Dan Rafael ESPN: Donaire, Rigondeaux set for N.Y. fight

[TheHook84]

Junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire was dominant in all four of his 2012 fights -- all world title bouts against quality opponents -- to earn fighter of the year honors. He hopes to kick off his 2013 candidacy by beating fellow titleholder Guillermo Rigondeaux in a unification fight.

They will meet April 13 in the main event of HBO's "World Championship Boxing" at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, promoter Top Rank announced Tuesday. A news conference is scheduled for Thursday in New York City.

"There's no question that fighting at Radio City Music Hall is like a coronation for the fighter of the year, fighting on that historic stage," Top Rank chairman Bob Arum told ESPN.com.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/story/_/...t-set-april-13

Get your money ready, this is going to be a great fight. Nonito will show the world why he is P4P the #1 Boxer in the world.

[PureBoxingCEO]

Great fight man, this is going to be really interesting. Im picking Rigondeaux

[dan_cov]

Get your money ready, this is going to be a great fight. Nonito will show the world why he is P4P the #1 Boxer in the world.




Thankfully there is only 2 months left until this hype ends.

[puga]

great..now , stop tweeting nonito and focus on knocking the f0ck out of rigo...

[TheHook84]

Great fight man, this is going to be really interesting. Im picking Rigondeaux

Rigo is a good fighter but Nonito is just so skillful in the ring. If Nonito lands that left hook, it will be over fast.

[-Kev-]

Terrible location for this fight. This is as bad as Alexander vs Bradley happening at the Silverdome.

They probably wanted a neutral location. This fight should bomb at the gate, unless Arum gives away a lot of free tickets and claims they were actually sold.

[IIG]

Is Donaire still talking about skipping the presser? It seems like there is some real animosity between these two. There might be fireworks there.

[TheHook84]

Terrible location for this fight. This is as bad as Alexander vs Bradley happening at the Silverdome.

They probably wanted a neutral location. This fight should bomb at the gate, unless Arum gives away a lot of free tickets and claims they were actually sold.

There are more Cubans in NYC than anywhere else in the USA. There is also a large Filipino community there. Radio City Music Hall is also where the NFL Draft takes place and the fight will lead up to the draft.

[TheHook84]

Is Donaire still talking about skipping the presser? It seems like there is some real animosity between these two. There might be fireworks there.

Yeah I wont be surprised if they come to blows like Mayorga and Vargas did. There is real bad blood between the two.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

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Originally Posted by PureBoxingCEO

Great fight man, this is going to be really interesting. Im picking Rigondeaux

Rigo is a good fighter but Nonito is just so skillful in the ring. If Nonito lands that left hook, it will be over fast.

I'm sorry but Donaire only fights with 1 plan and that's to load up his left hook. If you take that away what does he do? He gets desperate and swings wild as fk. He even forgets to jab....



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