Manny Pacquiao launched legal proceedings against Floyd Mayweather Jr for accusing him of taking performance-enhancing drugs. The Filipino pulled out of boxing sports fight to face Mayweather on 13 March after the American demanded Olympic style drug tests ahead of the match. The latest sports news is that the lawsuit   filed in a Las Vegas court is against Mayweather's father, uncle and Golden Boy Promotions.
Online sports news has stated that Oscar de la Hoya, founder of Golden Boy, is also mentioned. The lawsuit claims the Mayweathers, six-weight world champion De la Hoya, and Golden Boy

Promotions chief executive Richard Schaefer knew that WBO welterweight champion Pacquaio has never taken performance-enhancing drugs and made their statements out of "ill-will, spite, malice, revenge, and envy".

Pacquaio's lawyer Daniel Petrocelli said: "Manny's achievements come from God-given talent and an indefatigable work ethic - not steroids. "He cannot and will not allow others to deliberately misrepresent his years of hard work and tarnish his reputation." Although Pacquaio said he would agree to testing by the same agencies that conduct tests for pro American Football and baseball players, he would not sign up to random tests by the US Anti-Doping Agency.

Mayweather's team tried to diffuse the issue in a statement last week. It read: "Let it be very clear that nobody from Team Mayweather or Golden Boy Promotions is accusing Pacquiao of anything.
"But the reality seems to be that, for whatever reason, Pacquiao does not want to participate in random blood testing, which has already been deemed a harmless procedure that many current athletes are subjected to, prior to and during competition."