Donaire: Manny Pacquiao and Testing, It's a Pride Thing

By Lem Satterfield

According to bantamweight contender Nonito Donaire, his Filipino countryman, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, would probably have no issue with accepting a random drug testing protocol - but not if Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the fighter making that demand.

"I think that that it was about pride. I think that it's just because it's Floyd Mayweather asking him to do it," said Donaire. "If other people had asked him beforehand, he probably would have done it."

The alleged use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) by Pacquiao, with claims that it helped him rise in weight and retain power, was a notion that was highlighted following the twice-failed negotiations to make a bout between him and Mayweather over the issue of Olympic style drug testing of both blood and urine.

Pacquiao refused to give in to the demands of Mayweather, who insisted on random testing all the way up to and after the fight, as opposed to Pacquiao's contending for testing based on a 14-day window prior to the fight.

"If it was Fernando Montiel who told me to take a test, I would think, 'Why would you want me to do it?'" said Donaire. "I would think that he was just trying to play with my head. I think that's how Manny sees it, like, 'Why would you tell me to do it?' I think that that's what it all comes down to. I think that a lot of it is pride."

Pacquiao has named Mayweather, his uncle and trainer, Roger Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Sr. and both Richard Schaefer and Oscar De La Hoya -- the CEO and President, respectively, of Golden Boy Promotions -- in a suit which seeks compensatory and punitive damages for defamation of character for their alleged accusations of steroid use by Pacquiao.

Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.