Comments Thread For: Pacquiao Plans Legal Battle With Mayweathers, Golden Boy

[imscythe]

Credit to pogiako111 in Pacland:

lol

[WESS]

Judge Alvin 'J.P' Valkenheiser : hey hey hey...a whola whola whola You f**ckin *****, if you have nothing to hide take them damn tests and shut up already. You're wasting our time maggot.....

lol

[Shadow boxer 3]

Honestly, how so? The mainstream media is pretty much backing them in the US. What are the grounds for this lawsuit gonna be?

the media does seem to be on floyds side, im not hatin but its true

[MindBat]

The tabloids in the US get sued all the time for slander, libel, and defamation of celebrities. Many of the biggest ones are still churning out tabloids by the millions.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Honestly, how so? The mainstream media is pretty much backing them in the US. What are the grounds for this lawsuit gonna be?

GBP look like morons after the Mosley-Judah quotes came out.

The Mayweathers looked like morons all along with their baseless allegations. But now you've got people saying "Pac doesnt have a case".......but the Mayweathers did?!? lol

[Haglerwins]

Too bad there's no slander in this case. The best Manny can do is go after the Floyd for the RA The Rugged Man interview.

[damned1974]

No pac doesn't really need this fight that badly that's why the mayweather camps keep on ranting because they're desperate. I wonder who would be willing to fight them if this fight will not push through. They could pick some featherweight and super featherweights now, hey maybe Darchinyan's willing to fight Floyd at 144 coz he certainly not want none of Mosley or Williams.

You couldn't believe that Manny doesn't need this fight... who else makes Manny the kind of money that Floyd would? Manny knows that with a fight of this magnitude he can leave the sport permanently after it (same with Floyd).I do believe that Floyd jr's father spurred this on a bit by his disbelief of Manny being able to beat these last 4 opponents (I actually believe Manny beat them because they had style disadvantages amongst other thing) and Floyd jr would rather be safe than sorry-no shame on Floyd jr for that.
In all fairness,while we are on the subject of honesty, both have been a bit dishonest-Manny's reputation of being a "nice,pure and innocent deeply religious" guy seems to look lackluster when he has been also accused of fooling around behind his wife's back...only weeks ago

[Killa_Kali]

To prove that a written or verbal statement is defamatory, it is sufficient for a plaintiff to prove that at least one person who received the communication believed that it was detrimental to the plaintiff's reputation. A message that decreases respect for the plaintiff or confidence in the plaintiff or causes disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions about the plaintiff is detrimental to the plaintiff. Even a message that is intended as a joke may be defamatory if at least one person believes it to be serious.

The final element of slander or libel is that the defamatory statement damaged the plaintiff's reputation, and that the plaintiff suffered damages as a result.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law. West Group, 1998.

[Haglerwins]

To prove that a written or verbal statement is defamatory, it is sufficient for a plaintiff to prove that at least one person who received the communication believed that it was detrimental to the plaintiff's reputation. A message that decreases respect for the plaintiff or confidence in the plaintiff or causes disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions about the plaintiff is detrimental to the plaintiff. Even a message that is intended as a joke may be defamatory if at least one person believes it to be serious.

The final element of slander or libel is that the defamatory statement damaged the plaintiff's reputation, and that the plaintiff suffered damages as a result.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law. West Group, 1998.

Slander and libel don't cover opinion. Untruths must be told. Which means the accuser must state his position as fact or appear to.

[pugay_kamay]

He didn't try to force him, he just said that he wouldn't fight
Manny Pacquiao if he didn't take the tests. How come Manny
agreed to the tests ONLY if he knew exactly when they were
going to be giving BUT wouldn't take the tests randomly?

What is the need for random tests?

After all those years of rigid training, consistent testing before and after fights. And then one guy said I will not fight you coz you're suspected of using roids, unless you undergone such tests. It's like you have a contagious dreaded disease.

Dude if you're Manny and everybody is allegedly suspecting you that you are using drugs coz of "someones statement" what would you feel?