Nonito Donaire has one helluva resume

Man, I always forget that 'Axeman' Walters stopped Donaire! After his no mas against Loma he really fell off theradar, hasn't fought again I don't think?

Nonito has a stacked resume indeed!

 

I dont think he is an atg. If he is? what's inoue, or rigo, or frampton? he lost too many fights at key moments to be an atg. That's a personal opinion, of course, and it is worth what it is worth, i.e. nothing.

I wish every fighter were like nonito. He deserves a HUGE hat tip. A really huge one. I will definitely miss him, no doubt.

 

it was not a "no mas", it was a "**** you arum, I bet against me and I'll never fight again". I'm 100% sure he lost this fight on purpose to cash out and to say "**** arum, **** boxing". I'm completely sure, he hardly received a couple of jabs, he was not hurt at any moment and he didnt even try to fight. One of the weirdest fights I've ever witnessed.

What arum did to walters (destroy his career and force him to do what he did) is disgusting. We lost an incredible fighter on walters.

But well... that's another completely different topic, for another completely different thread.

 

yeah..guys with multiple losses aren't seen as ATG...

 

the problem is not so much that he has loses. But when and how and vs who he had those loses. He lost vs the best oposition he has faced. That's not what atgs do. An atg can be atg with loses, but usually those loses are not the best oposition they have faced, but random ****, because **** happens (bad luck, lack of commitment, overextended career, life.... whatever).

That's not the case of nonito, nonito lost always vs the best oposition possible plus he lost massively (at least, very clearly) those fights, and that's why I'm reluctant to say that this awesome fighter is atg.

 

Hoepfully they make inoue vs donaire 2

 

Donaire has always been sort of vulnerable and he's never beaten the very best men he's faced, but in a greater historical context it's very impressive for a guy who first contended as a flyweight to be as competitive as he was up to featherweight. I think he's been on a slow roll past his best probably since the Rigondeaux loss back in 2013, so the losses afterward shouldn't count too hard against him, minus maybe the Magdaleno upset. Also, Rigondeaux is one of the most talented guys to ever compete at 118/122. The combination of Donaire's multi-divisional effectiveness, the depth of his resume (yeah he lost a bit, but he also beat a lot of very good fighters from a lot of different places with a lot of different styles), his longevity, the fact that he was THE Champion at 122, and his ungodly power, all while being a clean athlete, is remarkable.

 

Nonito Donaire is a goddamn legend and ATG. Second only to Manny Pacquiao in Filipino boxing.

He can still drop down to 115 and clean out the division.

Or he can rule 118 after Inoue goes up.