The Lawsuit

[Zilla]

What if Frazier had sued Ali instead of fighting him? What if Lennox Lewis called off the fight and decided to sue Tyson for the leg biting incident?

I will be honest, I wanted more pre-fight drama for this one, and I got it. I was a little disappointed the biggest fight of my life so far was going to happen in just a couple of short months. Now I just have to hope it doesn't turn into a Hopkins-Jones situation. Unbelievable, and also I'm shocked about how dumb the people on ESPN are about this. Not the Friday Night Fights staff of course but everyone else, them talking about it on PTI yesterday made me queezy.

How about this? Did Mayweather sue Gatti for defamation of character? PBF could have put off the fight, fought the trial against him instead of pleading no contest to keep the fight with Arturro and sued him for calling Floyd a woman beater. Instead, he let his fists do the talking (against Gatti). And Floyd actually countered Gatti with the fact that Arturro had been busted drunk driving.

[RP33]

In my opinion.. The only 'defamation' to Pacquiao is the fact that he followed through with this ludicrous lawsuit. Wouldn't it have just made more sense to take the test and beat Floyd after he proved he was not on PED's? Everyone would then praise Pacquiao like they have been, and call Floyd a fraud like they have been.

Instead he went this ridiculous political route which makes HIM the one to look as if he's ducking another fighter because he would not comply with taking a drug test closer than 30 days to the fight. Even with all of the crap that goes on, I find it VERY hard to believe that a compromise couldn't have been met to say, "okay, well take it 10 days before the fight, and another right after the fight".

[Zilla]

Well, considering Mayweather changed to 14 days before the fight it makes Pac's excuses even more water thin.

[fan johnny]

Well fellas, It looks like the Lawsuit is going to trial. The Judge disagreed that comments by the defendants were opinions and the request to dismiss the case.

[MMASUX]

This should just be attached to the other thread on here " Are modern humans more WIMPS than say in the 50's? YES!!!"" To me this just proves that they are!!

[No Contest]

What a waste of taxpayer dollars our court system is. Seems like a complete waste of time, how is this not a freedom of speech issue? Really good point made by Amat a year ago....so are we going to see lawsuits for everytime a boxer talks trash to another boxer claiming defamation of character? Now Devon alexander gets to sue Malignaggi for saying he has no heart? Seems like a total bitch move by Pac's camp, and a way to hush the people talking about him.

[fan johnny]

What a waste of taxpayer dollars our court system is. Seems like a complete waste of time, how is this not a freedom of speech issue? Really good point made by Amat a year ago....so are we going to see lawsuits for everytime a boxer talks trash to another boxer claiming defamation of character? Now Devon alexander gets to sue Malignaggi for saying he has no heart? Seems like a total bitch move by Pac's camp, and a way to hush the people talking about him.

Tax Payers don't pick up the tab on private party civil lawsuits. That is paid by the one filing the suit, i.e. disposition costs etc. If the defendant is found guilty, then they are held liable for the costs at the end of the day. The costs covered by the Tax payer are indirect costs of the system itself. Rents, Land, Insurance etc. but those costs are insignificant incidentals compared to the rest of the system costs. Where the system gets bogged down is with these scam artists and Lawyers working the system with 1000's of cases not limited to civil cases. That's where the system gets abused and not with a single civil suit.

Point is, it would have been a waste of time if the Judge threw out the case, but he didn't so it is not a frivolous case. We are not going to see a bunch of boxers filing defamation suits. Most boxers don't even know what the word means. Beside I'd rather think most boxers would rather just kick your ass than file a Lawsuit.