fight because of respect.

26 December, 2009

355X6 Bench said:

What happend to best in the world? Hell fight anyone but hes afraid of needles that is sorry! Well just miss the biggest fight in history because he dont want people to see him as a CHEAT.

26 December, 2009

lol said:

Eat your heart out Senior!
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/richard_obrien/12/23/roach.trainer/index.html
u'll neva be the best trainer! just stick to writing prose and poems lol

26 December, 2009

lol said:

and to those who are needle freaks and pricks, Manny will never contract aids through it, that's for sure.

26 December, 2009

bolo said:

you have tatoos so you cant be scared of needles. mayweather camp agreed to everything u wanted. why not take the test. give away millions because of a drug test. of course people are asking u if u used drugs. you have no real excuse to why you wont take the test. it makes no sence. sue all you want you wont win.only personto acuse u will mayweather senior. it could backfire though. like rick ross going at 50 cent and having all that dirty loundry from his past and getting exposed. hope pacmans health pro doesnt have a past that will getr exposed. he gets put on that stand risking a year in jail if he lies? pacman needs to just go fight malinaji with his druged up ass and mayweather can fight mosley in may. pacman wont be able to fight marquez because guess what kind of tests he is going to want.

26 December, 2009

bolo said:

no excuse not to take test only one reason why he would not take test the way its done with olympic style testing he is dirty. only way to clear his name is to take test no class a fighter will fight him again. they will all ask for the same test. i guess he will be fighting the likes of diaz and malinagi for the rest of his roided carear

26 December, 2009

dipsta said:

how can anyone say that a simple accusation, that has not been proved wrong by the way, is ruining our sport but not the possiblity that this man may have taken steroids!! analyze yourselves man!! damn!

26 December, 2009

doctorSpoc said:

you can make up as many bullsh!t excuses as you want.. only reason someone gives up 40 million dollars because he doesn't want to take the Olympic style test is because he has something to hide.. if you have nothing to hide, then taking the test is no problem.. It's as simple as that

26 December, 2009

JoeLuis said:

This site is going to the Shitter because of this fight.(between pointless arguments, bolo writing fking long assparagraphs, etc) Boo that!

At this point he sounds roid-guilty as Fuck to us fans, And it is now mandatory for the pacman to take them tests. His legacy depends on it. put it this way...worse case scenario for pacman (that's if he's clean) is that he defies his religion by taking test and looses fight, but gets 40mil to build hospitals, some extra $$ for his candidacy and make more children so he can put funny names to them, etc. Can't do it for 40 mil? he must be out of his mind! Boo that!

26 December, 2009

bolo said:

joe luis u have issue with long paragrahs then dont read them. and mayweather camp just agreed to let nevada commision do the blood tests as pacman camp requested and guess what pacman camp now saying they dont want blood tests pacmans a jock he has gotten everything he wants and its one thing after another. defend this new thing

26 December, 2009

bolo said:

and why is pacman trying to sue mayweather camp but is signing to fight malignaggi who has been accusing pacman of using roids for a while now. he has accused pacman of being juiced on many occasions but pacman is fighting him. now pacman doesnt want anyblood test. looks like pacman doesnt want to fight mayweather.

26 December, 2009

Homer said:

So here's a thought. Pacquiao agree's to fight Paulie AND agree's to the olympic style testing. Would everyone then say he's doing it because he could beat Malanaggie WITHOUT steroids? This is so cool!

27 December, 2009

MAR210TX said:

i dont think pacquiaos doing steriods, he gets tested RIGHT AFTER the fight, how can u steriods only be affective for the fight and then dissapear out your system after it, i just think drug testing randomly is a nuiscence when your training hard for a fight against PBF, this is his biggest fight of his career and he doesnt want to lose his focuse, but it doesnt make sense that he keeps making up reason after reason not to fight, especialy after team mayweather agreed to the 10mill overweight issue, if he fights malignaggi, i will lose all respect for the pacman

27 December, 2009

layzie guy said:

still waiting for the reasonable excuse as to why he wont do random test. and by the way floyd has eased up on the test. he said they can pick wich commision to do the random test and he assured pacquiao that he would give them a cut off time to stop the test. but the word RANDOM is still driving PAC-ROID mad.

27 December, 2009

Jandro83 said:

JoeLuis, Pac can't use his religion as an excuse either cause hes Catholic, Catholics have nothing against blood taken out of ur body.

27 December, 2009

layzie guy said:

well thats it. wether he takes the random test or not, i will forever think that he used steroids to beat cotto because he has made a huge fuss over this. that means the 2 guys who beat miguel cheated....boy that miguel cotto is one bad muthafucka when guys have to cheat just to beat him

27 December, 2009

layzie guy said:

espn forum member ''DavidXantos'' said

TOP TEN TEAM PAC QUOTES:

10. Alex Ariza - Manny does not know what I give him..... It is my special blend
9. Freddie Roach - Manny gets that size from eating alot of rice
8. Freddie Roach - Manny has not tested positive for anything yet
7. Freddie Roach - We will take anything test anywhere anytime manny has nothing to hide
6. Bob Arum - We will take unlimited urine tests
5. Bob Arum - We will do random blood testing if you tell us when you are testing
4. Bob Arum - Manny is scared of needles (tattos and a relaxed manny getting his blood drawn on youtube)
3. Bob Arum - we do want anyone waking manny up 3am in the morning (USADA testing is from 6am to 11pm)
2. Top Rank - Random testing would be a distraction to the training ( Werent you training in a hurricane for the cotto fight, a teaspoon of blood is more distracting than a hurricane)
1. Manny - I AM GOING TO SUE FOR DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER-----

27 December, 2009

Jandro83 said:

"10. Alex Ariza - Manny does not know what I give him..... It is my special blend"

hmmmmm

"9. Freddie Roach - Manny gets that size from eating alot of rice"

Roach is DOPE, i have a major on biology, and rice= carbs, which has NOTHING to do with building muscle.

"5. Bob Arum - We will do random blood testing if you tell us when you are testing"

WTF Bob? r u still drinking that tequila they gave u from the night Chavez Jr. got his ass handed to him by a 5'5 argentinian? lol where's the RANDOMNES in that statement?

27 December, 2009

bolo said:

abrum had said they would do the tests if another organisation did the test besides u.s.a.d.a witch is not flexible and there was a cut off date. mayweather camp agreed to do this over the weekend. abrum now sais they will only do blood test if nevada commision sais they have to do it knowing nevada commision will say they only need to do urine tests. its one thing after another. they get what they want, then its something else. and people are still supporting this guy. if mayweather was doing this people would be talking about how he is scared, about how he must be cheating....... but since its pacman, its all good. mayweather camp has agreed to everything pacman wants and pacman camp still bringing up issues. only leeds to one thing. no class A fighter is going to fight this guy without him doing drug tests.

28 December, 2009

bolo said:

and pacman fans. could you please stop bringing up fact that pacman is willing to do test right after fight. drugs such as hgh and other drugs only show up in system for 48 hours. thats why mosley never tested positive. thats why olympic testing and cycleing testing is randome. thats why mayweather camp wants it random. he can stop using one week b4 fight and will test clean after fight.mayweather camp wants him tested withing the timeframe he would actually be using the drugs. all there excuses are b.s. i feel sorry for cotto. carear being ended by roided up fighters.

28 December, 2009

doctorSpoc said:

i'm guessing manny doesn't have law degree.. floyd sr or jr haven't said anything libelous only stated their opinions.. their allowed to do that.. they've said they don't have proof but based on what they've seen this guy looks like he's on steroids.

what they can't say is untruths, like they have proof when they don't or stating unequivocally that he does do steroids for sure, or if they knew that he didn't but just made up the fact that he did.. what the mayweather camp has said just doesn't qualify as libel in any court...

libel is when you make a statement that hurts someones reputation that you KNOW to be untrue... is their anyone who thinks that the mayweather camp doesn't think manny is or has cheated by taking steroids?

manny has no case.. stick to boxing manny.. you suck at law..

28 December, 2009

doctorSpoc said:

actually i should say slander not libel since i think all the the mayweather camp's statements have been spoken, not writen.. slander is for speech..

28 December, 2009

JoeLuis said:

Imagine cotto on roids? DO it!! It would be the greatest comeback ever! By beating the klitchcos.
Gotta feel sorry for Cotto, Cintron (loaded margo took him out) and whoever mosley handled while he was on something.

28 December, 2009

Jandro83 said:

woah, wait, i'm not blaming Mosley for anything u know, he did admit he used something for the DLH rematch, BUT it wasn't exactly roids like the one Manny is being suspected on using or the ones Vargas used, Mosley used BALCO, which is for for fast tissue regeneration and recuperation of injuries, Mosley stated he used Balco cause he had injured muscles near fight night and didnt feel 100%, so he used it to heal faster and have an even fight come fight night so he didnt have to back out, he didnt use it exaclty to have an edge on the fight, so for this being said and he actually having the balls to come out and say it i forgive him.

28 December, 2009

bolo said:

jandro83 not sure what info you have but mosley edmitted to using hgh both times he fought delahoya and that heeling excuse it what everyone has used from bonds to andy pettit so on and so on. a but of b.s. secound pacman is being accused of using performance enhancing substances. that could be anything from hgh to steroids. pacman might not be using steroids but he could be using hgh or some other kind of designer drug. regardless it doesnt matter. pacman is refusing to take blood tests during the time when someone using the drugs would be using the drugs. its obvious the guy is dirty. mayweather camp agreed to let another organiasition do testing no they will only do testing if nevada commision sais they have to. nevada commision only are about urine testing and they already said they cant have a meeting about this during the timeframe it would have to have meeting anyway. abrum and that hole camp are a joke. this fight is not happening we might as well stop talking about it. its obviouse pacman mcqwire is a cheet. now lets watch him fight the guy thats been accusing him for the longest time malignaggi. and watch mayweather fight mosley early summer to see who the best fighter is. we now all know who pound for pound best is.

28 December, 2009

Jandro83 said:

well i dont know about Mosley and HGH, but what i do remember him saying on his statement was using BALCO and when i looked up info on it, its a tissue regenerating steroid used for recuperation, it wasnt labeled a performance enhancer perse, but still, if Manny isnt willing to to the blood testing it is obvious hes hiding something, just remember the sudden height and reach increase for Pacquiao in the Cotto fight, and like my friend still insists, he says that Hatton and Cotto have fought naturally bigger and stronger fighters that they have taken their best shots, and he finds extremely unlikely that a natural featherweight tookem out both with ONE shot.

28 December, 2009

just some words said:

obviously, neither do you, drspoc, have a law degree ... Pacman has every right to file that case against the mayweathers. Slander -- when it's damaging to your reputation, it is slanderous. When it is malicious, it is slanderous. Defense for mayweathers? they have to prove in court that their allegations are true, fair and not malicious. Why would pacquiao file that case if he wasn't so sure and confident of his innocence? if he really was using, he would file that case because he would be giving the court and the PBF's attorneys permission to INVESTIGATE HIM... (are we all forgetting that?) and what happened to "INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY" where the burden of proof is always on the accuser to prove his accusations?.. there's a reason why it's like that, you know. Think about it. Think of the salem witch hunts where so many were condemned to die on nothing but unfounded allegations of witchcraft.

If it was you in pacman's shoes, would you sit silently and watch all your hard work and accomplishments undermined by false and unfounded allegations of a confirmed cheater and user himself?

Why does he have to agree to random blood testing when he already agreed to blood testing IMMEDIATELY after the fight and unlimited random urine testing? He also AGREED to the blood test only with a 14-day cut-off. Not enough? HGH (which the mayweathers are allegedly so worried about) can't even be detected by blood testing, so what's the point on insisting on it? If pacquiao feels faint and weakened by the test close to fights if they choose to conduct one so near the fight and that is what he is afraid of (cos its RANDOM testing), even if it is only psychological, why should he allow it to be done? He's entitled to feel 100% physically and mentally coming into his fights.

I say if floyd is so sure pac uses, PROVE IT. Coz i'm not taking his word for it. And hypocrites, way to cut down pacquiao while simultaneously ignoring the fact that PBF himself is a CONFIRMED user, cheater and uses so he does feel pain on his bum fist when he is fighting. (so why the DOUBLE STANDARD?)

25 January, 2010

just some words said:

and don't even bring up the fact that PBF agreed to 10mil if he goes over the weight limit. He should be fined heavily after what he did in the marquez fight (coming 2 lbs overweight).. You should all know it IS a big deal to go overweight coz every pound heavier is like 10 lbs of force in the boxer's punches. So the penalties and stipulations for that is for the other boxer's protection. And after weight in, you have to consider the fact that boxers put on more weight because of re-hydration.

25 January, 2010

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