Am I the only one who thinks people are overeacting to this win?

[yuppie]

I still dont think Donaire actually won, i had it the 12 rounds to Montiel..maybe give Donaire the second round just.

[jrosales13]

This is what i hate about this forum,before the fight,everybody was saying its the best fight that can be made in the division,they are the two best at bantam easily,before the fight alot of experts where calling it a 50/50 fight or 60/40 in Donaire's favor,before the fight Montiel hadnt lost for like 5 years,was on a KO streak,had one of the best years out of all fighters in 2010,and his only 2 losses coming by way of SD,Donaire made it look easy and blew him out the water,i think we shud credit donaire on knocking out an elite level fighter,remember,alot of people rank Abner Mares high,but he struggled with Darchinyan,who Donaire also blew out the water

But, that was from people who didn't really know about the weight-class. They were not the 2 best in the weight-class. They were 2 of the best. That weight-class is deep. And, Moreno along with Agbeko could be considered 2 of the best at that weight-class.

[jrosales13]

I disagree. Nonito Donaire is getting the praise he deserves.

Last year. In April people reacted in a similar when Fernando Montiel defeated Hozumi Hasegawa because Hasagawa was the lineal champion. That win made Fernando the lineal champion at bantamweight. Now, Nonito is the lineal champion.

That is why people are praising Nonito so much. It's because he defeated the lineal champion.

Not true at all.

[-Antonio-]

I think if you've seen enough Donaire fights it's hard not to recognize he's a special fighter. I thought he outclassed Vic with boxing skill along with knocking him the hell out. I hadnt seen a lot of Montiel, but he was being outboxed in some of the fights he won when I watched. So Im not in awe of the performance, but it was still pretty damn impressive considering how tough Montiel is.

One thing I will say Donaire still has more to prove at Bantam because Mares and Agbeko are very good too. They could actually be more dangerous than Montiel was.

[slicksouthpaw16]

This is what i hate about this forum,before the fight,everybody was saying its the best fight that can be made in the division,they are the two best at bantam easily,before the fight alot of experts where calling it a 50/50 fight or 60/40 in Donaire's favor,before the fight Montiel hadnt lost for like 5 years,was on a KO streak,had one of the best years out of all fighters in 2010,and his only 2 losses coming by way of SD,Donaire made it look easy and blew him out the water,i think we shud credit donaire on knocking out an elite level fighter,remember,alot of people rank Abner Mares high,but he struggled with Darchinyan,who Donaire also blew out the water

100% right. They also forget Montiel was on the pound for pound list. I don't think i have ever seen a pound for pound fighter get dramatically blown out like that.

[Ray*]

The only ones overrating are the usual new "Fans", If you know anything about Nonito you would know what he is capable of, His problem has been the competition for him and he seem to be getting them finally.

[IronDanHamza]

I disagree. Nonito Donaire is getting the praise he deserves.

Last year. In April people reacted in a similar when Fernando Montiel defeated Hozumi Hasegawa because Hasagawa was the lineal champion. That win made Fernando the lineal champion at bantamweight. Now, Nonito is the lineal champion.

That is why people are praising Nonito so much. It's because he defeated the lineal champion.

When did Hasegawa become Lineal Champion?

Rafael Marquez was considered the #1 at Bantamweight until 2006 until he moved up to fight Vasquez.

Hasegawa was considered the #2 in 2005 when he beat Sahaprom.

In 2006 when Marquez left the division, Hasegawa went to #1 by default. And although Sahaprom was considered #2 at this time and Hasegawa had already beat him twice, that doesn't make him Lineal Champion.

What Hasegawa was considered as when Montiel beat him was the #1 ranked fighter in the division, thus when Montiel beat him he was considered the #1 ranked fighter at Bantamweight. Although many felt it was open for debate.

But the fact is, Donaire beat the guy was was ranked #1 at Bantamweight, and destroyed him. He deserves the praise he is getting.

[Phonzo]

So because Donaire is sooo damm good that he destroyed a great 2nd best in the weight class he shouldnt get credit? Just because hes suppose to win. I guess him being rangy and tall means he should be fighting at a higher weight class? O wait ur boyfriend Paul williams is doing the same thing, except he cant even handle the lower weight class.

I dont understand people sometimes.

[puga]

it'd be a overreaction to big up nonita like right now if he only beat a mares kinda fighter...but he beat a ****en beast in montiel so NO...

[goblin213]

If a win over a great p4p champion like Montiel who has been winning devastatingly lately is not something to be amazed at then I don't know what's a great win anymore. Is a win over Mayweather and Pacquiao the only legitimate win nowadays?