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

[DonTaseMeBrah]

roach confirms slander case against mayweather sr in the works
september 17, 11:25 am
mississippi fight sports examiner
brad cooney

hall of fame boxing trainer freddie roach has confirmed to this writer that a slander case is in the works against floyd mayweather sr. Recently, mayweather sr went on the record and accused the pound for pound king, manny pacquiao of taking illegal steroids. In response to these allegations,, roach said, " all of the sudden floyd mayweather sr is an expert on steroids? Tell me what kind of steroids manny is taking floyd? Tell me how much you know about steroids, first of all. Steroids had nothing to do with the perfect right hand that manny landed on your fighter, because you didn't teach him how to get out of the way."

roach is infuriated with these allegations, and goes on to say, " that same punch that we landed on your fighter, is the same one that we'll land on your son, and we'll pass a drug test because we don't take drugs, we don't believe in drugs, and we don't need drugs!"

roach confirms slander case in the works.

"i am going to talk to my lawyer, there could be a slander case here, and we will sue him. I talked to manny, and i talked to an attorney, and we are all on board here. This is all over the place now that manny is on steroids, it's defaming his name."

roach blasts mayweather

"get a flghter floyd, and you will ruin him too. He ruined ricky hatton, ricky was so much better than before mayweather sr got him. Not the best trainer, i think floyd is the f*#@ worst trainer in the world!"

http://www.examiner.com/x-23590-miss...r-in-the-works

it's on!!!!

[Mr. President]

Correction. It was Floyd Jr who ducked Pacquiao.

All he had to do is wait ONE day and he was too afraid to do so.

The man's been retired from the sport of boxing for over 2 years now and you're really gonna criticize him for picking the #2 ranked PFP fighter in the world for his tuneup fight instead of fighting Manny right off the bat? Give me a break.

[Pullcounter]

Freddy is sure taking this personally...

of course he is and he should! accusing pac of being on steroids is the same as saying roach approves / makes his boxers take steroids!!!

floyd sr ain't just hurting pac's rep, he's hurting everyone on team pac's rep.

I mean, everyone knows how Mayweather Sr. is known to run his mouth, and at times is quite entertaining.

no one should be able to pop off at the mouth and not get any consequences for it.

Granted, he did go a little far with such accusations but still....its Mayweather Sr.

just cause you are floyd sr doesn't mean you get pop off at the mouth with any consequenes.

I would think its hard to win a case like this being that Pac is a public figure, athletes get accused of roids all the time,

when was the last time you heard that lebron was on steroids?

never heard of one winning some case in court cause roids are a common thing is sports,

roids are common in the UFC, WWE, Baseball, and football... that **** doesn't happen much in boxing.

so being accused of it is not something out of the norm.

yes it is abnormal in boxing.

Anyway Sr. is a jackass.

he's a douchebag

Clearly there's something fishy going on here. I have a sneaking su****ian we're gonna start seeing more and more behavior from Freddie "The Joke Coach" Roach that could stifle the fight between Mayweather/Pac in the months and weeks to come.

**** you! roach didn't go out of his way to **** w/ floyd sr... floyd sr started this shiiit. if anything, floyd sr is trying to stop the pac fight by slandering Team Pac.

[Alibata]

Sue that crackhead, why? cuz you can.... Manny got $$$ Freddie got $$$ it aint no thing to make that crack head sweat.

[DE100]

when was the last time you heard that lebron was on steroids?

About every other day on NBA forums.

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient-ff#hl=en&source=hp&q=lebron+steroids&btnG=Google+Search&aq=1&aqi=g10&oq=lebron+st&fp=ee36edbd3c16a1c5

http://cursedclevelandblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/lebron-james-denies-steroid-use/

[GTR]

Freddy is sure taking this personally...I mean, everyone knows how Mayweather Sr. is known to run his mouth, and at times is quite entertaining. Granted, he did go a little far with such accusations but still....its Mayweather Sr.

this SHOULD BE taken personally. **** this is even offensive to me. We all know trash talk happens but sr is crossing the line and ****tin on someones reputation without any proof.

[Libido Sanchez]

We're on here practically every day like addicts reading about boxing. We're more familiar with Floyd Sr., Pac, Freddie.

People who don't follow boxing will see a headline regarding Pac and steroids and won't bother researching it. Non-fans will end up thinking when asked about Pac Man, "Manny Pacquiao? Yeah, I heard he takes steroids..."

In case you missed it, athletes taking steroids is still seen in a negative light by the media, sports organizations and a lot of sports fans. People generally don't like "cheaters." Boxers work hard to build a rep. You'd probably want to protect your rep if someone was slinging poisonous darts at you.

[Pullcounter]

About every other day on NBA forums.

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient-ff#hl=en&source=hp&q=lebron+steroids&btnG=Google+Search&aq=1&aqi=g10&oq=lebron+st&fp=ee36edbd3c16a1c5

http://cursedclevelandblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/lebron-james-denies-steroid-use/

accusations of anonymous ass-holes on message boards don't mean *****. when someone like floyd sr accuses someone of steroids, it can damage reputations.

what floyd sr did like phil jackson accusing lebron of steroids!!!

[2501]

About every other day on NBA forums.

http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient-ff#hl=en&source=hp&q=lebron+steroids&btnG=Google+Search&aq=1&aqi=g10&oq=lebron+st&fp=ee36edbd3c16a1c5

http://cursedclevelandblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/lebron-james-denies-steroid-use/

Here edubacate yourself before looking more ridiculous.

Floyd started his claim with "In my personal opinion". Well, how are "opinions" viewed by the court of law?

Opinion is a defense recognized in nearly every jurisdiction. If the allegedly defamatory assertion is an expression of opinion rather than a statement of fact, defamation claims usually cannot be brought because opinions are inherently not falsifiable. However, some jurisdictions decline to recognize any legal distinction between fact and opinion. The United States Supreme Court, in particular, has ruled that the First ********* does not require recognition of an opinion privilege.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkovi...ain_Journal_Co.

[sycomantz]

I wanna see someone signifcant put theyself on the tube and accuse Jay-Z still being in the drug business/Coke dealer and lets see what happens.

try again dumbass. thats not apples to apples. people have been suspecting Pac of using roids for a couple years now. well before floyd gave his OPINION.

there has been nothing Jay's done to suggest his a drug dealer or even speculate