Nonito Donaire vs. Jeffrey Mathebula - Saturday night fight thread

**Rantcatrat** · 07-08-2012 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Not a bad night of boxing, (except for the judging) Pavlik & Donaire both had tough fights, but came away winners. It remains to be seen how Kelly will do at SMW, but I hope he does well, many among us have had issues with Alcohol, it would be great to see him win another title. As for Donaire, there should be some great fights ahead for him, 122 & 126 are loaded.

I didn't have as much of a problem with the Donaire-Mathebula scoring as I have in the past with other fights because the right guy won. Mathebula slapped a lot with his punches and moved away from the action the entire fight. Is it me or has Donaire become so enamored by his power that he constantly looks for the big punch, forgetting combination punching and effective body work? Clearly, he is explosive, but should he not consider setting those game-ending punches up more? I still favor Rigo if they fought. I would like to see Donaire v. Nishioka or Donaire v. Mares.

**shza** · 07-09-2012 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by Rantcatrat

Originally Posted by Mars_ax

Not a bad night of boxing, (except for the judging) Pavlik & Donaire both had tough fights, but came away winners. It remains to be seen how Kelly will do at SMW, but I hope he does well, many among us have had issues with Alcohol, it would be great to see him win another title. As for Donaire, there should be some great fights ahead for him, 122 & 126 are loaded.

I didn't have as much of a problem with the Donaire-Mathebula scoring as I have in the past with other fights because the right guy won. Mathebula slapped a lot with his punches and moved away from the action the entire fight. Is it me or has Donaire become so enamored by his power that he constantly looks for the big punch, forgetting combination punching and effective body work? Clearly, he is explosive, but should he not consider setting those game-ending punches up more? I still favor Rigo if they fought. I would like to see Donaire v. Nishioka or Donaire v. Mares.

Definitely agree with the criticism of Donaire here. He's becoming less fun to watch as a result.

**DavilaJones** · 07-10-2012 05:00 PM

This is slightly off topic but:

Do you guys remember the fight between Martinez and Macklin? Of how the HBO commentators were constantly criticizing Martinez and even on air they said "oh Max Kellerman just texted me I think Nonito donaire is P4P #3"

Asides from the utter disrespect for the two fighters in the ring what shocked me was why they were doing that. Do you gents believe Nonito is a bigger cash cow?