pacquiao appeared on the espn program "first take" on september 20, 2012, and said he had no problem with the drug-testing issue. "whatever he wants to do," pacquiao said. he said he was willing to be tested even on the night of the fight. on september 25, mayweather and pacquiao reached a confidential settlement in their federal defamation case. in a statement released through the mediator in the case, the mayweathers said they "wish to make it clear that they never intended to claim that manny pacquiao has used or is using any performance-enhancing drugs, nor are they aware of any evidence that manny pacquiao has used performance-enhancing drugs."