By Chris Williams: IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KO’s) has an old lion in front of him this Saturday night in facing 36-year-old Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KO’s) on HBO at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA. Donaire claims that Nishioka is the best fighter in the super bantamweight division, but Donaire seems to be the only one that believes this because the general consensus around the internet boxing forums is that Nishioka has picked old gray lion and is trying to make more of the fight than there actually is.
The real tests for Donaire at super bantamweight are champions Abner Mares and Guillermo Rigondeaux, but Donaire has been going in different directions than them for some reason despite these guys wanting to fight him. We’re seeing Donaire vs. Jeffrey Mathebula, Donaire vs. Omar Narvaez and now Donaire vs. Nishioka.