Donaire vs. Walters

By Daniel Hughes: The chief support at the StubHub Center, in Carson, California, this past Saturday was the WBA Super World featherweight title fight between Nonito Donaire and Nicholas Walters. It was a fight that looked to be action packed from the start, and it did not disappoint in that regard. Walters moved to 25-0 (21 KO’s) via a 6th round KO. Walters was younger man taking his chance, and stepping up in class and performance against Donaire (33-3 (21 KO’s).

Donaire, of course, came to fight, he always does. He came up against a bigger, stronger, and younger opponent who unheralded before will now certainly be a force at featherweight. The fight was a real advertisement in a division that that boasts many good match ups and potential unification fights. Walters is now in the mix.

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By Chris Williams: Joel Diaz, the trainer for Tim Bradley, thinks the featherweight division is too tough for former four division world champion Nonito Donaire (33-3, 21 KOs) after watching him get taken apart by World Boxing Association (WBA) World featherweight Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21 KOs) last night in 6 rounds at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Donaire, 31, was knocked down twice in the fight, and stopped in the 6th after he was dropped by a right hand from the stronger Walters.

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By Allan Fox: 31-year-old Nonito Donaire (33-3, 21 KOs) took a beating tonight in losing by a 6th round knockout to WBA World featherweight champion Nicholas Walters (25-0, 21 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Donaire was on the canvas twice in the fight. He came into the fight having never been knocked down before, but he’d never faced a guy as big and as powerful as Walters. Donaire was knocked down by a hard right uppercut in the 3rd. In the 6th, Donaire was flattened by a right hand by Walters.

Walters did a job on Donaire’s face, as both eyes were swollen up and he was cut over his right eye.

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By Chris Williams: With three less than impressive performances in his last three fights, WBA Super World featherweight champion Nonito Donaire (33-2, 21 KOs) has a very real chance of losing tonight against unbeaten knockout artist Nicholas Walters (24-0, 20 KOs) in their co-feature bout on the “Mexican Style” fight card on HBO Championship Boxing from the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Donaire hasn’t lost a fight since last year when he was beaten by the tough Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux by a 12 round decision. Donaire was on his way to losing to Vic Darchinyan last November when Donaire scored a knockout in the 9th. Darchinyan was ahead on the scorecards 78-74 and 78-74 by two of the judges.

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By Chris Williams: WBA Super World featherweight champion Nonito Donaire’s father, Donaire Sr, says Nonito has got his old movement and is fighting in the old style that made him successful for many years.

Donaire seems to have lost a lot of his mobility ever since he put on weight after having been voted the 2012 Fighter of the Year. Donaire had to trim down a lot of weight to face WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux in a fight that Donaire lost.

The movement was gone from Donaire in that fight. In his two subsequent bouts against Vic Darchinyand and Simpiwe Vetyeka, Donaire’s ability to move has been limited. He looked slow and heavy-legged in both of those fights and nothing like the fighter that was crowned the 2012 Fighter of the Year.

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By Chris Williams: This Saturday night HBO will have one of their better co-feature bouts when WBA Super World featherweight champion Nonito Donaire (33-2, 21 KOs) goes up against WBA champion Nicholas Walters (24-0, 20 KOs) at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Donaire, 31, is considered the favorite as of now, but more and more boxing fans believe that this fight is Walters to win due to his youth, size, power, defense and boxing skills.

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