Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao announced Tuesday that he has settled his defamation lawsuit against Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and president Oscar De La Hoya after they made a public apology to him in a statement crafted by their attorney. "Richard Schaefer and Oscar De La Hoya, on behalf of themselves and Golden Boy Promotions, wish to make it crystal clear that we never intended to claim that Manny Pacquiao has used or is using any performance-enhancing drugs, and further state that we do not have any evidence whatsoever of such use," the statement said. "Manny Pacquiao is one of the greatest fighters of all time, and we apologize if anyone construed our prior remarks as in any way claiming or even suggesting that Manny uses or has used performance-enhancing drugs." Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=6613011
