He is definitely a hall of famer......He was the lineal featherweight champion, unified junior feather weight champion/ ring champion and held titles flyweight and bantamweight.....very few fighters have had success making the jump from Flyweight to bantamweight or higher except Manny Pacquaio, fighting Harada and Jimmy McClarnin
unlike Pacquaio and McClarnin when they campaigned at 112 he was an adult and turned pro near 20 years old and fought their 8 years. Height-wise he was tall for the weight but he wasn't a young kid there.
I think it will be a long time before we see a fighter win titles from 112-126 and defeat so many top contenders and titleholders in so few fights
Nonito only has 39 fights and won titles in 4 weight classes, 11 former champions/title holders
He isn't the boxer or the best puncher but for what he was I consider him an all time great and its not very Many fighters I'd pick over him from 112-118....I really think he is pushing it fighting at 122-126
Bump. No denying that Donaire is a definite HOF, and also an ATG in my opinion. Never backed down on anyone, very humble even in defeat, and has bounced back. A win over Inoue (very tall order) would cement his ATG status.
Nonito has wins over: Vic Darchinyan (twice), Moruti Mthalane, Hernan Marquez, Volodymyr Sydorenko, Fernando Montiel, Omar Narvaez, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., Jeffrey Mathebula, Toshiaki Nishioka, Jorge Arce, Simpiwe Vetyeka, and now Ryan Burnett.
Darchinyan, Montiel and Arce may themselves end up in the hall of fame. Burnett is still young so, for all we know he may end up having a great career. He has already been a unified champion.
Donaire is an 8x World Champion in 4 divisions, 2012 Fighter of the Year by both The Ring and BWAA, and a 2x Ring Magazine KO of the Year winner.
If he is going into the Hall of Fame should never be questioned. Boxers that have accomplished much less have gotten in.
Whether he is an ATG, it depends on the person, because it seems like everyone has different guidelines.
Nonito has simply done more than most boxers in the last decade, even from 2000-present you wouldn't be able to name many fighters that have done more than him.
Donaire just moved back down to 118 and despite being slower than he used to be and older, he was still competitive against the faster and younger Burnett. I had the fight 2-2 before the stoppage. I think Donaire is a live opponent against Tete. If he beats Tete that will just be one more title and one more name on his resume. I don't think he can beat Inoue at this stage of his career, but imagine if he did.
As breadman has said, Nonito "Cleanest Great Fighter of this era."
There are a lot of boxers in the HOF who hasnt accomplished what donaire did.
titles at 112, 118, 122, 126.
Unified 118 by beating fellow p4p boxer Fernando Montiel.
Won the ring belt at 122 against Toshiaki Nishioka.
Ring magazine fighter of the year in 2012.
Went down 2 weightclasses at an advance age and won a belt against a decent prime titleholder.
Montiel, Darchinyan, Nishioka, Burnett, Mthalane, Navaez, Hernan Marquez, Vazquez Jr., Mathebula and Arce across 4 weight divisions is decent enough list to get in the HOF.
HOF yes. ATG no.
I don't get the hate for Nonito.
The dude fought everybody. When people were telling him to fight Rigo what did he do? He fought Rigo. Today, everybody one or two weight classes above Rigo's weight refuses to fight him, and Nonito is the only person who wants to fight him AGAIN. Most people don't even want to fight Walters and what does Nonito do? He goes up in weight just to challenge him.
idk bro.. he took a atg hof ass whoopin from Rigo.
imo, his resume is weak. the fighters he beat came to lose plus he was much bigger. where is sidorneko now? narvaez? mthlane? not doing ****. and he won a foty award for fighting that weak caliber.
only reason he had any recognition was because 48 coat tail riding.
darch was his biggest win followed by beating an severley overrated montiel.
how overrated was dontcare? he won koty for a knockdown ffs. not a fan of ANY 48ers.
Huh? 48ers? R u that dumb? What a **** post lol
theres no relevance in his wins unless we count his opponents past accomplishments. when they faced him they were undersized and gun shy. once he started fighting closer to his natural weight he started getting beat up. i respect your point of view but in my view i dont rate his accomplishments that high because his opponents never had a wow factor aside from vic. imo, they came to lose or were picked because their style didnt match well with his. Still, i respect your opinion real pug :boxing:
Thanks bro
Height doesn't equate to size
Nonito was a flyweight over half his career and fought below that in the ams
For example look @ hilario Zapata he was tall AF... Don't mean you're stronger or have an advantage
Hearns was tall wasn't super strong and once he got past 147 he got rocked n outmuscled often....was he not great cuz he was taller than his opponents? Even @ 175+....height isn't size
It took a freakishly large feather to tko him for the first time...nonito was in fifth division and an atg amateur star rigo who is p4p elite now to outbox him
After his meteroic rise n slide people are doing him a disservice and underrating him
He is definitely a hall of famer....atg is up for debate
People forget how hard something is after they witness it
You'd be hardpressed to find anyone who can list every fighter who started @ 112 or less and won titles there and up to 126 more
The little divisions are so deep with talent...I'll make it easier....turn pro 112 and won a title above that weight lineal