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

[STREET CLEANER]

Nice, it's going to be a great event. I will try and go too.

I missed the Roy Jones fight and that was years ago. They also had a good card once at the Apollo

[Cubanborn87]

lol at those uncultivated mothereffers... miami's sub-town hialeah has probably more cubans than ny & nj all together...

also lmao @ one of them callin a jab a "right jab", showin a pic where there is no jab to be found

also rofl @ the other one saying "NY is not that far from miami & cuba"... does he expects cubans to get on a raft all the way to ny to attend the fight?

haha yeah and miami is like a what 20 hour drive not far at all , I'll be there but only cuz its a 8 hour drive from the crib

[Nekronicle]

I can't wait to see Rigo land a brutal body shot early on and destroy the dreams of all Donaire's fans. Gonna be epicness on a whole new level.

[baCCaT]

I can't wait to see Rigo land a brutal body shot early on and destroy the dreams of all Donaire's fans. Gonna be epicness on a whole new level.

bet all your e-points? straight up bet:no odds? if you're that confident.

[letsgobrady]

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.

really?i lived in new york all my life and have only met 1 cuban and someone else who was half cuban

[tangalog2200]

What's racial? I don't have money either! And I'm not a Cuban!

Ha! ha! ha!.........this one makes me write again

[CubanGuyNYC]

really?i lived in new york all my life and have only met 1 cuban and someone else who was half cuban

Shit, I'm Cuban and I've only met a handful of Cubans in NYC my whole life. lol

The following facts are from the Pew Hispanic Center (August 25, 2006):

There are approximately 1.5 million Cubans and Cuban-Americans living in the U.S. 990,000 live in Florida; 81,000 live in New Jersey; 78,000 live in New York; 74,000 live in California; 34,000 in Texas.

As you can see, Cubans comprise a tiny portion of the United States. The vast majority live in Florida.

[TheHook84]

Filipinos and Cubans love boxing so the fight is going to sell out fast. New York City is the media capital of the world and Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire along with ESPNs help since he was 2012 Fighter of the year is going to get lots of publicity leading up to the fight.

[ELPacman]

If this is infact going to happen, I just might have to get tix for this one.

[TheHook84]

If this is infact going to happen, I just might have to get tix for this one.

Nice, I am going to try and go to the fight too. Does New Jersey have a big Filipino population too?