Wednesday, December 8th 2010

All Hail Donaire

Jake Donovan of BoxingScene.com heaps praise on NONITO DONAIRE Jr.:

The supremely skilled Filipino reminded the boxing world (or at least those who were able to tune into last wekeend’s pay-per-view telecast) why is he so often regarded as one of the very best in the world, pound-for-pound.

In what was by far his most significant test since stopping Vic Darchinyan more than three years ago, Donaire enjoyed a brilliant bantamweight debut by becoming the first fighter to stop former bantamweight titlist Wladimir Sidirenko, battering and bloodying the Ukrainian en route to a fourth round knockout.

Donaire believes it to be his best performance to date, and even took the time to qualify his remark for those immediately confused by his comments.

“With Darchinyan, it was a one-punch knockout. Here, I got to show all of my skills,” was his explanation afterwards. There’s a lot of truth to his claim, as Donaire dominated every second of the bout, including his scoring three knockdowns before forcing a mercy stoppage midway through the fourth round at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Prior to the fight, Donaire insisted that while he respected Sidirenko as a worthy challenger, it was the knowledge of the Montiel fight being at stake that served as the motivation he felt has been missing from his career ever since knocking out Darchinyan more than three years ago.

Read the full article HERE.

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