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The upper echelon of most boxing pundits' top "pound-for-pound" fighters list consists mostly of of veterans like Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sergio Martinez, Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Marquez and the Klitschkos. There is one fighter, however, that's in the same neighborhood who hasn't even hit his thirties.
Upon first witnessing the talents of Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr. inside the boxing, I immediately said to myself, "this kid can be a superstar someday". But even after handing then undefeated and top pound-for-pound fighter Vic Darchinyan his first loss in devastating fashion back in 2007, plenty were still skeptical; critics said it was luck.
But after demolishing Fernando Montiel in two rounds with the same counter left hook he used that got Darchinyan on "Stanky Legs", even the sport's legends and most knowledgable historians were sold on the talents of the kid from San Leandro, California by way of Talibon, Bohol, Philippines.
Unless one believes Flash's luck is like lighting that struck at the same place twice, making two of the top fighters of this era look like overmatched sparring partners takes a whole lot of skill to pull off.
"He's (Donaire) phenomenal in the ring. He's got spectacular skills, and the kid's going to go a long way in boxing because of his style. He has a lot of characteristics of a great champion. He does a lot of execution type things in the ring that I did in my prime, all of it brings back memories to me, so this kid is something special," boxing legend Roy Jones, Jr. told me when we talked about Donaire.
In his recent radio show on ESPN, HBO boxing analyst Max Kellerman also heaped praises for Donaire, even saying that might be even better than both Pacquiao and Mayweather.
"You think Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are good right?" Kellerman asked his co-host, NFL star DeMarcus Wiley, then said "watch Donaire and tell me what you think. That's all I'll say."
"Donaire is bad. If Donaire is a welterweight, he might even be the favorite against both of those guys," Kelleman added.
Donaire is scheduled for his return fight on October 22 at the Home Depot Center in LA and is back in the US after spending a few weeks in the Philippines and Japan for his training camp.
The upper echelon of most boxing pundits' top "pound-for-pound" fighters list consists mostly of of veterans like Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sergio Martinez, Bernard Hopkins, Juan Manuel Marquez and the Klitschkos. There is one fighter, however, that's in the same neighborhood who hasn't even hit his thirties.
Upon first witnessing the talents of Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr. inside the boxing, I immediately said to myself, "this kid can be a superstar someday". But even after handing then undefeated and top pound-for-pound fighter Vic Darchinyan his first loss in devastating fashion back in 2007, plenty were still skeptical; critics said it was luck.
But after demolishing Fernando Montiel in two rounds with the same counter left hook he used that got Darchinyan on "Stanky Legs", even the sport's legends and most knowledgable historians were sold on the talents of the kid from San Leandro, California by way of Talibon, Bohol, Philippines.
Unless one believes Flash's luck is like lighting that struck at the same place twice, making two of the top fighters of this era look like overmatched sparring partners takes a whole lot of skill to pull off.
"He's (Donaire) phenomenal in the ring. He's got spectacular skills, and the kid's going to go a long way in boxing because of his style. He has a lot of characteristics of a great champion. He does a lot of execution type things in the ring that I did in my prime, all of it brings back memories to me, so this kid is something special," boxing legend Roy Jones, Jr. told me when we talked about Donaire.
In his recent radio show on ESPN, HBO boxing analyst Max Kellerman also heaped praises for Donaire, even saying that might be even better than both Pacquiao and Mayweather.
"You think Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are good right?" Kellerman asked his co-host, NFL star DeMarcus Wiley, then said "watch Donaire and tell me what you think. That's all I'll say."
"Donaire is bad. If Donaire is a welterweight, he might even be the favorite against both of those guys," Kelleman added.
Donaire is scheduled for his return fight on October 22 at the Home Depot Center in LA and is back in the US after spending a few weeks in the Philippines and Japan for his training camp.
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