Injured Pacquiao faces sanctions
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The fallout from the 鈥淔ight of the Century鈥 became murkier on Monday with possible lawsuits in the works and Manny Pacquiao likely to face disciplinary action for failing to disclose a pre-bout shoulder injury.
Filipino Pacquiao lost on a unanimous decision to undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr in a heavily hyped welterweight showdown in Las Vegas on Saturday that is expected to be the top grossing prize fight of all time.
Barely one hour after the contest ended, Pacquiao鈥檚 promoter, Bob Arum, said the 36-year-old southpaw had been hampered by an 鈥榦ld鈥 injury to his right shoulder.
On Monday, an MRI scan in Los Angeles confirmed the boxer has a torn rotator cuff that will require surgery.
The major problem here is that apparently neither Pacquiao nor his team informed the Nevada Athletic Commission about the shoulder issue until a couple of hours before the start of the fight when they asked for an anti-inflammatory injection.
At that point, it was too late for the commission to investigate whether or not Pacquiao was suffering a genuine injury and there were no MRIs or medical paperwork to support the claim made by the boxer鈥檚 team, the commission said.
鈥淭he first I heard of this was at 6:08 (pm PT) when he (Pacquiao) arrived in the locker room,鈥 commission chairman Francisco Aguilar said during the post-fight news conferences. 鈥淚 have no proof of the injury. If he told us on Friday, we would have gotten the MRIs and there are a lot of things we could have done.鈥
While the commission was seemingly kept in the dark, and clearly no boxer wants to give an opponent any hint of possible weakness or injury ahead of a fight, the United States Anti-Doping Agency was fully aware of Pacquiao鈥檚 injury.
The Filipino suffered the injury during a sparring session at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles last month and USADA, after being consulted by Team Pacquiao, permitted treatment through Toradol, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory.
The commission was in overall control, yet when Team Pacquiao filled in its pre-fight medical questionnaire on Friday, a query about any shoulder injury was marked clearly 鈥淣o鈥 before the form was signed by Pacquiao and his advisor.
A copy of the questionnaire was posted earlier on Monday on the http://true.ink/boxing/ website where Aguilar confirmed that Pacquiao faced possible sanctions from the state attorney general鈥檚 office for filling out a state form incorrectly.
鈥淚t鈥檚 something we鈥檙e looking at, and an issue we鈥檒l be discussing with the attorney general,鈥 said Aguilar.
The fact that Pacquiao did not disclose his injury until the night of the fight could also lead to possible lawsuits from boxing fans who feel cheated after paying record sums for either tickets in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas or pay-for-view.
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