Why Boxing King Manny Pacquiao is not Suing Floyd Mayweather over Steroid Drug Allegations! By Johnny Benz (Dec 19, 2009) Doghouse Boxing
Recently Floyd Mayweather Sr., the father of Floyd Mayweather Jr., went on record stating he believed Manny Pacquiao was taking some king of performance enhancement. For the record I must tell you, Manny Pacquiao has never been caught using steroids or performance enhancing drugs of any sorts. The highly respected Nevada State Athletics Commission which has given Pacquiao numerous drug tests over the years has confirmed that Pacquiao has never tested positive for any type of anabolic steroids, performance enhancing drugs or banned substances. Keith Kizer, head of the NSAC has even gone on record to
state the Commission has never found any of the numerous samples taken from Pacquiao over they years to contain anything illegal such as steroids. Nothing, zilch, nada!
During negotiations for the proposed March 13th HBO Pay-Per-View TV event, Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., as a stipulation, team Mayweather requested that both fighters be subjected to Olympic Style drug testing. So take it which ever way you want... but it looks like team Mayweather believes Pacquiao is taking some sort of Steroid or performance enhancement.
Considering Pacquiao, who has his popularity running at an all time high, claims of steroid use could be very damaging to his name and solid reputation. Consider this too... since there is no proof and even the NSAC states as much... then these allegations are not only unwarranted, but should not have been made in public. In my opinion allegations of steroids can certainly in this case be construed as defamation of character.
So why doesn't Pacquiao sue Floyd Mayweather Sr.? I mean, after all if someone was spreading what you consider as damaging rumors about you... wouldn't you sue?
In a recent article by the Manila Standard Today, Pacquiao’s lawyer Franklin "Jeng" Gacal, gave what I considered a very good reason (smart) for not suing Mayweather Sr. over steroid allegations.
Gacal told the media publication that while it is possible to file a case against Floyd Mayweather Sr. for the unsubstantiated allegations that Pacquiao has been on some kind of performance enhancing drugs, Pacquiao told him he doesn't want to glorify the statements.
Pacquiao's reasoning for not pushing the statements further by glorifying them, is a smart one.
