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by David P. Greisman - Stunning knockouts. Sensational victories. We call them star-making performances, but in truth the performance only brings the boxer to the precipice of stardom.
That’s because it is not just his performance that makes him a star, but his promoter, too.
And for Nonito Donaire and Brandon Rios, their promoter must now follow through.
Both are coming off star-making performances: Donaire with a stunning technical knockout of Fernando Montiel on Feb. 19, Rios with a sensational stoppage this past Saturday over Miguel Acosta.
The wins, on their own, have boxing fans talking, and that, of course, is a good thing. There is always so much going on in the sweet science – another fight coming up, another fight that’s just been signed, another fight that’s being negotiated, another boxer or trainer or manager or promoter who’s stolen the spotlight with something he said.
That’s the inherent problem. A stunning knockout or a sensational victory is just one night, one fight in a career. The challenge is to capitalize on that moment, to reach beyond the momentary, to keep the conversations going and to keep the interest and the excitement from waning.
While both Donaire and Rios are on the precipice, each will need a different route to get to the top.
This is somewhat familiar territory for Donaire. His previous big win was shocking enough that it got people talking. But the follow-through on that one-punch technical knockout of Vic Darchinyan in July 2007 was so poor that, for the three years that followed, the win over Darchinyan was the only truly notable thing about Donaire worth mentioning. [Click Here To Read More]
That’s because it is not just his performance that makes him a star, but his promoter, too.
And for Nonito Donaire and Brandon Rios, their promoter must now follow through.
Both are coming off star-making performances: Donaire with a stunning technical knockout of Fernando Montiel on Feb. 19, Rios with a sensational stoppage this past Saturday over Miguel Acosta.
The wins, on their own, have boxing fans talking, and that, of course, is a good thing. There is always so much going on in the sweet science – another fight coming up, another fight that’s just been signed, another fight that’s being negotiated, another boxer or trainer or manager or promoter who’s stolen the spotlight with something he said.
That’s the inherent problem. A stunning knockout or a sensational victory is just one night, one fight in a career. The challenge is to capitalize on that moment, to reach beyond the momentary, to keep the conversations going and to keep the interest and the excitement from waning.
While both Donaire and Rios are on the precipice, each will need a different route to get to the top.
This is somewhat familiar territory for Donaire. His previous big win was shocking enough that it got people talking. But the follow-through on that one-punch technical knockout of Vic Darchinyan in July 2007 was so poor that, for the three years that followed, the win over Darchinyan was the only truly notable thing about Donaire worth mentioning. [Click Here To Read More]
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