Donaire Training Hard, Possible Dec. Return

By Rey Danseco
 
NEWLY crowned world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. is suffering  muscle pains in his body after he began his regular regimen this week in a private gym in Northern California.

“My whole body is aching,” Donaire said after his workout at the U.S Karate and Boxing Gym in Hayward. “Today we did the mitts. Right now I’m just doing mitts and bags and shadow boxing but not long, like four rounds.

Donaire (18-1, 11 KOs) said his promoter Gary Shaw and manager Cameron Dunkin advised him that his next fight, a possible defense of his International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization flyweight titles will happen sometime in December.

The 24-year-old won the IBF and IBO flyweight titles on July 7 in Illinois with a devastating fifth round knockout win when he landed a vicious left-hook to the jaw of previously unbeaten Vic Darchinyan of Australia.

“This is the first week that I’m really hitting something so I have to say that this is the week that I’m back,” he said.

Donaire will work in the gym at least five-days a week and jogs “maybe three times a week like three to four miles” from his father/trainer Nonito Senior’s home in “San Leandro going up the hills going to Lake Chabot” and returns within 40 to 60 minutes, depending on his speed.

Donaire’s cousin and one of his cornerman, Arvin Jugarap, is an alumnus of DeVry University and technology engineer at Varian Medical Systems, a Northern California-based manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions.

”Maybe after this month is when I’ll push up the training and do some sparring,” said Donaire, who revealed he reduced his weight by a few pounds to 134 pounds after he recently weighing almost 140.

Donaire cooks food for himself and does the chores. His father works in the kitchen for dinner.

“It’s not hard if i cook, it’s easy,” said Donaire whose favorite meal is “just eggs and tuna” for breakfast and lunch.

Donaire insisted that the current world champs in his division, Daisuke Naito (WBC), Takefumi Sakata (WBA) both of Japan and Argentinean Omar Narvaez (WBO) are afraid to face him in a unification showdown.