Hasegawa vs. Donaire

Donaire will win by points

Perez,,,maybe.... Mares would lose at this point. My picks aren't set in stone until like a week until the fight. That's why I said might, after seeing kid take all that pressure from Perez, do everything he did well, and still win the championship rounds, I can't go against him right now. Especially seeing he has a solid jab, skills, and would be able to outwork Donaire. i would actually favor donaire greatly against perez because perez is a straight forward aggressive fighter which suits donaire's counter punching style. mares is a much dangerous opponent for donaire in my opinion. The main reason I would pick Perez is that Donaire's had he most trouble against those types, but lesser versions of Perez. Look at the Concepcion and Maldonado fights, granted Concepcion weighed 4.5 pounds more, but he's a limited straight-forward fighter. Perez can be a swarmer or a boxer. He's extremely strong, has an iron chin, top notch stamina, an underrated counterpuncher when he needs it, solid power and brings heavy pressure.

Hasegawa hasn't face anyone as good as Donaire. Donaire has too many weapon,too athletic, too much speed with both hands and feet. I see Hasegawa getting tagged with Donaire's main weapon the lft hook all night cause he keeps his right hand low.He's wide open for it. I hope this fight happens Donaire by Stoppage. Same could be said for Donaire. You don't know how Donaire's speed will be moving up. Floyd lost speed and power moving up. So even the best of them can lose speed and/or power when moving up in weight. Where as Hozumi is more than likely the fastest top 118lb fighter, Anselmo is up there too, he may be equal to Hozumi. Donaire doesn't have too many weapons, he has the left hook. That's the biggest weapon and his only legit, no guess work threatening weapon against Hozumi. Getting tagged all night makes no sense. Because that isn't how Donaire works. He finds the distance and timing first, which will take time because he would be in counter-punching mode to do so. Being stopped by Montiel doesn't mean he will be stopped by everyone. We have to see if Nonito carries all his attributes as he moves up. If he doesn't then things drastically change. You guys are lucky I like Nonito, because you guys make it easy to want to see someone's downfall. But go ahead and count out Hozumi. I learned my lesson. You all can count people out now but don't act surprised if he slips up.

They will see it for themselves soon enough. Whoever's gonna beat Donaire is going to have to understand that they will be at a speed disadvantage. I wouldn't worry about his chin either, he can take a shot. What Nonito can get is outworked and roughed up. That's why I'd be leaning to a Perez if they fought because he'll take it there, he has an iron chin, is strong like bull, and will put up numbers. I might favor Mares too, kid is the goods. Perez,,,maybe.... Mares would lose at this point.

Hasegawa hasn't face anyone as good as Donaire. Donaire has too many weapon,too athletic, too much speed with both hands and feet. I see Hasegawa getting tagged with Donaire's main weapon the lft hook all night cause he keeps his right hand low.He's wide open for it. I hope this fight happens Donaire by Stoppage.

agree. nonito is slick, fast, athletic & has great reflexes. if his chin holds up at 118 he beats anybody. They will see it for themselves soon enough. Whoever's gonna beat Donaire is going to have to understand that they will be at a speed disadvantage. I wouldn't worry about his chin either, he can take a shot. What Nonito can get is outworked and roughed up. That's why I'd be leaning to a Perez if they fought because he'll take it there, he has an iron chin, is strong like bull, and will put up numbers. I might favor Mares too, kid is the goods.

This has yet to be seen. Donaire never fought anyone his size with decent speed, which by default makes Donaire look quick by comparison. I actually see Donaire beating Montiel, but losing to Hasegawa. I'm not comparing him to his opponents. I'm looking at his individual hand speed, foot speed, and reflexes and if you put him side by side with Hasegawa it's visible to the naked eye. The only thing I should've said to go along with it is "if the extra pounds don't make him slower", which I doubt.

This has yet to be seen. Donaire never fought anyone his size with decent speed, which by default makes Donaire look quick by comparison. Exactly. That's why I don't agree with the statement that Donaire is faster than Hozumi. Specially not in every damn category. Nonito hasn't even fought an opponent who can match him in skill. Darchy comes close but only in power, everything else Darchy falls way short of Nonito. And Darchy is the second best flyweight, what does that mean about the rest of the field?

nonito will win by ko!

Donaire all day for me unless he gets caught with something he doesnt see.

Donaire is faster than him, feet, hands, and reflexes. And nobody's faster than Donaire at 118 either. This has yet to be seen. Donaire never fought anyone his size with decent speed, which by default makes Donaire look quick by comparison. I actually see Donaire beating Montiel, but losing to Hasegawa.

lol, Hozumi isn't slower than him. Equal at the least. Slower than? No way. Donaire is faster than him, feet, hands, and reflexes. And nobody's faster than Donaire at 118 either.

i think donaire is able and has the skill set to ko hasegawa. i think hasegawa is a awesome boxer but his chin has been detonated and donaire has natural power to ko or really hurt a guy. when he fights in his orthodox position he's a fighter he can flow and doesn't think about what he's throwing because it's ingrained in his memory. this last fight we saw him in switching to southpaw, he had no real fluidity like he does from the other side, and he forces/forced a lot of his punches which isnt result producing like his orthodox stance. hasegawa was handling his business against montiel until he got hit with a left hook shot he rightfully didn't see, at least if memory serves correct, and if donaire hits him with one of his, hasegawa is going to find him self at the least stunned, and donaire has combos to close the show. i think hasegawa has good feet, good combos and punch selection, he from what i've seen of him has always been in good fighting condition, he's a professional, i just think donaire can stop him. good fight, i'd love to see it, as would i like to see a number of other fights that both guys should also be in.

Wow. I would love to see this fight to happen :eek:

Donaire catches him with almost the same exact shot Montiel did. He wouldn't knock him out with the first couple shots like Montiel, but would catch him more than once. Put Donaire in against any southpaw under 122, especially one that's slower than him, and I got Nonito. He has a great set of tools to work them over, the best being his left hook over the jab and straight right to the body and head. Montiel-Donaire to me is a tossup right now, but what Nonito doesn't like are fighters like Yonny Perez. lol, Hozumi isn't slower than him. Equal at the least. Slower than? No way.

Hasegawa stops him but he has to watch for the left hook..

Donaire catches him with almost the same exact shot Montiel did. He wouldn't knock him out with the first couple shots like Montiel, but would catch him more than once. Put Donaire in against any southpaw under 122, especially one that's slower than him, and I got Nonito. He has a great set of tools to work them over, the best being his left hook over the jab and straight right to the body and head. Montiel-Donaire to me is a tossup right now, but what Nonito doesn't like are fighters like Yonny Perez.

It can go either way. Without nuthugging, I see it like this. Nonito would have to play the counter puncher to win. After seeing what Montiel did. If Hozumi hasn't fixed that guard of his, then Nonito could time the left straight and counter with his own left hook, like he did with Darchinyan. If Nonito's power is carried up then he could possibly kayo Hozumi if he catches him a couple of times like that or with one really big left hook. Hozumi. I think has the bigger advantage. He isn't small. Nonito isn't used to fighting guys his size or larger. Nonito hasn't even fought a guy equal in speed, footwork, power, or skill to himself. So fighting Hozumi would bring in alot of unfamiliar ground. Hozumi has deceptive power, he looks like he punches without power but when he lands, it exploads. The thing here is that the speed. Nonito may lose his speed, since he will be heavier. While Hozumi is more than comfortable at 118 and has a ton of speed. He may beat Nonito to the punch. It would also be interesting to see how Nonito deals with an opponent that can actually keep up with him. I can see Hozumi winning a decision or a knockout. Nonito may not have the same punch resistance or speed at a higher weight, all while considering Hozumi won't be at a significant disadvantage like Nonito's past opponents It's difficult to break down because Nonito has spent so much of his career over-achieving. Don't get me wrong, I like Nonito but he has spent alot of his career beating up on guys much smaller than him, who can't keep up with him, and who don't even come close to his skill level either. Even Darchinyan, he is much smaller than Nonito, although he is game Darchy had a significant size disadvantage. There is no telling if Nonito will fall apart with an opponent who matches him in every single way, and may even exceed his ability in certain ares because so far Nonito has gotten by fighting guys who are heavily out-matched. Naturally I will go for Hozumi though. That's hands down. I won't root against him. I hope he has fixed his right hand guard lately in training. :lol1:

imo that fight needs to happen. just got done watching donaire's fight from this weekend and he def. needs to move up for some competition.

It'll be a good match. I'll have Hasegawa as a slight favorite, but i'm picking Donaire to win.