Donaire showed Kovalev How to Lose with Honor.

Incredible fight! OG Donaire showed Kovalev that in losing you can still win. The old man gave it all up in the ring he got nothing left, what a warrior, what a heart. People now love him more than ever. Much like Kovalev, it was clear that Inoue is no longer fighting "The Flash" version of Donaire. Nonito is kinda super slow here, ploddingly-slow, which is I guess appropriate for his age. But he almost got Inoue in there. I'd imagine the prime version would probably finish Inoue, it's more than possible. Donaire will go back in his home happy, proud and cojones intact. He did everything humanly possible and he did very well. Ultimately, age helped Inoue in the championship rounds as Donaire faded like a proper old man while Naoya caught the young man's second wind. It was a great passing of the torch moment. Very beautiful and perfect. Thank you boxing gods. Now, we wait for another passing of the torch with Manny Pacquiao next year. Thurman didn't quite make it, but Manny is only getting older by the minute and we're getting there--we're almost there. It could happen with Danny Garcia, who knows, we only wish it's going to be as beautiful as this moment.