Donaire Ugly But Effective In Outlasting Concepcion

[shadeyfizzle]

Remember Donaire was moving up in weight.

Concepcion missed the weight by 5 pounds pretty much. I wouldnt even call that missing weight. That's pretty much saying **** the weight.

Add the rehydration weight to that and Donaire was pretty much fighting a featherweight tonight. Not only did he rock him, but he outhustled him and outworked him.

[jetgeomcx]

perhaps it's time for nonito-vic II....

or donaire can snatch the wbo belt of carita lopez if gary shaw continues to chicken out for his cash cow!!

[KJB]

All things considered I dont think its such a bad thing.
His opponent weighed in over the Bantam limit, so he was at a pretty big disadvantage. At least he was able to hold it together and pull out the win regardless. I think this will be good for him as a fighter, he is still young, he can take this as a learning experience.

[daggum]

doanire's performance is not bad at all....far from ugly.
it is his first foray in the heavier div.....
he fought a heavy guy who even faked being "weigh-drained" to throw him off in his fyt plan.
his defensive flaws surfaced...it can be corrected along the way.
good thing he's got the chin somehow, and stamina not to buckle in the late rounds.
good overall performance....
i wonder how true and how serious is his "injured hand"...
it happened to him not just once or twice....that's bad!

he fought most his career there actually.

[v.cassiusali@ya]

donaire is the little version of muhammad ali. and who says it's an ugly fight? donaire simply outboxed the heavier concepcion. donaire repulsed boxing history being the first filipino to win a title fight against a panamanian.

[Papa Ace]

If there's anything good about it, it was Nonito handling the pressure well and his vast ring generalship was displayed splendidly for the world to see.

Not just because Nonito wasnt able to KO Rafael it was ugly. While this is probably the first time in a long while that Donaire didnt dominate that much, it was a good fight for him since he'll be going up in weight where competition would be tough. It was both fulfilling and a learning experience for him. Props to Concepcion for being game from the get-go.

[tapongolay]

el torito has given a plus! he didnt weight-drained himself,but lost a lopsided one to a smaller nonito!!!!! all power, no strategy!!!

[TOBYLEE1]

Nonito did good fighting a foe that came so heavy and cleary bigger than him. As I always fear with Donaire he does have hand problems especially with the left. Hopefully it will heal and he doesn't change his fighting style. Wasn't a pretty fight but he overcame all the adverstity that he had in front of him.

[JakeNDaBox]

you are an idiot deserving nothing less but an approval not by thumb but by the middle finger! Donaire who kills himself to be a gentleman and meet the weight limit shows you and ugly performance??? If that was ugly, what in hell do you call Concepcion??? even after cheating, he fails to steal the big "W".

Ugly but EFFECTIVE performance. He did what he had to do to win. There's nothing wrong with it, esp. given Nonito's track record. But it was far from pretty. If you have a better adjective to use that describes the opposite of pretty, I'll be more than happy to use it.

[jetgeomcx]

If there's anything good about it, it was Nonito handling the pressure well and his vast ring generalship was displayed splendidly for the world to see.

Not just because Nonito wasnt able to KO Rafael it was ugly. While this is probably the first time in a long while that Donaire didnt dominate that much, it was a good fight for him since he'll be going up in weight where competition would be tough. It was both fulfilling and a learning experience for him. Props to Concepcion for being game from the get-go.

good observation.

but how on earth can u amass such huge points with daunting reputation??!!