Nonito Donaire SMH???????

[boxingman25]

Dude looked like a beast he was winning fights he looked like he was on path to be a ATG.

Once his wife got pregnant he seems not to be the same and really since he has had a kid

he also Seems to fight different He just looks for the left hook


Watching the first Darchinyan he seemed to be alot more technical and threw better selection of punches

Even before the rigo fight he seemed on the decline to me anyone else notice this?

[chargerhemi06]

Ummm no, Rigo ruined him.

[Daniel_T5]

Ummm no, Rigo ruined him.

he was never all that. fighting midgets and barely looking good. he just has a good left hook and thats it

[UTEP]

Ummm no, Rigo ruined him.

[SN!PER]

He's back to hunting bums again. Check his next opponent.

[NearHypnos]

I still think he's a stud but Rigo is THAT good as well

[The Tase]

he started looking bad even before the rigo fight.

he hasnt really been the same since he married that pan faced tae kwon do chick.

instead of improving on his boxing skills that he did have, he threw it all away trying to become the next pacquiao trying to score a KO with every single punch.

he stopped setting up his punches and believed in his own hype way too much.

[boxingman25]

Dude is not a stud anymore period

He just looks for the left hook now

I saw he was on the decline way before the rigo fight

[ShoulderRoll]

Did he leave Robert Garcia permanently? Or is it just a temporary thing?

[dan_cov]

On the path to being an ATG

Donaire was never anything more than a decent limited fighter who fought a lot of guys made to order which made him appear better than he was.
I have never understood how people couldn't see it before and some still don't.
Yes Rigondeaux is that good and a little bit more but Donaire simply never did have what you may class as an elite or a p4p skillset or whatever you might call it.
He was huge at the lower weights & feisted on small brawlers with a bad defense.

His limitations was shown as far back as the Concepcion fight.
Narvaez showed his limitations, Mathebula, even Vasquez did so in taking his left hook away for most part.