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Arum: Donaire Will Return By May, Wants Title Shot

Arum: Donaire Will Return By May, Wants Title Shot

Ronnie Nathanielsz

•Dec 5, 2013

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has indicated that 2012 “Fighter of the Year” Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire may return to the ring in April but if that’s not possible because Donaire is recovering from a fracture in his cheekbone suffered in his 9th round TKO of Vic Darchinyan in their rematch last October he would “definitely be back in May.” Arum said he had spoken to Donaire’s manager Cameron Dunkin and that the manager had said “possibly April but definitely May and he’ll let me know in about a week.”

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Rigondeaux: I'm Willing To Give Donaire Another Beating

Rigondeaux: I'm Willing To Give Donaire Another Beating

Elisinio Castillo

•Dec 1, 2013

WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8KOs) is open to the idea of having a rematch with Nonito Donaire, but not at the featherweight limit of 126-pounds. Rigondeaux would take the fight if Donaire agreed to catch-weight of 123-pounds, and a weigh-in on the morning of the fight where Donaire would be unable to weigh more than 10-pounds over the weight (133-pounds). If Donaire win a world title at 126-pounds, that might tempt Rigondeaux to move up for another title.

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Donaire on The Roach/Garcia/Ariza Gym Scuffle

Donaire on The Roach/Garcia/Ariza Gym Scuffle

Ronnie Nathanielsz

•Nov 21, 2013

2012 “Fighter of the Year” Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire believes that the melee involving trainers Freddie Roach and Robert Garcia as well as Brandon Rios’ strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza may be a setback to the growth of professional boxing in China. Donaire told the Manila Standard that China “is not into that kind of stuff and are respectful of the fight game. They take martial arts differently from other people.” He said “to show lack of respect for each other might work in the United States because they like that kind of stuff but it will raise questions in the mind of the Chinese.” Donaire at the same time said Ariza “should never do some of the things that he does but that’s how he is.”

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Rigondeaux's Manager on Disrespect, Jabs Donaire

Rigondeaux's Manager on Disrespect, Jabs Donaire

Ben Jacobs

•Nov 15, 2013

Gary Hyde is a busy man these days with an ever expanding stable of fighters under his management. As was reported earlier today on BoxingScene, Hyde has signed up talented middleweight Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam who will make his debut in Barcelona on December 14. The Irishman recently had a good weekend in the Catalan capital, seeing two of his men in Mark Heffron and Iain Weaver claim victories. Weaver is still hoping he will receive clearance from the British Boxing Board of Control to fight in Great Britain after they found a cyst on his brain during a medical.

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Donaire’s Ring Identity: Post-Fight Report Card

Donaire’s Ring Identity: Post-Fight Report Card

Cliff Rold

•Nov 15, 2013

What if this is just who he is? Throughout the fight last Saturday, and after Nonito Donaire saved a looming likely points loss with a knockout win over two-time rival Vic Darchinyan, social media and message boards were afire with chatter about what they’d seen. Has Donaire lost himself after the loss in April to Guillermo Rigondeuax? Is Donaire slipping? For the most part, it’s a lot of hogwash. Donaire is capable of some spectacular stuff. His speed and power are uncommon. The good is good enough to make some ignore obvious flaws that have always been there.

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Donaire’s mouth requests something his fists don’t need

Donaire’s mouth requests something his fists don’t need

Lyle Fitzsimmons

•Nov 12, 2013

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Good for Nonito Donaire. Even though the “Filipino Flash” looked comprehensively ordinary for eight rounds against repeat foil Vic Darchinyan on Saturday night in Corpus Christi, he still managed to get all his ducks in a row before the subpar performance really cost him anything substantial. He woke up the echoes of a banner 2012 in the ninth round, dropping the Australia-based Armenian to his knees with a sweeping left hook and following up with a clever barrage that ultimately prompted referee Laurence Cole to intervene at 2:06 of the session. Given that two judges had him well behind with only two rounds to go, it was clear the stoppage came just in time to save the fight. And given the commentary spewed by analyst HBO’s Max Kellerman as the bout progressed, it was exactly what was needed to save his street cred, too. Few would question that it was cause for revelry for an emotionally relieved competitor. But it wasn’t long before that revelry wrote a check his skills show no evidence he’ll cash. Upon being asked by Kellerman who’d provide the perfect encore to a second defeat of the awkward “Raging Bull” in six years, Donaire clearly let the amalgam of euphoria, testosterone and concussion get the better of him before issuing a more reasoned reply.

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Walters' Trainer: Nicholas is Too Much For Donaire

Walters' Trainer: Nicholas is Too Much For Donaire

Edward Chaykovsky

•Nov 12, 2013

Job Walters, father and trainer of WBA featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (23-0, 19KOs), was not impressed with Nonito Donaire's ninth round stoppage of Vic Darchinyan on Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas. On the same card, Walters blasted out Alberto Garza in four rounds. Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes both Walters and Donaire, wants to match the two of them in 2014. The elder Walters believes his fighter will be too much for the Filipino Flash, who started his career at flyweight and now finds himself in the dangerous featherweight ranks.

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CompuBox: Donaire More Accurate, Darchinyan Busier

CompuBox: Donaire More Accurate, Darchinyan Busier

CompuBox

•Nov 11, 2013

Cautious rematch between power punchers. Nonito Donaire was more selective with his shots, landing 52% of his non-jabs. Vic Darchinyan, ahead on all cards thru eight rounds, was the busier fighter.

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Arum Wants Donaire-Walters, Not Rigondeaux Rematch

Arum Wants Donaire-Walters, Not Rigondeaux Rematch

Ronnie Nathanielsz

•Nov 11, 2013

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum doesn’t want Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire to face off with WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux in his next fight, despite the fact that Donaire called him out after winning by a 9th round TKO in a featherweight rematch against Vic Darchinyan on Saturday night in Corpus Christi, Texas last Saturday. Instead, Arum told BoxingScene.com/Manila Standard that he would like Donaire to face Jamaica’s undefeated WBA featherweight champion Nicholas “Axe Man” Walters (23-0, 19 KO’s), who retained his title with a 4th round TKO over Mexican challenger Alberto Garza on the same card as Donaire and whom Arum described as “very powerful.”

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“Fighting Words” —Donaire Must Heed This Wake-Up Call

“Fighting Words” —Donaire Must Heed This Wake-Up Call

David P. Greisman

•Nov 11, 2013

by David P. Greisman - The sky isn’t falling. You’d think the truth to be otherwise, given some of the reaction following Nonito Donaire’s rematch win over Vic Darchinyan this past Saturday. You’d read some of the responses and believe there to be just cause for Chicken Little-style panic. The sky isn’t falling, but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be cause for concern in Donaire’s camp. Changes are needed. And it was Donaire’s victory against Darchinyan that accentuated this truth far more than Donaire’s loss to Guillermo Rigondeaux did this past April. We’re fickle folk, us boxing fans, us observers whose opinions veer to the extreme and rarely fall in-between. Perhaps that’s understandable in a sport that concludes with polar opposites, with a winner and a loser. Yet there are shades of gray. Not all losses are created equal. Nor are all wins. That is why Manny Pacquiao will soon headline another major pay-per-view in his first fight back following last year’s winless campaign, when he lost a highly controversial split decision to Timothy Bradley and then was on the receiving end of Juan Manuel Marquez’s dramatic one-punch knockout. It is why Ruslan Provodnikov can look back on his 2013 and recognize that his one win and one loss were both good for him. And it is why Gabriel Rosado can look toward 2014 and believe that he can build on a year in which he went 0-2 with a third defeat overturned into a “no decision.”

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