Comments Thread For: Nonito Donaire questions Naoya Inoue?s limits against ?bigger guys? at 126lbs

[IceTrayDaGang]

Is that so? If he gets floored and bantam, he is going to be KO'd at featherweight ( 126 ) when he fights some good..

LOL.. how many times marquez got dropped? did that ever lead to a KO? like i said, If Inoue was getting KO'd in the lower weights, then you have a point here, but he's not so your assumption doesnt make sense. guys move up in weight all the time and gets cracked but never got KO from it.

[ELPacman]

Donaire isn't wrong and he's familiar with moving up in weight and what that brought. Pretty sure when he fought the Axeman and got flattened, it forced him back to move down. He realized 126lbs at that moment was too much for him.

I would expect Inoue to naturally move up as he ages and the body doesn't let the weight off as easily. Though naturally, it will bring everything Donaire spoke about to light. Guys will hit harder and have a better punch resistance towards Inoue whose monster punch was more devastating at the lighter weight.

Not saying he can't be competitive though. He can add a few more dimensions to his game and why not be competitive? Perhaps a bit more defense. He gets carried away with his offense and leaves himself completely exposed. Depending who he faces, if they're not afraid to trade in those moments, they'll be able to catch him clean.

[Dr Z]

LOL.. how many times marquez got dropped? did that ever lead to a KO? like i said, If Inoue was getting KO'd in the lower weights, then you have a point here, but he's not so your assumption doesnt make sense. guys move up in weight all the time and gets cracked but never got KO from it.

Just like a cruiser getting dropped by cruisers, the ??? multiply if he is in the heavyweight division! IMO, he is at his limit at 122 for his chin being good. 126 lbs and beyond I say its suspect.

[IceTrayDaGang]

Just like a cruiser getting dropped by cruisers, the ??? multiply if he is in the heavyweight division! IMO, he is at his limit at 122 for his chin being good. 126 lbs and beyond I say its suspect.

marquez been getting dropped in the lower weights, went up in weight got dropped, never got KO.

based on what? like i said it's not like he's been getting KO'd in the lower weights.

he wont go past 126, but that's not because he cant take the punches, he doesnt have the body frame to go beyond 126.

[Knuckle sandwich]

Donaire isn't wrong and he's familiar with moving up in weight and what that brought. Pretty sure when he fought the Axeman and got flattened, it forced him back to move down. He realized 126lbs at that moment was too much for him.

I would expect Inoue to naturally move up as he ages and the body doesn't let the weight off as easily. Though naturally, it will bring everything Donaire spoke about to light. Guys will hit harder and have a better punch resistance towards Inoue whose monster punch was more devastating at the lighter weight.

Not saying he can't be competitive though. He can add a few more dimensions to his game and why not be competitive? Perhaps a bit more defense. He gets carried away with his offense and leaves himself completely exposed. Depending who he faces, if they're not afraid to trade in those moments, they'll be able to catch him clean.

Inoue is better than donaire almost in every department, inoue also has an elite team around him, not donaire wife calling the shots

[brankobugarski]

Hang 'em up, Nonito.
You're done.
I will always love the moment you destroyed Darchinyan. You've made your mark.
Move on now.

I remember that fight very well. What stood out for me was the moment just before the fight started and they came together in the ring. Nonito was HUGE compared to Vic, absolutely HUGE.

Most people (other than Elpacman) seem to be forgetting that Nonito is perfectly qualified to make a comment and a recommendation on this topic. He started at flyweight 112 lbs and was hugely successful climbing through divisions until he met Rigondeaux at 122 and Walters at 126 that he came undone. Then he went back down in weight to fight the guys his own size. He knows what it is like to keep fighting bigger and bigger guys until you reach your limit and come undone.

[billeau2]

Rachel said that she invested their money and that they now have residual income.

Didn't madam Mosley, Shane's wife make a similar statement before she ran off with the farm?

[RuleOfTheSpear]

I remember that fight very well. What stood out for me was the moment just before the fight started and they came together in the ring. Nonito was HUGE compared to Vic, absolutely HUGE.

Most people (other than Elpacman) seem to be forgetting that Nonito is perfectly qualified to make a comment and a recommendation on this topic. He started at flyweight 112 lbs and was hugely successful climbing through divisions until he met Rigondeaux at 122 and Walters at 126 that he came undone. Then he went back down in weight to fight the guys his own size. He knows what it is like to keep fighting bigger and bigger guys until you reach your limit and come undone.

people forget that nonito was a weight bully. i can remember probably one or two fighters he fought that looks bigger than him but thats it. but if we take inoue's words into consideration, he also meets that criteria. he said he walks around 140. when the reporters asked him about moving to 126 after the fight, he immediately said he's staying at 122.
he already reached his peak.

[Ry92]

Hopefully the Saudis make a 130 battle between inoue and loma or even tank. It'll be even him going up in weight while they cut a lil more and go down 1 class. I don't see why not

[BlackRobb]

Didn't madam Mosley, Shane's wife make a similar statement before she ran off with the farm?

Jin Mosley was a grifter. I don't get the impression that Rachel is.