Donaire plunges to No. 10 in RING's list

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire Jr. suffered a huge drop in the latest RING Magazine pound-for-pound list following his unanimous decision loss to Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux.

From No. 5, the “Filipino Flash” fell five places to No. 10 in the mythical pound-for-pound list.

Donaire also lost the RING Magazine junior featherweight (super bantamweight) belt to Rigondeaux, who already walked away with the WBO and the WBA titles.

The Cuban amateur standout gave Donaire a boxing clinic, forcing the Filipino boxer to struggle against his defensive style during their unification title match over the weekend.

Rigondeaux’s efforts, however, was not enough to land him into the Top 10 pound-for-pound list.

According to RingTV’s Chuck Giampa, the RING's editorial board felt that Rigondeaux has yet to prove himself worthy of being among the other pound-for-pound kings.

“The Editorial Board decided against ranking Rigondeaux in the pound-for-pound top 10 at the present time, which in no way is meant to dismiss the Cuban amateur legend. Rigondeaux has proven to be the best 122-pound boxer in the world, however, the other fighters in the pound-for-pound top 10 have proven themselves in multiple weight classes,” he said.

The win wasn’t also enough for Rigondeaux to replace Donaire in the mythical list, Giampa added.

“It was decided to keep the 30-year-old veteran, who had a banner year in 2012, on the list,” he said.

“The loss to Rigondeaux was Donaire’s first in 12 years. In that time, he’s won major titles at flyweight (by knocking out then-undefeated and pound-for-pound-rated Vic Darchinyan), bantamweight (by knocking out then-pound-for-pound-rated Fernando Montiel) and junior featherweight, where he unified two major belts and earned THE RING title,” Giampa explained.

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Bradley: ‘I will dominate Pacquiao’

With each passing day, the confidence level of Timothy Bradley continues to grow.

Speaking to the online edition of The Ring magazine, Bradley boasted that he has Manny Pacquiao all figured out and that he will prove on June 9 that he is not all talk.

Less than three weeks before Pacquiao defends his mythical title of pound-for-pound king at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Bradley said he believes that he has the style to befuddle the Filipino great.

“I can deal with any southpaw,” Bradley said, noting that he has learned how to deal with their lefty stance after beating Devon Alexander and Joel Casamayor.

“I’m a lot more familiar with the southpaw stance…I’m just a lot better with that now at competing and defeating southpaws. It’s not a big deal anymore. You know, switching up and having to face a southpaw can be tricky. But it’s just like riding a bike to me, now.”

Bradley, unbeaten in 28 fights with 12 knockouts, is in the final two weeks of training in Palm Springs, California, and he is eager to get his hands on Pacquiao.

Since has has mastered Pacquiao’s moves, Bradley said he plans to “dominate” him en route to scoring the biggest win of his career.

Pacquiao, meanwhile, sparred ten full rounds at the Wild Card in Hollywood on Tuesday and should begin tapering off towards the end of this week.

Trainer Freddie Roach is upbeat that Pacquiao will make Bradley eat his words.

Roach, who has been calling the shots in Pacquiao’s corner since mid-2001, said Pacquiao’s main weapons against Bradley are “experience, speed and power.”

source: interaksyon.com