Comments Thread For: Donaire: I Go For Knockouts, To Entertain, Not Points

[pac2]

He knew why he wasn't throwing combos b ecause if he did he would have got ko'd. You throw combos against a counter puncher you leave yourself open to big counters coming back. Those counters were hurting donaire and he was scared to open up and throw. You can throw combos on scrubs who don't have skill and can't counter. That's why these fighters with no defense rarely fight counter punchers. Donaire has offense not great defense you need both. Cause you have to account for whats coming back at you well you don't if your promoter keeps you away from counter punchers.

[lutenco]

ARUM and HBO are trying to screw RIGO,FACT!!!

[SlySlickSmooth]

Lately there's been too many posts about a fighters style, I mean really.. we're deep into the years of the sport and people still act shocked that there are fighters who prefer to box on the outside..

[Capricorn1985]

Donaire You got exposed by a smaller fighter, Now the weight is an issue, but when he's overweighting them by a lot, and knocks them out cause of the extra weight being in his advantage, no excuses.. Gets schooled and now it's an issue. Rigo beats you in any weight.. The only way he doesn't beat you is if you and bring him up two weight divisions to fight.. F.U. Donaire..exposed and a blueprint is now made for ur dumbazz.

[Syf]

BS! Rigondeaux stood in front of Donaire for the first few rounds before he started using his foot movement. He stood right in front of him and confused him with right hooks and straight lefts. He could had got the K.O if Donaire would had thrown more instead of shelling up trying to time a K.O shot. Look at the 12th round, Donaire ran with a glove over his eye in fear.. He didn't want to **** because he knew it was smart thing to do. He was a coward in that fight.. Yet everyone blame Rigondeaux for how the fight didn't have much action.. Why? The guy outweighs him, taller than him, longer reach and he didn't want to fight but throw one K.O blow and didn't want to exchange.

Donaire was chasing the guy.. Just because he got more reluctant in the final frame, doesn't mean he wasn't pressing for the majority of the fight. He got reluctant for a reason... those lefts throughout the fight took their toll on his eye....

I don't know what fight you were watching.

[LoadedWraps]

BoxingScene.com recently spoke to former champion Nonito Donaire about his upcoming plans. Donaire said that he would welcome a rematch against Guillermo Rigondeaux but isn't 100% sure that he can get back down to the junior featherweight limit.

"As a fighter of course you want that. (A rematch) is what you want. It's just a matter of getting the weight settled. I'm not going to lie. I'm 145 pounds right now. The last time I had a lot of issues going up in weight even though I didn't eat too much. If I properly do it I can probably get down to 122.

"In two months I will know. If I get down to 130 that's my goal. If I can't then it's going to be hell to make 122. It would be like (when I used to ) go down to 112. You know me. I'm willing to fight anybody. I don't turn fights down," Donaire stated.
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Makes sense. Show a lack of class by discrediting a marvelous win by Rigo, and at the same time show us you can't take a loss like a man, and are less of a man for making excuses. The better fighter won that night. THAT's the only right answer.

[vacon04]

Sure, that's why people boo him on most of his fights, because he's such a great entertainer.

[BendOver]

Donaire the more exciting fighter. Period. Rigo needs to fight against a certain style to make him exciting. Rigo needs to up his output if he wants fame and acclaim. It was times in their fight I thought I was watching dancing with the stars and not combat. A little shake and bake is fine, but throw punches! If you don't, don't get mad that only a few hardcore holdouts actually want to see you fight.

Donaire pushes the action even if he's a natural counter puncher.. because that's just how he's wired. He will bounce back strong and have a very successful career.

Rigondeaux the counter puncher threw more and land more than the "exciting" Donaire, his fight against WVII, Nishioka, Mathebula were very boring, Rigondeaux agaisnt Cordova was boring after the six round, but it was GR six fight and first twelve rounder vs a world class ex-champ fighter, how many fighters had being in that same position? Not many, Donaire is a great fighter, Rigondeaux is much better and hit harder than him, his weight after the fight got leaked, 142lbs fight night vs Rigondeaux 125lbs...

[BendOver]

Donaire was chasing the guy.. Just because he got more reluctant in the final frame, doesn't mean he wasn't pressing for the majority of the fight. He got reluctant for a reason... those lefts throughout the fight took their toll on his eye....

I don't know what fight you were watching.

He was chasing nobody, Rigondeaux stood up in the middle of the ring in the first 5 rounds and every time they exchange ND got the worst, after that he was reluctant to throw and every time he did he got tagged for his effort, the guy loss against one the best in the World and it is a shame he coudln't escape from Cuba sooner...

[BendOver]

What for?????? Donaire is fighting again in the next couple of month, Who's Rigo fighting?

And that's your excuse? You remind me of a kid that brings all the glove, bats and baseball to the sand lot so he can play...