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I hate to say this, but I totally agree Bilbo. No way is Donaire the 6th best fighter in the world. He dragged up a strawweight for his last fight at Super-Flyweight. A strawweight who wasn't even the best in the world at his division (ranked 10th before the fight).

He has a great win against Darchinyan and that is it. The sad thing is there is a really talented Asian fighter in the lower divisions in Hozumi Hasegawa, who gets fuck all interest despite annihaliting people at Bantamweight, purely because he's not on US TV. I'm amazed they haven't tried dropping Marquez below him. Also how the fuck is Cotto still ranked?

Anyway ignoring that, Donaire, whilst talented, is not on technique the 6th best fighter in the world. He's just not. I don't even like him, but Tim Bradley is far more deserving of being in there. I don't know who I'll root against when Donaire & Vic fight again. Double KO please.
Donaire has the talent to be ranked 6th...IMO he beats just about everyone in or around his division....HE JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO FIGHT THE GUYS NEEDED TO MAKE THE RANKING CREDIBLE!!!!
I agree, he has the skill sets to merit the ranking, but he has to get in there with those guys! I feel that he can dominate 115 and potentially even dominate 118. I'm high on the guy's skills, just not his current resume. Ever since the Vic fight in 2007 his career has been going in the wrong direction.
Yeah I thought after the Vic win he would really open up and start going after the top guys...I mean Vic was the most feared fighter under Bantamweight when they met...people thought he was going to walk through Donaire...Then his promotion problems...OK I understand fighters have that issue especially after winning a world title because they are now in a new earning bracket....But still nothing...Figured maybe a few soft defenses to get the whole I am Champion feel...Nope....

Been disappointed....was really looking at some big fights for him to be made....

Though Thanks to the information of Toe2toe we now know Donaire has 1 loss on his record