By Mike Coppinger - BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Nonito Donaire spun around the small ring at the venerable Gleason’s Gym in the high-scale end of Brooklyn, sporting a black shirt embroidered with the slogan “I heart boxing for bobbies “, a homage to Breast Cancer Awareness month. A gregarious character, he smiled and preened for onlookers as he worked the pads with Morris East.
Every so often, Donaire (26-1, 18 KOs) would imitate popular boxers – Ricardo Mayorga, Winky Wright and Floyd Mayweather – to name a few. “The Filipino Flash” appeared to be at such peace, you’d be surprised to find out he was headlining at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
The 28-year-old Donaire, considered the number four pound-for-pound fighter by most pundits, will be making just his second appearance on HBO Saturday, as he takes on undefeated Argentine Omar Navarez (35-0-2, 19 KOs), the No. 1 fighter in the world just three pound south at 115. [Click Here To Read More]
Every so often, Donaire (26-1, 18 KOs) would imitate popular boxers – Ricardo Mayorga, Winky Wright and Floyd Mayweather – to name a few. “The Filipino Flash” appeared to be at such peace, you’d be surprised to find out he was headlining at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
The 28-year-old Donaire, considered the number four pound-for-pound fighter by most pundits, will be making just his second appearance on HBO Saturday, as he takes on undefeated Argentine Omar Navarez (35-0-2, 19 KOs), the No. 1 fighter in the world just three pound south at 115. [Click Here To Read More]


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