Roman Gonzalez vs Nonito Donaire is possible for the Beterbiev-Bivol card

Roman is past it. He would get diced and sliced up by Donaire on the way to being KTFO.

 

What’s this then? https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Pound_For_Pound--2010s

https://tbrb.org/p4p-rankings-archive

 

Both are well past it, but I'm not so sure how Gonzalez fares against decent bantamweights - even a washed Donaire. He's got something left in the tank, but he's quite physically underwhelming at the weight and his speed is diminishing considerably. And power is the last thing to go, so Donaire presumably should still have some serious pop in the left hook.

 

Didn’t he get knocked out by Rungivisai the year some claimed he was p4p #1? Lmao.

 

No The Ring and TBRB both put Choc as their P4P no. 1 in 2015. Choc fought SSR in 2017. Do your research before spouting nonsense. The undeniable fact is, is that both of these well respected ranking organisations and a substantial number of fans at the time too proclaimed Chocolatito as the best fighter on the planet for 2 years straight. Pac was also the P4P no. 1 before he got KOed by JMM, Chavez was no. 1 before his “draw” with Pernell, RJJ was no. 1 before getting sparked by Tarver. The argument that a guy’s career, their achievements, and their rankings should be disregarded because of a loss is nonsensical.

 

Wasn’t too keen with that match up anyways. Donaire should call it quits now. At least Chocolatito still has enough fight left in him for a title.