Donaire vs. Arce & Rigondeaux vs. Kratingdaenggym this Saturday, December 15th on HBO

12/09/201212/09/2012 by Boxing News

Image: Donaire vs. Arce & Rigondeaux vs. Kratingdaenggym this Saturday, December 15th on HBO By Chris Williams: This Saturday night WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) will be facing old veteran Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) in a perfect mismatch on HBO at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

Also on the card in a fight which I feel is a much better one is WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) defending his title against the tough #3 WBA Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KO’s) in a fight that should give boxing fans a pretty good idea of how good or not so good Rigondeaux is as a fighter.

Donaire wants Mares after Arce mismatch; Rigondeaux also a possibility

11/29/201211/28/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) badly wants to face WBC super bantamweight champion Abner Mares (25-0-1, 13 KO’s) after Donaire makes short work of veteran Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) on December 15th at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

Donaire is hoping his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank will make the Mares fight next. However, there are many things working against the Donaire-Mares fight from taking place anytime soon, as Mares fights for Golden Boy Promotions, while Donaire fights for Top Rank. That kills the fight right there.

Donaire: Rigondeaux isn’t worth fighting

11/17/201211/16/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Despite WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) holding down a world title and being considered one of the best fighters at super bantamweight by hardcore boxing fans it’s still enough to impress WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) in being excited about fighting him. Donaire doesn’t feel like Rigondeaux has earned the right to fight him even though he’s a world champion and a two-time former Olympic gold medalist. That’s not enough.

Donaire said to the thekoncretejungle.com “In my opinion, I don’t feel he’s worth it to fight…he needs to do more.”

Arum wants to match Donaire against Rigondeaux and then Mares

11/15/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Golden Boy Promotions and WBC super bantamweight champion Abner Mares (25-0-1, 13 KO’s) are going to have to put a sock in it for a little while because Top Rank promoter Bob Arum already has a nice little in house Top Rank fight he wants to set up for his fighter WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) after he destroys little Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) next month on December 15th.

After Donaire obliterates the fading Arce, Arum wants to match Donaire up against another one of his Top Rank stable fighters in WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux next year.

Will Top Rank offer Rigondeaux to fight Mares rather than Donaire?

11/13/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: WBC super bantamweight champion Abner Mares (25-0-1, 13 KO’s) made it very clearly that he BADLY wants to fight a unification bout against WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) next. However, there’s no word from Donaire’s promoters at Top Rank if they’ll let Mares fight him and have a sinking suspicion that they won’t.

Mares fights for Golden Boy Promotions, whereas Donaire fights for Top Rank. As many boxing fans already know those two promotional companies sometimes have problems agreeing on fights between them. I doubt things will change anytime soon in that respect. However, I do think Bob Arum of Top Rank might be interested in having one of his fighters in his stable take on Mares, but unfortunately for Mares it’s not the guy that he badly wants to fight.

Donaire-Arce likely to be a massacre, but Rigondeaux vs. Poonsawat will be a good fight

11/09/201211/08/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: The December 15th fight between WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) and Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) will likely be massacre with Donaire destroying the undersized, fading Arce at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

However, Top Rank has done a good job of at least putting one good fight on the card with WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) facing Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KO’s) in a fight that could be competitive.

Rigondeaux better off with Poonsawat as opponent than Drian Francisco

11/07/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) and his team at Top Rank made the right decision to fight former WBA super bantamweight champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KO’s) on December 15th rather than little known Filipino Drian Francisco (23-1-1, 18 KO’s) at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

Before Rigondeaux lined up his fight with the 31-year-old Poonsawat, his team was considering using the 29-year-old Francisco. That wouldn’t have been a good fight because Francisco is pretty limited and was recently beaten by Tepparith Kokietgym just last year. I rate Poonsawat as a much better fighter than Kokietgym, and Francisco was easily handled by Kokietgym.

Rigondeaux vs. Poonsawat on Donaire-Arce undercard on 12/15

11/06/201211/05/2012 by Boxing News

By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael is reporting that a deal is done between WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and 31-year-old former WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (48-2, 33 KO’s) for December 15th on the undercard of the HBO televised fight between WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire and Jorge Arce at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

The Rigondeaux-Poosawat fight was the one that Top Rank, the promoters for the 32-year-old Rigondeaux, had wanted to make. Then recently Filipino Drian Francisco had been mentioned as possibly fighting Rigondeaux, but now it’s back to Poonsawat. This is a much better fight because Poonsawat is a pretty talented fighter and is ranked #3 by the World Boxing Association at 122.

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Drian Francisco possible for 12/15

11/05/201211/05/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) could be facing former interim WBA super flyweight champion Drian Francisco (23-1-1, 18 KO’s) on the undercard of the Nonito Donaire vs. Jorge Arce card on December 15th, according to Philboxing.com. Rigondeaux had been mentioned as possibly defending his title against Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym but it looks like Rigondeaux’s promoter Bob Arum prefers to match Rigondeaux up with the Filipino Francisco for the Donaire-Arce card.

It kind of makes sense because the Donaire vs. Arce card will have a ton of Filipinos tuning in to see it and it makes sense to match Rigondeaux up with a Filipino or a Mexican fighter since those are the nationalities of the two fighters in the main event.

Arce vs. Donaire official for 12/15; Rigondeaux-Poonsawat possible for undercard

11/02/2012 by Boxing News

By Chris Williams: Dan Rafael is reporting on his twitter that the December 15th fight between WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO’s) and little 5’4″ Jorge Arce (61-6-2, 46 KO’s) is now official. The fight, which is one of Donaire’s typical mismatches, will take place at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas, USA.

It looks like Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is staging it in Texas in order to take advantage of the large Mexican community over there. Arce definitely has more potential to bring in huge numbers of fans to fill an arena than does Donaire at this point in Donaire’s career. Arce a popular fighter in Mexico, whereas Donaire is still pretty much limited to a certain segment of the U.S.