Donaire has got all the tools and skills but fights at a weight class that gets little publicity here in the states. I'd have to say Concepcion has got the best shot at wide scale renown based on his weight, skills and charisma.
Boxing all together is gonna miss Manny. He is that special. His popularity is world wide and boxing will never see another like him. I like Nonito alot but I feel he is letting that Vic win simmer a bit too much, He either needs to rematch him again or look for another big name opponent to re-estaplish himself as a true bad ass. Conception is a good little fighter who has plenty of skills along with big power. He wont reach the magnitude of Manny cause he is so short and can only go up in weight so much.
I'd say Donaire. The guy has plenty of confidence in himself, besides the fact he's got some skills. Bautista needs to show more confidence. I just did not like how he looked going into the de Leon fight. He looked intimidated and scared. I think he already lost that fight even before the bell rang. JuanMa Lopez is the next big star of boxing I think. He just need stamina. He lost some snap in his punches in the Penalosa fight towards the end.
no can follow the footsteps of pacquiao....perhaps after 30-40 yrs there would be another phenomenon boxer/fighter that will emerge from the philippines.
I for one will definitely continue follow boxing even after Pac I only used to watch the big name fighters like Tyson and DLH, but I started watching Iron Mike when he was on the decline and DLH almost always lost his big fights so I was pretty frustrated with boxing, but Pac definitely got me interested again. Now thanks to these forums I'm starting to watch all these other fighters and damn, good time to be fan!
I dont think anyone would come close to pacman's accomplishment. Donaire has the talent to become great but we still have to wait and see.
There will never be another fighter like Pacquiao but Donaire is great and he will carry the torch just fine.