By Ronnie Nathanielsz
IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire sparred six rounds on Monday at his training camp in Baguio City and said he was feeling great.
Donaire told BoxingScene.com, insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports said the sparring went very well. He said “the power punch was there, the speed was there but what I need to do is to throw a few more combinations.”
Donaire sparred with Marvin Tampus and another sparring partner that has been in the training camp for some time now.
Considering it was his first day of sparring after coming back from short break, Donaire said “my air is still there, my body’s not as sore and I’ pushing myself really hard.”
Donaire said “I am really confident. All I need to do is sharpen up my technique a little bit, setting up my punches but other than that and Dodie Boy Penalosa (his trainer) is pretty confident.
The original plan was to go four rounds in sparring but Donaire said he went two more rounds adding “ I could have gone more but its too early so we just stuck to six rounds.”
After the workout the world flyweight champion who is scheduled to defend his title against undefeated Raul “Cobra” Martinez on April 19 at the Araneta Coliseum said he weighed 118 pounds.
Titled “The Flash and the Furious” the fight card is being staged by Top Rank Promotions in cooperation with Solar Sports with former WBC light flyweight champion Brian Viloria clashing with IBF light flyweight champion Ulises Solis in the double championship card.
