Donaire thinks he's better than the other champs in the divison,agree??

[El Gamo]

CC back bro,good to see you around. I totally agree,if anyone thinks that the Donaire fight was a fluke,they don't know their boxing. He was countering Vic all night and had shorter,sharPer punches. Again though,against someone like Sakata,who has a good all round game and is very very tough,I'd still favour Sakata. Parra was/is a superb boxer and Sakata stopped him(albeit a weight drained Parra but their other fights were close too).

[:::PSL:::]

Agreed. Let me get serious here a bit. As many sez, style makes the fight, and Donaire showed that indeed to be the truth. Many of the highly regarded fighters today are actually nothing more than power-drunk brutes - show them some nice moves and style and their exposed for what they are. These include, of course Darchinian, Ponce de Leon (look what Penalosa did to him), and also Katsidis, to name some of the prominent ones today. Some are tempted to include Pac in this category but he has something what most other power brutes don't have: he's also got the heart, the chin and most importantly the speed - he destroys his opponents with his speed and power.

Donaire has shown utmost maturity and poise in his fight against Darch. He patiently engaged Darch in a superb counter-punching fight, baiting him to shoot and countering with a well setup hook, which stunned Darch over and over until he took the right one at the right moment, which means it wasn't a fluke but a well prepared and executed plan. Don has shown in that fight that he has the style, the power, the chin and the heart of a true great champion, although I think he's still got to be tested more for his chin and heart, but I must haste to add that he didn't show any respect for his highly regarded, nay feared, opponent in that fight.

So to me, among the new breeds of young fighters today, Don is definitely the one to watch, as he has shown to have all the traits of a good boxers, most important of which is The style... ...CC for El Gamo for the nice thread.

Nice comment Mr. "pacfan temporarily disguising as penalosafan"

Nonito has been calling out for Christian Mijares. I'm sure Mijares got his attention now ($,$$$.$$).

[pacfan]

Thanx to both El Gamo and pareng pacstrightleft (cc right back).
Yup, I think Don still needs to be tested more to be considered a real great champion. Two more good fights are I think enough to prove if he is for real or not. So I hope those fights are coming soon, including possible Sakata and Mijares fights (I haven't seen either of the two but I'll take your words for it).

[brucelee]

Thanx to both El Gamo and pareng pacstrightleft (cc right back).
Yup, I think Don still needs to be tested more to be considered a real great champion. Two more good fights are I think enough to prove if he is for real or not. So I hope those fights are coming soon, including possible Sakata and Mijares fights (I haven't seen either of the two but I'll take your words for it).

This is what I have been trying to point out. Donaire needs to prove himself more by fighting worthy opponents.

[pacfan]

Thanx to both El Gamo and pareng pacstrightleft (cc right back).
Yup, I think Don still needs to be tested more to be considered a real great champion. Two more good fights are I think enough to prove if he is for real or not. So I hope those fights are coming soon, including possible Sakata and Mijares fights (I haven't seen either of the two but I'll take your words for it).

This is what I have been trying to point out. Donaire needs to prove himself more by fighting worthy opponents.

No question there, he's still got to prove himself, or for that matter, anyone with just one great performance, no matter how spectacular it might have been, still has to prove himself.

[lbcya99]

only one way to find out... challenge them and prove eveyone right..