In boxing, there’s an age-old adage that says styles make fights. This can’t be more true for both Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (31-1, 20 knockouts) and Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 knockouts) who both stepped on to the scales a shade under the Bantamweight limit in anticipation of their clash Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila) at the sold-out Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Both men are stylish, technical fighters with serious pop in either hand. Donaire, a crafty, ambidextrous, power-puncher with a monstrous left hook has beaten the crème de la crème of his division and anyone near it. The Filipino Flash holds the WBO Super Bantamweight title and will put it on the line against the WBA champion, Rigondeaux.
El Chacal (The Jackal) is a Cuban Olympic Boxing standout, a two-time gold medalist with a tremendous amateur background. His partnership with head trainer Pedro Diaz, a pairing that started back when he boxed for the Cuban national team, has transformed Rigondeaux into a more polished professional fighter.
Despite the huge difference in professional experience, with Rigondeaux barely amassing a handful of fights — 11 to be exact — many experts feel the fight is as close as it can be on paper. Both men employ very technical styles and both are fast as bullets and can end fights with a single punch.
A clash of speed and power
It’s inconceivable to think that there’s a Bantamweight faster than Nonito Donaire, but if you had to look somewhere, look no further than Guillermo Rigondeaux. The Cuban, who defected from his country to turn pro, has blazing fast hands and a mean uppercut that he likes to dig to the body.
His insane ability to outspeed opponents, however, could be his undoing.
Donaire, who is just as fast if not, faster, will likely get his punches off first against Rigondeaux, who fights with his hands down in a haphazard and open defense. Rigondeaux tends to rely too much on his athleticism and cat-like reflexes, which will be a problem against the tall and lanky Donaire.
Unknown Robert Marroquin, whom Rigondeaux went the distance with in his last fight, was able to hurt the Cuban and, at times, had him in trouble. Ricardo Cordoba was able to drop him with a jab and Rigondeaux tried desperately to stay away from him the entire fight.
Needless to say, Rigondeaux’s chin is a little suspect at this point, which could prove disastrous against a vicious knockout puncher in Donaire.
On the other hand, Donaire is unbeaten in the past 12 years, and has been on a recent tear through the lighter weight divisions, taking out big name after big name. Donaire’s infamous left-hook counter dropped Vic Darchinyan, Fernando Montiel and Jorge Arce into near-retirement while keeping other fighters running away into virtual survival mode just to hear the sound of the final bell.
The beauty of this Donaire-Rigondeaux matchup is that both fighters seem dead even on paper, as far as physicality goes. Sans experience, Rigondeaux is just as dangerous as Donaire.
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