Freddie Roach: "We have a slander case in the works against Floyd Mayweather Sr"

[Alibata]

Yanybody with a brain knows manny's using. some forms of test only stay in your system for a few days.. how do you explain him not being able to grow a mustache and now suddenly being able to grow a full goatee with the sides attatching. his head is bigger too. it happened too fast manny definately did some roids, quite a bit too

Anybody that smokes crack you mean. Anybody with his senses would believe pac. You are in the minority on this and the minority is filled with idiots, among them Floyd Sr.. Check his track record and you will see he is not the smartest apple in the bunch.

[baCCaT]

giving out an opinion for the world to hear that someone is cheating is beyond trashtalking, for whatever reason its for, it is still not just trashtalk.
does this deserve a day in court? probably , probably not..
but at least FR is trying to draw the line.

what would you feel if someone is throwing opinion at you for being a cheater?

[Alibata]

He should get sued. It aint nothing out of the pocket of Manny or Roach. The "smart guy" Floyd sr. might be sweatin though.

[aether]

Roach is an idiot.

Besides that, anyone who thinks this "case" would even survive summary judgement doesnt know very much about the law. To win a slander or defamation case, you must PROVE that the party making the statement KNEW or should have KNOWN that the statement was false, AND (not "or") that the statement was made solely to damage the other party. Floyd Sr would have no way of knowing one way or the other if Pac is juicing, so its impossible to say he KNEW that statement was false. The case is a loser from the get go.

It's just funny to hear this coming from big mouth Roach, who consistently calls other fighters "bums", or "shot", or whatever. He can dish it out, but he sure cant take it. LOL

Its also funny to see the double standard at work here. After Nate whipped Diaz, Team Diaz made statements to the press accusing Nate of being on the juice, and nobody gave a ****. But say the same thing about the chosen one (Pac) and oh my god...... lolol

cause no one gives a **** about nate campbell

[MissDeeCole]

sue him for all he doesnt have

[Talon]

floyd knows he used roids because floyd did too.

[rao007]

Actually? No. i do not notice that at all. There are a few aberrations. The Tom Cruise case for example.

Besides, those magazines are supposedly "reporting". their articles don't start with "our opinion is...".

A more appropriate example for you to use would have been the Op-Ed pages. Or a magazine like Atlantic Monthly.

While you may not notice others do. Few? Try lot. For starters: Kate Winslet, Pete Andre, Josh Hartnett, Sharon Osbourne, Teri Hatcher. All who filed lawsuits againsts newspapers, tabloids claiming to have been victims of false stories. And That's just the first page of google results.

Aren't those magazines using "opinion" to justify their "reporting". Don't get me wrong. There's obviously a heated debate on what is actually "freedom of speech" and what is deemed libel in these situations. Everyone has a right to their opinion--but the question is, does Manny Pacquiao have a case where his public image is tarnished due to these allegations of Mayweather Sr.'s "feeling" that Manny has taken steroids, which would jeopardize his standing in boxing community as a result effect his livelihood.