Boxing: Pacquiao settles defamation case

LOS ANGELES: Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit against Oscar de la Hoya and his Golden Boy promotions chief Richard Schaefer over allegations the Filipino fight king used performance-enhancing drugs. Terms of the settlement were not released and there was no indication in a press release that Pacquiao had given up his legal action against boxer Floyd Mayweather, who was also named in the original lawsuit.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 2^nd, 2011.