A miracle? Really?

A class suit has been filed in the United States against Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather by boxing fans who felt they had been duped into buying overpriced tickets in the two fighters’ overhyped and underwhelming clash.

The bone of contention was that Pacquiao should have called off his match with Mayweather the moment he  “reinjured” his shoulder during training. In short, the fans did not want Pacquiao to fight Mayweather unless he was 100 percent A-okay.

Reports right after the fight had it that Pacquiao saw a specialist doctor in the U.S. before flying home to the Philippines, and that he was supposed to go back to the U.S. for treatment of his allegedly injured rotator cuff.

A few weeks back, Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum was calling him “unprofessional” and came short of warning that he’d drop the Filipino boxer unless his “injured” shoulder was examined by a doctor.

Arum came off like either he didn’t believe Pacquiao was injured in the first place or that, if he was injured, that he was not fit to fight again because he was not getting treatment.

Now, the latest is that Arum and Pacquiao are on good terms  again with a fight against Amir Khan, a mere sparring fighter of Pacquiao, being floated for 2016. But not so fast.

We are not buying Pacquiao’s claim that his alleged rotator cuff injury was “miraculously” healed by his repeated swimming at sea, and  without him seeing a doctor or going to rehab.

First off, Pacquiao’ statement that he did not see a doctor didn’t jibe with his reported post-fight visit with a doctor in the U.S. Didn’t he or didn’t he see a doctor? The more important question is: Was Pacquiao’s shoulder really injured or was that a lame excuse on his part?

Pacquiao should be very careful because deceit was at the very heart of the class suit against him and Mayweather. 

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