Source: PDI
Newly crowned WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire has moved up to No. 3 in the Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound rankings behind fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Donaire’s devastating second round knockout victory over three-division world champion Fernando Montiel at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino Events Center on Saturday moved him up two notches from his previous No. 5 ranking, in the process overtaking WBC light-weight champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
Ring Magazine editor in chief Nigel Collins told the Inquirer: “I’ve always been high on Donaire and have considered him one of the world best fighters for several years now.
“The Ring was criticized by some so-called experts for putting him in our pound-for-pound ratings, but the knockout of Montiel has silenced the cynics.”
Collins said Donaire’s smashing victory over Montiel also elevated Donaire to No. 1 in the bantamweight division.
Collins said Donaire “is now The Ring’s No. 1 bantamweight, which means that any match to fill our championship vacancy at 118 pounds must include Donaire.”
Collins visited the Philippines some years ago to hand over the Ring Magazine’s featherweight cham-pionship belt to Pacquiao after the southpaw demolished Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera in 11 rounds in November 2003,
Collins added that if Mayweather does not fight or sign for a fight by the one year anniversary of his last fight, which happened on May 1, 2010, he will be removed from both the pound-for-pound and divisional ratings.
Meanwhile, Montiel returned to his hometown to lick his wounds and ponder over his future after the brutal knockout at the hands of Donaire.
The Mexican was taken to the hospital after the fight and underwent a series of medical examinations, which revealed a hairline fracture on his left cheekbone and an unusual dent on the side of his head where the vicious left hook landed.
“It has hurt my pride the most. I sacrificed a lot in training but people know boxing is like that … you have to live through the good times and the bad,” Boxingscene.com quoted Montiel as saying.
Montiel plans to take one month off before talking to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum about his future.
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Newly crowned WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire has moved up to No. 3 in the Ring Magazine’s pound-for-pound rankings behind fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Donaire’s devastating second round knockout victory over three-division world champion Fernando Montiel at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino Events Center on Saturday moved him up two notches from his previous No. 5 ranking, in the process overtaking WBC light-weight champion Juan Manuel Marquez.
Ring Magazine editor in chief Nigel Collins told the Inquirer: “I’ve always been high on Donaire and have considered him one of the world best fighters for several years now.
“The Ring was criticized by some so-called experts for putting him in our pound-for-pound ratings, but the knockout of Montiel has silenced the cynics.”
Collins said Donaire’s smashing victory over Montiel also elevated Donaire to No. 1 in the bantamweight division.
Collins said Donaire “is now The Ring’s No. 1 bantamweight, which means that any match to fill our championship vacancy at 118 pounds must include Donaire.”
Collins visited the Philippines some years ago to hand over the Ring Magazine’s featherweight cham-pionship belt to Pacquiao after the southpaw demolished Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera in 11 rounds in November 2003,
Collins added that if Mayweather does not fight or sign for a fight by the one year anniversary of his last fight, which happened on May 1, 2010, he will be removed from both the pound-for-pound and divisional ratings.
Meanwhile, Montiel returned to his hometown to lick his wounds and ponder over his future after the brutal knockout at the hands of Donaire.
The Mexican was taken to the hospital after the fight and underwent a series of medical examinations, which revealed a hairline fracture on his left cheekbone and an unusual dent on the side of his head where the vicious left hook landed.
“It has hurt my pride the most. I sacrificed a lot in training but people know boxing is like that … you have to live through the good times and the bad,” Boxingscene.com quoted Montiel as saying.
Montiel plans to take one month off before talking to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum about his future.
