Sugar Ray Leonard kampi kay Pacquiao

NAKATAKDANG harapin ni Manny Pacquiao, 36, si Floyd Mayweather Jr sa May 2 (May 3 sa Pilipinas) sa Las Vegas para sa WBC, WBO at WBA welterweight titles.

Sa pagkakataong ito ay “underdog” ang tinaguriang Pambansang Kamao ng Pilipinas sa laban.

Pero hindi naniniwala si Sugar Ray Leonard na dehado sa laban si Pacquiao. Mas pinaniniwalaan niya na puwede nang ideklara si Pacquiao bilang “greatest of this era” ang Pinoy pug dahil sa kaya nitong gibain ang anumang balakid na humarang sa kanya tulad ng ginawa niya noon laban kay Marvelous Marvin Hagler taong 1987.

“All fighters have one last fight in them, if you look at [Muhammad] Ali against George Foreman and Ali won despite being expected to lose,” pahayag ni Leonard.

“With me it was Hagler, I knew I had one last fight in me. I believe that all applies to Manny Pacquiao.

“Maybe Floyd doesn’t know exactly what power Pacquiao has, I did not know what power Hagler had until I was in there and he landed.

“I went there against Hagler, I just did not want to lose, there was so much at stake but that is what makes fighters great, that is what makes fighters champions.”