Comments Thread For: Donaire Believes He Will Be Even Better at Featherweight

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Former WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire believes he will be better if he moves up in weight and fights as a featherweight.

However, in a conversation with BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard the former top five pound for pound fighter said that should he continue to fight at 122 pounds he would “have to watch my diet and work on my nutrition scheduling” to make the weight limit.

Donaire who lost his title to former Cuban two time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux last April 13, indicated that he would need more time to prepare for a super bantamweight fight and that he would prefer to return to the ring in October and not September as earlier planned. [Click Here To Read More]

[reyes066]

we want the remacht with cuba star guillermo rigondeaux

[Hougigo]

Who's strap is he gunning for? I bet Garcia's after he moves up... WBO seem to like him

[rogdogx]

Donaire should rebound well. He took the wrong guy lightly and paid the price. His only chance at beating Rigo would be to score a KO. Then again he tries to hard for it and his face will pay the price again. He might wanna just move up and forget about Rigo though. He'll beat everybody at 126 and won't have to worry about fighting Mares due to the network & promotional feuds.

[bhebz]

rematch rigo first

[Cinci Champ]

donaire wont fight rigo again mikey garcia or mares so how will we really find out?

[Cinci Champ]

so basically he will never fight top rank or gbp's best at that weight and we know what will happen fighting rigo again.

[deejd]

He'll beat everybody at 126

No, he wouldn't.

[v.cassiusali@ya]

he should forget rigo...there are better fights at 126...rigo is donaire's antidote...good if rigo will engage, but the problem is rigo knows engaging donaire is suicide...same thing will happen in a rematch...

mares would be an easy fight for donaire but certainly not rigo...

[CubanGuyNYC]

Donaire should rebound well. He took the wrong guy lightly and paid the price. His only chance at beating Rigo would be to score a KO. Then again he tries to hard for it and his face will pay the price again. He might wanna just move up and forget about Rigo though. He'll beat everybody at 126 and won't have to worry about fighting Mares due to the network & promotional feuds.

No, he wouldn't.

I agree with deejd. For one, you've got Mikey Garcia at 126. I know Robert (Mikey and Nonito's mutual trainer) has said they'll never fight; but if they did, Garcia beats Donaire. Beyond that, I just think Nonito's effectiveness will diminish as he climbs in weight. He'll slow down and his power probably won't carry.