Manny Pacquiao has declared his innocence amid a recent cheating scandal surrounding his 2000 fight with Australian Nedal Hussein.
The legendary multiple-weight world champion faced Hussein in his home country of the Philippines at the turn of the millennium. And in a recent interview, referee Carlos Padilla admitted that he had allowed Pacquiao a long count after he was dropped in the fourth round and used other methods to help him get a stoppage win.
However, the boxing legend insists that he had nothing to do with Padilla and what he did or didn't do, declaring that it's "his problem, not mine". He went on to become a multi-millionaire and a superstar with multiple world title belts, while Hussein never made it to such heights and retired to relative obscurity.
