Nonito ''The Filipino Flash'' Donaire made short work of his French opponent, stopping Anthony Settoul in just two rounds of their 10-round bout at the Cotai Arena in Macau Saturday.
The former five-division champion showed up with a much improved boxing style, utilizing right straights and body shots instead of just relying on his devastating left hook.
This allowed Donaire to knock down Settoul twice in the first round and one last time during the second stanza.
In the first round, the Filipino Flash timed the Frenchman with a short stab to the liver while dodging Settoul's looping shots. The painful shot to the body forced Settoul to take a knee, while referee Danrex Tapdasan was giving him the mandatory count.
The French boxer was able to stand up but was again met with another combination capped with another left hook to the body. This led to Settoul's second knockdown.
In the third round, Donaire smashed Settoul with a right straight that decked the Frenchman. Settoul stood up on wobbly knees, forcing his corner to throw in the towel.
Tapdasan halted the fight at 1:41 of the second round.
''We did well here. Hopefully you guys enjoyed the fight,'' said Donaire while addressing the crowd at the Cotai Arena.
The Filipino Flash said he trained hard to improve his other punches so he would not rely too much on his left hook.
''We worked really hard for it. We did everything with the body shots, set up the punches and of course the counter punches,'' said Donaire.
''Not everybody's gonna look just for the left hook now. I have more than one weapon and that's everything else,'' added the beaming Filipino-American.
source: www.abs-cbnnews.com
