...but there has never been this much money on the table....ever.

Pacquiao’s Next Fight Looms in Vegas Court Over Bum Shoulder
by Edvard Pettersson
11:30 AM PDT May 5, 2015


Manny Pacquiao throws a punch at Floyd Mayweather during their bout in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 2, 2015. Photographer: John Gurzinski/AFP via Getty Images

Manny Pacquiao went into the richest match in boxing history without telling fans and gamblers he had a bum shoulder. Now, he faces a fight in court.

Two Nevada residents sued the boxer and a fight promoter saying everyone who bought a ticket, paid as much as $99.95 to watch it on television or bet on Pacquiao’s bout with Floyd Mayweather was ripped off. The two residents seek to represent all ticket and pay-per-view buyers and bettors.

Pacquiao, 36, was set to receive about 40 percent of the $300 million that the fight was expected to generate in revenue. He lost the fight in a 12-round decision and later revealed he suffered a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder during training.
Top Rank

Pacquiao and Top Rank Inc., one of the promoters of the “Fight of the Century,” had a duty to disclose the injury to the Nevada State Athletic Commission and failed to do so until shortly before the start of the match, according to the complaint filed Tuesday in Las Vegas federal court.

Top Rank said in a statement posted on its website Monday that Pacquiao’s advisers had notified the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of the injury and got approval from the agency for him to use Toradol, a non-steroid anti-inflammatory as treatment.

The Nevada Commission stopped the treatment shortly before the fight because, according to Top Rank’s statement, it was unaware of the injury. Pacquiao went ahead with the fight even though his shoulder wasn’t “perfect,” according to the promoter’s statement.

Lee Samuels, a spokesman for Las Vegas-based Top Rank had no immediate comment on the lawsuit.

Pacquiao has shoulder surgery scheduled for this week, ESPN reported Monday.

The case is Vanel v. Pacquiao, 15-00842, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada (Las Vegas).