NONITO DONAIRE WILL BE THE NEW KING OF BOXING

oh cmon. all i can say is. if floyd beats somebody, that somebody still looks good. if manny beats somebody? that somebody either will retire or will go to the hospital. that's why boxers who got beaten by floyd still wants to fight pacquiao. and boxers beaten by pacquiao will never fight mayweather for they just cant anymore. damaged goods people. thats what happened to them. lol.

Don, I'd like to share my comment to Mr Albert Benson"s aticle "Nonito, Martinez and Pacquiao are not in Mayweather's level"...... Dear Albert Benson, I have to agree with you that Manny Pacquiao’s not on Floyd Mayweather’s level….neither Nonito Donaire is far below Manny’s. I really can’t say about Martinez, I haven’t been paying attention to the guy. Now, I want to know if you’re referring to the old Mayweather or the present Mayweather. Well, since we’re in the present, I really agree with your opinion that Pacquiao is not on the same level with Floyd. If my memory serves me right, Manny had to struggle with the mighty Juan Manuel Marquez when they fought at their then, natural fighting weights of 126 and 130 pounds limits. The Pacman and the Dinamita fought for a total of 24 non-stop action rounds. Top Rank Commentator was quoted saying “the best ever stylistic match up imaginable.” Despite scoring a total of four knockdowns, Pacquiao can only managed a draw and a controversial split decision win. While Floyd on the other hand, made easy work out of an over blown and undersized Marquez after sending the slow unnatural Juan down in the second round and then eases his way to a convincing unanimous decision win. Also, Floyd engaged battle tested Oscar Dela Hoya just after Oscar destroys the game Mayorga, and managed to elude the former’s constant aggressiveness and escaped with a respected split decision. While Pacquiao on the other hand, the shorter and obviously, the smaller fighter had to constantly move side to side, in and out , bobbing and weaving and at the same time, target shooting just to avoid the heavy handed Dela Hoya who later on retires from his stool at the end of the 8th round, because he just cannot pull the trigger anymore. Pacquiao, who made a brief stop at 135, jumped two divisions up made the 35 year old six division world champion quit. Also, Floyd engaged battle tested Oscar Dela Hoya just after Oscar destroys the game Mayorga, and managed to elude the former’s constant aggressiveness and escaped with a respected split decision. While Pacquiao on the other hand, the shorter and obviously, the smaller fighter had to constantly move side to side, in and out , bobbing and weaving and at the same time, target shooting just to avoid the heavy handed Dela Hoya who later on retires from his stool at the end of the 8th round, because he just cannot pull the trigger anymore. Pacquiao, who made a brief stop at 135, jumped two divisions up made the 35 year old six division world champion quit. Another reason why I agree with you, is that when Floyd fought the previously unbeaten Junior welterweight king Ricky Hatton. Mayweather, despite having some difficulty and had to give away some rounds to Hatton early…who’s fighting as a welterweight for the first time…. Knocked out Hatton cold in the 10th round. While the Pacman, who hasn’t fought in the junior welterweight division engaged the natural 140 pounder Ricky with the Manchester native’s way of fighting and just took the daylights out of Hatton as if little Ricky had taken a piece of candy bar from little Manny and he wants it back right away. Furthermore, Floyd had snoozed out uncontested unanimous decision against Mosley… who’s just coming off big K.O. win against Margarito. Although was hurt and was clearly holding on for dear life in the second round, Mayweather managed to stay away and controlled the rest of the fight and decisions the gas out Mosley. Although Manny had scored a clear knockdown in the 3rd, he had difficulty finding Mosley most of the fight. Pacquiao had to use speed and is constantly moving forward against the backtracking Mosley to clear all rounds 1 to 12. Lastly, if you put Mayweather against Clottey….it would be entirely different. Clottey will bang! And will bang more! And it’s going to be a war early, maybe a round or two. And when Mayweather gets into his groove, he will do what he does best…… While the Pacman, attacked Clottey’s shelled up defense by throwing bunches of power punches over bunch of power punches with speed and accuracy while moving side to side, using different angles all throughout the entire fight to the amazement not only of the crowd at the Cowboy Stadium, but ( like what Michael Buffer used to say) the millions watching around the world. Pacquiao just didn’t give Joshua a chance to fight….he’d completely took Clottey’s game away from the get go. And, if my memory serves me right again…..Manny Pacquiao always does that since moving up in weight. In the end, the only eight(8) Division World Champion and the only four(4) Linear World Champion is the One Dimensional Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao. Yes, I agree that pacquiao is not on Mayweather’s level.

As good as he is, Donaire’s really had difficulties penetrating the smaller and shorter Narvaez’ defense. Nonito needs to fight guys who is not scared and guys who’s willing to engage no matter how difficult the adversity is in front of them. He needs to fight the likes of Arce and Vasquez, Jr. next time out in order for that “next big thing” to have a chance at least in sight. These fighter’s neither a quitter nor a runner…they will die fighting. Regardless of the results…win or lose, that’s where your real status as a pound per pound would be justified. He needs to go for bigger quality name opponents whether moving up in weight or staying a bit longer as a Bantamweight. Mares and Moreno, including Agbeko where the big names in the 118 lbs. weight class where he’s now. Harold Lederman, in an Interview with HBO after Manny Pacquiao demolished Ledwaba in 2001, said..”Pacquiao is the next Big thing”…”He’s the next Mike Tyson of boxing.” Pacquiao, a virtual nobody before the Ledwabe fight, took on all the great fighters that you could have imagined. He’d lost one and drew some but those big fights had been Manny’s measuring stick for the bigger things to come and why he’s where at right now. And the rest was history.

Donaire needs to quit ducking the whoopin he'll take from Gamboa. Respect that and move on. Good day.

I love your article,Don. I've always loved them. But, Donaire hasn't fought a guy his size. And, people started talking how's he gonna handle these bigger fighters like Gamboa and Lopez. We know that Nonito's a natural bigger guy at his current fighting weight and that's the reason why he's just walking his way in and whacking the likes of Darchinyan, Martinez, Zydorenko & Montiel, and whom the first and the latter was highly regarded as the best fighters at the lower weight before they walked in to Donaire. I think that Nonito's natural fighting weight is somewhere 126 to 130 pounds. He could even be at the lightweight division someday. But, he needs to be tested against a guy his size. I kinda agree with your thoughts that Juan Ma is tailor made for him. But still, that remains to be seen. Well, you're the expert here....but, until then, we can never tell. Still love your article, though.

Go Donaire...proud to be Pinoy. And the rest of the world...Just stay humble and depend on God always...God bless to your carreer. Yes.. Go for your dreams..

Go Donaire...proud to be Pinoy. And the rest of the world...Just stay humble and depend on God always...God bless to your carreer.

its fair to say the next to carry the torch simply because he has the ability to be great.the records speaks for itself but it doesnt mean to be enough ,he has to do more to propel to to the higher level.

Records can't lie. He is fighting the finest and not ducking. I just hope Donaire will not end up like Mayweather when fame comes or he will lose his fans in the process.

Without a doubt, hands down and given the right opportunities by the shrewd Arum, Donaire will catapult to super stardom in both inside the ring and outside of it. He is more articulate than Pacquiao. No discredit to Pac. It is just a different upbringing. Donaire at an early stage of his career is garnering admirations and praises despite his once troubled personal life with his Dad and family. Many Filipinos must be glad he emerged as Pacquiao goes out on the twilight of his career. This is the only way boxing could be saved. Savor the times of two great fighters who happened to be from the same roots city of General Santos. Heck what do people in that city eat there? It coudln't be just baluts! LOL

I believe Donaire can be great, famous and PPV material in his next few fights. In the next few years, I guess he can climb even to Welterweight and become boxing's new sensation. I want to see him fight Gamboa and JuanMa Lopez someday

I was turned-off giving my comments upon reading the racial antics by the son and dad of that forgotten city. You guys don't have place on this earth anymore. Get lost!

Would love to see Donaire vs. Pacquiao...what do you think could have happened if both would have been able to make the fight in the same division FW @126, same age @28? Both fighters have devastating left...hook vs. cross and can move around with amazing footwork, who would win?

Where have all the slick Black American fighters gone? Coward Floyd Jr is still hiding behind that BS OSDT RBT excuse to avoid PacMan. LMAO!

I agree that Donaire will be the next Pound 4 Pound Champion. I also believe he will eventually break Pacquiao's Record of Four Lineal Championships. Never mind the Retard LARS...He's just mad cause he's too stupid to get a job and hasn't crapped on a Police Car in Two Days now.

Filipinos are not going to take over sorry.,the writer of this is just another smelly Filipino Pactard...move along people..Filipino women love white american men they even cheat on their filipino husbands and boyfriends with us

I like Nonito Donaire, but I think this article is a bit racial. Why is it only Filipino fans? So basically Filipinos can only be proud of him? And King of Boxing just because he is Filipino? I'm British and I like Nonito Donaire, it just seems a bit ethnically biased this article