Nonito donaire was he a Fraud?

donaire a hype job?Nope he fought the best boxer on the planet in rigondeaux and then fought a younger guy who hits like an axe.

 

The guy can still beat everyone at 122 except Rigo

 

No, he just moved up in weight and wasnt effective. Not everyone can move up a weight class each year and expect to dominate, only a hand full of fighters are succesful at moving up and still improving.

 

A great dude who has been losing his interest in boxing post rigo. Would still beat top guys even that state imo. Pretty solid.

 

I actually believe had he had the support of the Filipino's (rather than getting played off to the side in favor of Manny) he would of become a better fighter.

 

Nah just a physically gifted dude that never really bothered to learn the fundamentals.

Kinda like Ali, Hamed, Jones, Gamboa, Pacquiao etc.

He was a 4 division champ i think, ain't no way hes a hypejob.

 

He doesn't have size advantage any more and was just underskilled against Rigo. Moreover, he thought he was special and didn't need Conte, Mr. Balco.

 

Rigondeaux makimg someone look like an idiot hardly makes them a fraud, that's just what Rigo does.

 

No. He really was elite, but there were several factors contributing to him getting embarrassed against Rigondeaux:

1. Donaire had climbed up through many divisions.
2. In that weight neighborhood, 30 is old and 13 years in the pros is a long time.
3. He was originally a very good counter-punching boxer-puncher who fell in love with his own power and had become conceited and complacent long before he met Rigondeaux, sooner or later it was going to catch up with him; the writing had been on the wall.
4. Stylistically, an opponent like Rigondeaux may always have been poison for him. Just because he was elite and unbeaten at world level for a stretch in the lower weight classes doesn't mean he was invincible there, just that he was equipped to beat everyone did happen to face. He was never 'perfect' or anything, nor is there any point in his prime where you would have a hard time digging through history to find a flyweight or bantamweight that could defeat him.

 

Noobs suck these days, jesus.

 

He was legit. He's shot right now. Prime for prime he beats Walters imo, if he were in his prime in that division.