Top Rank's Matchmakers Messed Up

This was supposed to be Nonito's coming out party and showcase at MSG... but they matched him up with an overly defensive fighter? That was a stinker, Narvaez was only looking to survive 12 rounds and wanted nothing to do with a fight. Surely, a HOF matchmaker like Trampler could do better...Obviously, the matchmakers know more about fighters compared to us(there's very lil info on Narvaez). But, from the only fight of Narvaez that I found on Y*utube prior to this fight, there was no way I would suspect that he'd be fighting like he did tonight. What I saw on Y*utube was a solid lil fighter who would end up getting his &ss kicked by Nonito, but, in no way did he show that he was someone that would just shell up.

Nonito came to fight, but the other guy had just the right plan to not get knocked out, make it to the end, and even counter Donaire from time to time. I would like to see a little more aggression in Donaire. It definately is time for him to move up.

Narvaez is usually not that defensive but yeah it was obvious Donaire wasn't gonna look good against him.

At the end of the day, Nonito still gave Narvaez his first loss EVER. Despite it being in a weight class that Narvaez isn't suited in, that's impressive. Yeah, a win is a win but at the same time, Nonito was guaranteed $700K for this fight and this was his MSG/NYC debut and he's getting somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 mil for his next fight. The purpose of this fight was to build him a bigger fan base and push him in the media and turn him into a star worthy of those paydays. Getting him an opponent who is overly defensive and wanted to do nothing but survive and the fans booing and chanting 'this is bullsh*t' didn't do much in that regard. Matchmakers are paid top dollar to make sure sh*t like this doesn't happen, and I just don't think they did their homework on this one.

Happy that Nonito can finally move up cause if guys like these are some of the best in the bantamweight class then it's time to move the fuuuck up. Cause Narvaez just wanted to survive. Narvaez isnt a BW...I can almost guarantee you Mares, Agbeko, Perez, Darch would come for a fight, doubt Moreno would

Both were at fault, but nonito made no adjustments im dissapointed

At the end of the day, Nonito still gave Narvaez his first loss EVER. Despite it being in a weight class that Narvaez isn't suited in, that's impressive.

Happy that Nonito can finally move up cause if guys like these are some of the best in the bantamweight class then it's time to move the fuuuck up. Cause Narvaez just wanted to survive.

nonito also tried going to the body but it is also blocked, he should have mixed his attacks more...

I didn't mind this fight, because I knew this was gonna be his last fight @ 118, But this bs better not happen at 122.

The win over Montiel was the coming out party for Donaire but the promotional problems after that shelved him. 122 is next for him and i hope that Nonito meets Nishioka. As far as Narvaez, he either got the Clottey or the Penalosa.

I agree but is also a bit of Donaire fault. All he did was come foward and throw punches. He was not going to the body to make the guy lower his shell defense and he was not giving the guy angles. I am not really impressed but lets see what he does next.

This was supposed to be Nonito's coming out party and showcase at MSG... but they matched him up with an overly defensive fighter? That was a stinker, Narvaez was only looking to survive 12 rounds and wanted nothing to do with a fight. Surely, a HOF matchmaker like Trampler could do better... They tried to match Nonito with better fighters but he turned them down. 100% on Donaire for this bout