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Source: GMA News

-- Filipino sports analyst Joaquin “Quinito” Henson thinks there is only one way for a Manny Pacquiao-Mayweather Jr. match to push through, and that is for Floyd to stop insisting on Olympic-style drug tests for the Filipino boxing champion.

“I think dapat ma-realize ni Mayweather na hindi siya dapat ang magdikta kung anong mga kundisyones ng laban,” said Henson, who is also a sports columnist for The Philippine Star.

Henson said only an athletic commission, which sets the rules for boxing matches, can impose such conditions on Pacquiao.

“Dapat ang magdikta ‘yung boxing commission that has the authority and sanctioning approval power over the fight,” he said.

Drug bogey

Henson thinks Mayweather’s camp may have “cooked up" the drug demand so it would have an excuse not to have the March fight against Pacquiao.

“I think ‘yung drug testing story that he has is a ruse, I thought it was a drug bogey… He may not want to admit na hindi pa niya kayang labanan si Manny so he came up with something like that which is crazy,” he said.

Henson said that it is ironic for Mayweather to make such demand since it is his family which allegedly has a history of illegal drug use.

“You know, waving the anti-drug flag is so unlike Mayweather because his father, his uncle, his whole family has been involved in drugs ever since, so I find it really strange," he said.

‘Manny-Floyd fight has to happen’

Hall of Famer boxing great “Sugar” Ray Leonard, meanwhile, thinks the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight should take place soon to settle who really is the best.

"They both are letting people call them pound-for-pound. They both are considered pound-for-pound right now. They've got to fight each other to prove who's the best, pound-for-pound – fact,” Leonard told Grand Rapids Press’ David Mayo.

"It's about the money, because boxing's a business. But also, if you want to be considered one of those guys, you've got to put up. That's a fight that appears to be inevitable at some point in time, hopefully sooner than later," he added.

Leonard, who faced the best fighters during his time, like Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler, said both Pacquiao and Mayweather are fun to watch in the ring.

He said their recent victories have even heightened the interest of boxing fans.

"Both guys, Pacquiao and Mayweather, were quite impressive in their fights, and the anticipation is even greater now, I feel," said Leonard.