Zarate via K.O. Proven, and can remain poised in a firefight. Donaires feet may give him an advantage, but I'd favour Zarate to wear him down and stop him late, punching him half-out of the ring a la Rodolfo Martinez ;-) At 118, I'd imagine Zarate wouldn't turn up as he did against Gomez. As quality as Donaire looks, I'm not sold on him being a punch picker in the vein of Bazooka Gomez; get back to me when he has taken the **** out of someone of Davilas class.
Not a good idea to wait for big single countering oppurtunites against Zarate. While you're doing that he's patiently fisting your ribcage.
Donaire is headed to real greatness..I won't talk it up and jinx him, but you'll see a lower case SRR in his punching ability and ability to produce knockouts alone.
I'd compare him more to someone like light heavy Moorer or a young puncher-mode DLH.Not aesthetically or in body rhythm, but the way he's a pretty methodical boxer-puncher with strong basic tools that likes to use his size and power. He's got a totally different way of moving in the ring and i'm sure a better comparison would come to mind if i thought more about it, but that's the style of boxer-puncher i'd put him in.
