DEFAMATION LAWSUIT FILED...

SPECIAL REPORT "DEFAMATION LAWSUIT FILED..."
BY STEPHEN S. JOHNSON

(IB-DECEMBER 30, 2009) This afternoon Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao had attorney Dan Petrocelli file a much anticipated slander and defamation suit in Las Vegas Federal Court.

Pacquiao feels there has been a verbal attack levied against him intended to question the character of both he and his home country of the Philippines.

Alleging Floyd Mayweather, Jr., his father Floyd, Sr. and GOLDEN BOY PRODUCTIONS CEO Richard Schaefer have conspired to destroy Pacquiao's "career, reputation, honor and legacy and jeopardize his ability to earn the highest levels of compensation", there was no monetary amount asked.

Attorney Petrocelli stated that his client could be out "tens of millions of dollars in reputation and lost business opportunities" because there has been planted the seed of doubt whether Pacquiao has ever used any Performance Enhancing Drugs... (more)

"The strategy seems to be working..."

SPECIAL REPORT "The strategy seems to be working..."
INSIDE BOXING
BY STEPHEN S. JOHNSON

(IB-DECEMBER 29, 2009) The strategy of Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Sr. and GOLDEN BOY PRODUCTIONS (referred to as the "3 conspirators") may be paying off after all.

The latest development has an irate Manny Pacquiao releasing a statement to the Philippine press declaring he has documented every public statement or blog where the above mentioned have accused Pacquiao of using PEDs (Performance Enhancing Drugs).

What has so infuriated Pacquiao is the statements where the "3 conspirators" have claimed that "the Philippines has the best PEDs in the world". Including his country in this sordid mess has apparently pushed Pacquiao over the top... (more)

The Non-Fight

SPECIAL REPORT "The Non-Fight"
BY STEPHEN S. JOHNSON

(IB-DECEMBER 28, 2009) It's looking more and more as if the highly anticipated show-down between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. will not happen...at least not on March 13th of 2010.

The insistance of Olympic style blood testing by Mayweather, Jr. and Golden Boy Productions have effectively underminded the fight being held on the March 13th of 2010 date.

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum had given a Monday, December 28th deadline for Mayweather, Jr. and Golden Boy Productions to accept the counter offer of letting the NSAC (Nevada State Athletic Commission) decide what form of testing would be used or the fight would be called off.

GBP CEO Richard Schaefer has said there would be absolutely no other way the fight will happen unless Pacquiao allows random testing of his blood right up to the fight... (more)

Pacquiao vs Mayweather

SPECIAL REPORT "Fact or Fiction"
BY STEPHEN S. JOHNSON

(IB-DECEMBER 27, 2009) There has been a virtual impasse in the negotiations for what was to have been billed as the "fight of the decade" between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

There seem to be villains on both sides of the table in these bizarre and quite frankly silly attempts to come to a "meeting of the minds" in getting this record breaking financial effort consumated.

Having just fought a tough battle in mid-November against Miguel Cotto, it was understandably a tough decision for Pacquiao to decide the March 13, 2010 date was enough time to both recover and properly train for a match with Mayweather. Compound that with the political aspirations of Pacquiao in early May of 2010 and there was definitely some time needed to evaluate his situation... (more)

SPECIAL REPORT "Enough is Enough"
BY STEPHEN S. JOHNSON

(IB-DECEMBER 26, 2009) The humble, reserved and gracious Manny Pacquiao has finally had enough of the allegations of performance enhancing drug use made by Floyd Mayweather, Sr., Jr. and Golden Boy Productions.

In the next few days Pacquiao has announced that he will be filing libel, defamation and slander suits against the aformentioned individuals where they will have to provide proof of their accusations. ... (more)

Andre Berto vs Juan Urango

♫This Is How We See It♫

InsideBoxing polled the scribes you see here on InsideBoxing.com, and this is how they predict the outcome of the Andre Berto vs Juan Urango Fight.

Read what the say and who they picked!

Berto 5 - Urango 2