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PACQUIAO SUED IN LAS VEGAS FOR $5 MILLION, MAYWEATHER OFFERS TO PAY IF FILIPINO BOXER IS CONVICTED

May 5, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Mayweather, left, and Pacquiao (Photo: Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – A lawsuit was filed against Manny Pacquiao in the US District Court in Las Vegas on Tuesday morning for the Filipino boxer’s failure to disclose his shoulder injury before his fight with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 2.

The potential class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of Staphane Vanel and Kami Rahbaran, both of Clark County, who are seeking as much as $5 million in damages.

The plaintiffs said they relied on misrepresentations and non-disclosures when they bought their tickets or pay per view showings and wagered on the Mayweather-Pacquiao “fight of the century.”

Also named in the lawsuit are Bob Arum of Top Rank Inc.; Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s adviser; Todd Duboef; and other unknown defendants.

Upon learning about the lawsuit, Mayweather reached out to Pacquiao in a gesture of the proverbial olive branch. Mayweather said that he will gladly pay the $5 Million in damages sought in the lawsuit if Pacquiao is convicted. “After all, that’s just a chunk of change for me,” the American boxer told reporters.

Observers are now saying that all those ‘hugs’ by Mayweather during the May 2nd fight were done out of love for Pacquiao, like some sort of a bromance.

Pacquiao himself, during an interview with a Filipino television network about those Mayweather hugs said, ‘Mahal niya yata ako’ (I think he loves me).

Sports

TO APPEASE DISGRUNTLED BOXING FANS, PACQUIAO AND MAYWEATHER AGREE TO A RE-MATCH FOR FREE!

May 4, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – It is no secret that the Pacquiao-Mayweather ‘fight of the century’ held last Saturday in Las Vegas angered many boxing fans who claimed that the fight was not worth the money they paid to watch it.

Many who paid an average of $6,268 to watch the event live at the MGM Grand, or who spent $100 in a one-time subscription to Pay-per-View (PPV), described the fight as nothing but “all hype.” Some even went to the lengths of calling it a “mismatch.”

Initial estimates place the total revenue from PPV at more than $400 Million.

Mayweather earned $83,333 per second from the 12-rounds, while Pacquiao pocketed $55,555 per second.

It is therefore not surprising that viewers and fans are very disgruntled with no way to satifsy nor recoup their investment in this high-profile event.

In a sincere effort to pacify all the anger and frustration, both the Pacquiao and Mayweather camps, with the blessing of MGM Grand and PPV, have agreed to a re-match in the fall of this year.

Realizing that a re-match will not generate the kind of interest and money generated by the May 2nd fight, it was announced that the re-match will be free of charge to the first 16,800 people who will sign up to see the re-match at the MGM Grand. PPV will also broadcast the re-match live for free, through all cable and television networks that will choose to show it live.

Revenue for both fighters, MGM Grand and PPV will come 100% from sponsorships — assuming there will be any takers. So far, only San Miguel Beer, has signed up to be a sponsor, replacing Tecate beer which was a major sponsor of the May 2nd fight.

The Media

JOURNALISM: PHILIPPINE NEWSPAPER STARTS NEW TREND — HEADLINE-LESS FRONT PAGE

May 4, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – ‘Death Came Before Dawn,’ read the banner headline of a major daily newspaper, the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) last week. The story was about Filipina Mary Jane Veloso who was scheduled that day to be executed by the Indonesian government along with eight others convicted for drug-related crimes.

There was one big problem: Veloso’s execution was stayed at the 11th hour, and the newspaper received harsh criticism and major embarrassment for pre-empting Veloso’s death.

Fast forward to Monday, the morning after Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao lost by unanimous decision to American Floyd Mayweather in what was billed the ‘Fight of the Century.’

The PDI ran a full-page, view-from-behind photo showing Pacquiao acknowledging cheers from the crowd that witnessed the fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The same photograph showed Mayweather seemingly puzzled at the crowd’s reaction to his victory. The choice of photograph made it appear that Pacquiao won.

In an effort to save itself from yet another embarrassment, PDI skipped the headline. Instead, it asked the readers to turn to Page A17 in order to read the full story of Pacquiao’s disappointing loss to Mayweather.

Was it a wise move on the part of the respected newspaper?

Nah, we think PDI was in denial. It had hoped to run a banner headline on its front page announcing: ‘Pacquiao Beats Mayweather!’