Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Manny Pacquiao To Face $5M Lawsuit For Failing To Report Shoulder Injury Before Bout
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The chaotic aftermath of the richest fight in boxing history is producing more drama than the fight itself.
On Tuesday, Manny Pacquiao was hit with a $5 million lawsuit by a pair of boxing fans who say that his failure to disclose a shoulder injury before his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. amounts to fraud.
This development comes a day after Francisco Aguilar, the chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, said that the state attorney general's office will look into why Pacquiao checked "no" a day before the fight on a commission questionnaire asking if he had a shoulder injury. The boxer could be fined or suspended for failing to make the disclosure.
The fight, which boxing fans had long pined for, was widely viewed as a disappointment. Mayweather (48-0) won a 12-round unanimous decision, but there was little action, especially late in the bout. CompuBox, a firm that calculates statistics for major fights, said that Pacquiao (57-6-2) landed 81 of the 429 punches he threw—less than seven a round. It said that it was the fewest punches that Pacquiao had thrown or landed in any 12-round fight in his career.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. beat Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision Saturday night, after one of the most hyped boxing matches in history. Photo: AP
Pacquiao's camp has said that the right-shoulder injury hampered the boxer, and that he plans to have surgery for a torn rotator cuff later this year. Pacquiao said that the injury didn't bother him until the fourth round.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court by Nevada residents Staphane Vanel and Kami Rahbaran, seeks damages for anyone who paid for tickets or a pay-per-view package of the event or wagered on the fight. The suit seeks class-action status.
Tom Rank Inc. and two of its promoters, Bob Arum and Todd Deboef, are named in the suit along with Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz. None was available for comment Tuesday. In a statement on Monday, Top Rank said that it sought to get anti-inflammatory medication for Pacquiao hours before the fight, but was denied by the commission.
It is unclear what might have happened had Pacquiao disclosed the injury. Brandon McDonald, attorney for Vanel and Rahbaran, declined to comment.
The suit said that Pacquiao and his promoters "had full knowledge and information that (Pacquiao) had been seriously injured and was suffering from a torn rotator cuff," and that they knew "such injury would severely affect his performance."
The welterweight bout, pitting two of the best-known and most accomplished fighters of this era, was the most lucrative fight in boxing history. The pay-per-view telecast cost $99 in high definition and $89 in standard definition; the face value for tickets started at $1,500.
On Tuesday, Manny Pacquiao was hit with a $5 million lawsuit by a pair of boxing fans who say that his failure to disclose a shoulder injury before his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. amounts to fraud.
This development comes a day after Francisco Aguilar, the chairman of the Nevada Athletic Commission, said that the state attorney general's office will look into why Pacquiao checked "no" a day before the fight on a commission questionnaire asking if he had a shoulder injury. The boxer could be fined or suspended for failing to make the disclosure.
The fight, which boxing fans had long pined for, was widely viewed as a disappointment. Mayweather (48-0) won a 12-round unanimous decision, but there was little action, especially late in the bout. CompuBox, a firm that calculates statistics for major fights, said that Pacquiao (57-6-2) landed 81 of the 429 punches he threw—less than seven a round. It said that it was the fewest punches that Pacquiao had thrown or landed in any 12-round fight in his career.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. beat Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision Saturday night, after one of the most hyped boxing matches in history. Photo: AP
Pacquiao's camp has said that the right-shoulder injury hampered the boxer, and that he plans to have surgery for a torn rotator cuff later this year. Pacquiao said that the injury didn't bother him until the fourth round.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court by Nevada residents Staphane Vanel and Kami Rahbaran, seeks damages for anyone who paid for tickets or a pay-per-view package of the event or wagered on the fight. The suit seeks class-action status.
Tom Rank Inc. and two of its promoters, Bob Arum and Todd Deboef, are named in the suit along with Pacquiao's adviser Michael Koncz. None was available for comment Tuesday. In a statement on Monday, Top Rank said that it sought to get anti-inflammatory medication for Pacquiao hours before the fight, but was denied by the commission.
It is unclear what might have happened had Pacquiao disclosed the injury. Brandon McDonald, attorney for Vanel and Rahbaran, declined to comment.
The suit said that Pacquiao and his promoters "had full knowledge and information that (Pacquiao) had been seriously injured and was suffering from a torn rotator cuff," and that they knew "such injury would severely affect his performance."
The welterweight bout, pitting two of the best-known and most accomplished fighters of this era, was the most lucrative fight in boxing history. The pay-per-view telecast cost $99 in high definition and $89 in standard definition; the face value for tickets started at $1,500.
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