Nonito Donaire vs Jeffrey Mathebula, Brandon Rios vs Mauricio Herrera Headed to HBO

Who is Mathebula?

 

cheers. I'll see the fight probably Donaire and Rios deliver action almost every time

 

Decent little card. . . Mathebula, and Herrara are worthy enough B-side guys. . .


Herrera could easily play spoiler. . Surprised they're throwing Rios in with another Abril type. . . Herrara is a bit more aggressive, and has more balls than Abril, so it could be a sweet little two-way action fight. . Rios will probably be too strong, and stop him late, or win 117-111 type decision. . .


Mathebula is better than Mijares, but there's still a lot of guys who should be fighting Donaire first - Nishioka, Arce, Rigo. . But whatever, it's cool!

 

With few exceptions, the HBO platform (specifically the main event and co-feature slots), IMO, shouldn't be used for name fighters to be matched against opponents who either haven't had a previous presence on the network - or other networks with similar platforms and thus are complete unknowns to the general public.

This platform should be reserved for big fights - and neither one of these fights qualify, IMO.

 

These are **** fights. They should be on ESPN at best rather than HBO.

 

top swank card again,two man show, beat up the unknown,**** top rank!!!put them in some real fighter!! Come On Now!!! goldenboy all the way!!

 

Comes from the same Gym as Moruti Mathalane. Who if it wasn't for a cut would have beaten Nonito by UD.He lost a close

SD to Caballero.Good fight on offer here.

:good

 

Must've issed it. What happened to his fight with Mijares?

 

Solid fights.

 

I agree with the concept. . Showtime really started making the move towards putting on competitive fights, rather than simply trying to "build" "house fighters". . . I thought HBO was going to change towards this as well, but this is definitely a "showcase" card for two named fighters. .


I mean, but obviously if we as HBO subscribers want to see on average at least one card a month, it's hard to find competitive, big fights on a regular basis. . .


THis card really isn't that bad for a "showcase" type card. . . Mathebula seems to be one of the better guys in the division, and Herrara has a style that could create some two-way action with Rios.

 

So-so doubleheader.

Anyone that thinks Mathebula is more of a challenge to Donaire than Mijares would have been just due to being bigger either hasn't seen recent footage of both or DKSAB.