Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. vs. Naoya Inoue & Nordine Oubaali vs. Takuma Inoue RBR

I think two of the Big Five have elevated from the others.

1. Canelo
2. Inoue

 

I was pulling for this so bad. There were numerous occasions in that fight where I thought Nonito just needed one flush left hook to end it. Credit to Naoya for the mental fortitude he showed when he was hurt.

 

Nah loma and Crawford have just done more and looked as dominant. Inoue needs nery and oubali and I’ll have him tied with those 2.

 

9-3 117-110 Inoue. Not a close fight round wise, but a hell of a fight in spots.

Inoue just took years off of Donaire's life.

 

If all fights are like tonight, then nobody else would watch any other sports

 

You gotta add Lomachenko to that. These guys are giving size and reach while doing their accomplishments. Which Crawford and Spence don't. And it is on question for Inoue but since Donaire was the bigger man tonight.

 

Crawford doesn't have a single win that competes with Inoue defeating two #1's in Hernandez and Narvaez.

Compare their 5 or 10 best wins; it's Inoue over Crawford all day and comfortably.

I see no argument for Crawford being viewed over Inoue.

 

Bro Nonito has me shitting my pants but at the same time a little part of me was rooting for him he’s just such a stand up guy and I rooted for him way before I even knew Inoue existed. I know people like to cite his earlier work but how he went devil mode against darchinyan in their second fight after being down in there cards is my favorite donaire moment.

 

That's how you pass a torch. I wish all of the other top p4pers of the decade had done as much. Martinez ducked Golovkin. Floyd ducked Brook, Khan, Spence, Porter, Thurman, and Bradley. Pacquiao ducked Brook, Khan, Spence, Crawford, and Porter. Ward and Kovalev ducked Beterbiev, Gvozdyk, Stevenson, and Bivol. Golovkin gave Canelo his chance. Wlad gave Fury and Joshua theirs. Hopkins passed it to Kovalev. Marquez passed it to Bradley. Rigondeaux passed his to Lomachenko.

 

Yeah it's hard to not root for a guy like Nonito. Big time underdog against Inoue but turned back the clock to really give himself a chance at the biggest win of his career.

As for favorite Nonito moments, mine has to be the destruction of Montiel. I was hyped and scared coming into the fight considering the momentum that Montiel came in with (his addition to The Ring P4P list and his starching of Hasegawa in Japan) but Nonito just wasted him. That Nonito left hook, after all these years, is still proven to be one of the most dangerous punches to take in the sport.

 

Prime Nonito was unstoppable. No one could beat that Donaire. I still remember his interview around the rigo fight where he said he had no motivation to box since he achieved so much and 6-7 years later he just gave the monster his hardest fight.