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Donaire Odyssey: Nonito needs to be hungry

By Edwin Espejo Sat, Oct 22, 2011 8:29AM UTC View Comments

His lofty world ranking notwithstanding, Nonito Donaire is still a hungry fighter. The eight-month layoff in between tomorrow’s fight and Donaire’s last makes him even fiercer. And with his quest for recognition and honor as motivations, Donaire is a dangerous predator when he faces Argentinean Omar Narvaez for what will be his last fight as...

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Donaire Odyssey: A stroke of luck

By Edwin Espejo Fri, May 20, 2011 11:40AM UTC View Comments

For a while, it looked like Nonito Donaire Jr’s career was hanging in the balance. He was supposed to fight a unification bout against Anselmo Moreno on May 28. Nonito captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight crown by knocking out former champion Fernando Montiel in the second round...

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Donaire Odyssey: Right or wrong, it was a choice

By Edwin Espejo Mon, Mar 28, 2011 7:10AM UTC View Comments

Super-welterweight boxers Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., left, and Matt Vanda, right, pose for a photo with IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. Pic: AP.

Seeing Yuriorkis Gamboa demolish Jorge Solis inside four rounds makes me wonder whether Nonito Donaire Jr has what it takes to compete in the 126 to 135 pound levels where the next pound for pound king could emerge. Gamboa combined power and speed in knocking down Solis five times before the referee stopped the fight...

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