Nordine Oubaali vs. Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr.

Nonito will wreck Oubaali. Stylistically Donaire is all wrong for him. Sure Donaire hasn't looked great in recent years, although he managed to turn the clock back against Young, Burnett and Inoue. But part of the reason why he's looked so lackluster is because he's had to face an endless barrage of runners or guys who control range well. Which forced Donaire, who is a natural counter puncher, to be the aggressor, which is a role he's never been all that comfortable in. But the reason he had so much success against Inoue is because Inoue is an aggressive fighter. Well so is Oubaali, whose defense has a tendency to be shoddy at times which causing him to get hit clean a hell of a lot more than Naoya, and he also doesn't hit as hard. If Takuma's featherfists can shake him up, recklessly walking into one of Donaire's money punches and eating it full force, might be devastating.

Donaire by brutal KO, possibly even early.

 

Yeah, this is one of those matches where I don't even have a even a fleeting doubt about the outcome. Not saying I can't be wrong, but usually when I'm this sure of an outcome, like I was with Figueroa/Nery and Taylor/Ramirez, I'm usually right. When in doubt, I should always throw my prediction out, like with Canelo/Saunders. Which I was quietly waffling on for weeks beforehand. So fingers crossed, Donaire can get the job done Saturday, and possibly go on to get that Rigo rematch he's been wanting so badly.

 

Yeah, like you said.... he's not just a counter puncher, but an aggressive counter puncher, who tends once he lands a counter left on an opponent, he literally can't resist following up by launching little Nery like attacks, and he leaves tons of little openings for someone as well schooled as Donaire to see and exploit with relative ease. So no matter how shot Donaire may be, the power is the last to go, and even a Donaire at 50% probably has enough left to offset Nordine's youth and so so skillset.