Celebrity - Vanessa Arias' Profile
Celebrity - Vanessa Arias' Profile
Celebrity - Vanessa Arias' Profile
Celebrity - Vanessa Arias' Profile
Celebrity - Vanessa Arias' Profile
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Pacquiao sues Mayweather for defamation
Manny Pacquiao is fighting mad, and taking on Floyd Mayweather jr in court even as a potential blockbuster bout between the two is on the ropes. Filipino hero Pacquiao filed a lawsuit in federal court in Las Vegas on Wednesday alleging that Mayweather and others defamed him by falsely saying Pacquiao used performance-enhancing drugs. "Calling a professional athlete a cheater is the most serious charge one can make," the lawsuit says, "and in today's world, accusing an athlete of using performance-enhancing drugs - however baseless and lacking in evidence - is toxic." Pacquiao has been angered by the Mayweather camp's insistence on doping control blood tests in the buildup to their welterweight showdown - a demand that has the March 13 fight in doubt. Mayweather has said the blood tests, which could detect substances not found by urine tests, are vital to ensure a fair fight, although blood tests are not routinely used in boxing. Pacquiao - who says he fears having blood drawn less than 30 days before the fight would 'weaken' him - has taken exception to the demand and to comments made by the Mayweather camp in media interviews. His lawsuit asks for damages in excess of 75,000 dollars and names Mayweather, his father, Floyd snr, and uncle Roger Mayweather as defendants. Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer, who operate Golden Boy Promotions and are promoting Mayweather, are also named as having "stated publicly that Pacquiao has used and is using performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids." The lawsuit cites several interviews given by the Mayweather camp, including the unbeaten US boxer's comments in a radio interview in October about Pacquiao's physical development, when he said: "cause we know the Philippines got the best enhancing drugs." Also quoted in the suit were Mayweather's remarks published in the british newspaper The Guardian, in which Mayweather said he had "great doubt as to the level of fairness I would be facing in the ring that night." "The truth did not stop Mayweather and the others," the suit alleges. "That is because they are motivated by ill will, spite, malice, revenge and envy." Pacquiao, who has supplanted Mayweather in the estimation of many as boxing's best pound-for-pound fighter, has earned titles in seven weight classes. Their fight could bring each as much as 40 million dollars, and it had appeared to be virtually set after squabbles were settled over issues including the division of the purse and the type of gloves to be used. The dope test procedures, however, have proved a sticking point. The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum is preparing to open negotiations with World Boxing Association super welterweight champion Yuri Foreman as talks with Mayweather falter. Arum, contacted by the newspaper while on vacation in Mexico, sounded pessimistic that Mayweather vs Pacquaio would happen on March 13. "This is only my opinion, but I don't see the fight happening now," he told the Times. "Positions are hardening ... Manny's fit to be tied. He's very angry." Arum acknowledged there could still be a breakthrough, but said: "It might be best to visit this fight later in 2010."Source: Yahoo! News
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Mayweather and Pacquiao Fight is Dead according to Arum
Top Rank promoter, Bob Arum, said that the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas "in my mind, is dead as a door nail," adding that, "we're starting to look, today, for other opponents" for Pacquiao. At the center of the negotiating impasse is the Mayweather camp's insistence on Olympic-style drug-testing, specifically, in taking blood samples, randomly "up to and including the weigh-in the day before the fight," said Arum. Pacquiao had agreed to random urinalysis testing at any time, said Arum. But the seven-division champion from the Philippines, believing that giving blood so close to fight time would weaken him, would supply blood only 30 days out from the fight or directly after the fight, Arum said. "As far as I can see, nothing is going on with the fight. I really believe that this exposes the fact that Mayweather never had any intentions to do the fight," said Arum. "I don't think that I can salvage this fight because Mayweather -- the fighter on the other side -- does not want to fight, he never wanted to fight Manny Pacquiao, and he's afraid to lose." Floyd Mayweather's being coddled by sycophants like [Golden Boy Promotions CEO] Richard Schaefer, who ought to be ashamed of himself for the statements that he's made." Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 knockouts) earned an unprecedented seventh crown in as many different weight classes when he took Miguel Cotto's WBO welerweight (147 pounds) title with a 12th-round knockout on Nov. 14. Arum said that Pacquiao could go after an unprecedented eighth crown in as many weight divisions against New York's newly-crowned WBA titlist Yuri Foreman (28-0, eight KOs), or he could fight Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KOs) at 140 pounds, against whom Pacquiao has fought to a disputed draw and earned a disputed decision, respectively.
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
Stars join Katy Perry Rocks for Relief
Katy Perry will be helping the survivors of the typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng as she Rocks for Relief on November 14, Saturday turning her concert into a fund raising event. Despite’s Boys Like Girls cancellation on opening the show due to schedule conflict, other big artists joined in making the concert even bigger that it already is. Arnel Pineda and Neal Schon of Journey, the American rock band MAE and our very own Jed Madela supported the Katy Perry’s cause as the show’s special guests. All net proceeds of the concert will be donated to the Philippine National Red Cross, the concert’s sole beneficiary. The concert would also be an avenue for people to drop off their donations as it houses booths specifically intended for it. Watch Katy Perry Rocks for Relief and get your tickets at Php 3,500 for VIP, P 2,200 for Gold, P1,200 for Silver and P 400 for Bronze (with 3% service charge). For ticket reservations, check out TicketWorld at www.ticketworld.com.ph or call at 891-9999! As per refunds, the Ticketworld branch the ticket was bought will honor it. For more information, log-on to www.mtvphil.com. Make it a habit. MTV everyday! Katy Perry Rocks for Relief is presented by: Smart Buddy, me na me talga!; co-presented by: McDonald’s, SM Mall of Asia and U92; with the participation of: Selecta, Makati Shangri-La Hotel, 7 Pecados, Armvet Printing Company, Music Management International, Penshoppe, Pioneer Insurance and Polyeast Records – EMI, Philippine Airlines, Ford Global City, ABS-CBN, Business Mirror, Business World, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer , Philstar.Com and Web.com.ph, RX 93.1, Mellow 94.7, 96.3 WROCK, Yes FM 101.1 and Y101 Cebu.
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