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Lawsuits against Mayweather, Pacquiao and HBO thrown out

The plaintiffs claimed they were cheated because the Pacquiao's injury was concealed

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Edvard Pettersson | Bloomberg
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao can’t be sued for a disappointing boxing performance.
 
According to a federal judge in Los Angeles, ticket buyers and pay-per-view watchers of the fighters’ May 2015 bout, in which Pacquiao fought with an injured shoulder, got what they paid for: a boxing match.
 
The judge threw out dozens of lawsuits Friday against the two boxers and Time Warner’s HBO over the quality of the fight, saying viewers weren’t guaranteed a battled that lived up to the pre-fight hype. The ruling comes a day before Mayweather will put his undefeated record on the line against mixed