Donaire vs Vazquez Results: Nonito Donaire Wins, But Lacks Flash Again
by Scott Christ on Feb 4, 2012 11:17 PM EST
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Nonito Donaire captured the WBO super bantamweight title via split decision over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr tonight in San Antonio, though the split decision part is more than a little dubious. Official scores were 117-110 and 117-110 for Donaire, and 115-112 for Vazquez. Bad Left Hook scored it 117-110 for Donaire.
Donaire (28-1, 18 KO) wasn't thrilling tonight, and knew it after the fight, saying he wasn't happy with his performance, and that he was no longer looking to quickly shoot up through the weight classes, instead planning to stay at 122 pounds for the time being. A stunning win was thought to open up the possibility of a move to featherweight, but this win was anything but exciting.
Vazquez (21-2-1, 18 KO) stayed in the fight throughout, but never threatened to win the bout, unless you're judge Ruben Garcia. He did land a good jab throughout the fight, but had trouble uncorking his power shots due to some fear of the fast counter punches coming back from Donaire.
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Donaire also suffered an injured left hand in the bout, with his wraps bloodied after the fight. The extent of the injury is unknown.
Still, one gets the feeling that what Nonito Donaire means by "I want action fights" is "I want opponents who open themselves up and make it easy." Vazquez was too tentative tonight and started terribly slow in the bout, giving away the first four rounds. But Vazquez didn't make it easy for Donaire to look sensational, just as Omar Narvaez did not last October.
What comes next for Donaire is not known, because tonight's rather pedestrian but somewhat dominant win sort of resets the clocks. It's definitely time to pump the brakes on the Donaire hype truck, because this is two straight fights where opponents didn't give him the big openings, and he didn't quite look like the "Filipino Flash," but instead just a very good, very skilled boxer.
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The tendency of even the most avid fans to jettison this and any kid to too high a rung seems to be more wishful thinking than reality.
The young guys like Donaire, Gamboa, Khan or whomever are far too often hyped beyond their accomplishments and then when they actually fight more elite fighters at higher weights, they look mortal. It shouldn’t really surprise us but it seems to nevertheless.
Me thinks we tend to project a tad too often…
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Here’s what I think in the end about Donaire tonight: B+ type performance, and with what does appear to clearly be an injured hand. I don’t think he’s an overrated fighter. I do think he’s an overrated action fighter. He’s exciting when guys walk into his knockouts. Otherwise he’s just a really, really good boxer, and he’s not so stupid that he forces things either.
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Well….at the end of the day that is why guys like Hearns, Leonard, Hagler, Tyson, Jones Jr and Manny electrify audiences. They are action fighters. Very few can maintain that standard.
Nonito has some big…..huge KO’s… on his record already for a little guy. I think what we are seeing is to be expected as he tries out higher weights and better prepared fighters.
Anyone who watched him dismantle Montiel is going to fight Nonito more defensively that they may have otherwise. As well they should. That is in part what we are seeing; men such as WV2 doing better than either we or they thought they would …and thus winning even as they are being beaten.
Hell, these guys are happy to get to the end of the fight. Nonito to his credit isn’t. He wants to please the fans.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
And even your listed action fighters have had their fair share of snoozers due to timid opponents...
"The person who takes a dump on you isn't always your enemy, and the person who takes you out of the dump isn't always your friend."
Shit, that was a reply to Pakin :(
"The person who takes a dump on you isn't always your enemy, and the person who takes you out of the dump isn't always your friend."
Got it Dino
I was thinking the same thing.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
Thank you
Indeed they have. Every one of them.
"Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
---- Muhammed Ali
I still dont see why this guy is in p4p lists. HE has beaten 2 guys in spectacular fashion (Darchynian & Montiel) and a bunch of guys that went from fly to bantam.
He cant pull the trigger effectively against guys tthat have a defense and a jab, even though one of them was 36, was a flyweight and looked like he was in elementary school.
I specially cant see why he is ranked above Marquez or Ward who are more than proven…
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