Donaire-Mares bout off for good?
By Marc Anthony Reyes
All the buzz over a possible showdown between super bantamweight kings Nonito Donaire Jr. and Abner Mares fizzled out just as quickly as it raged on the Internet over the weekend.
All the buzz over a possible showdown between super bantamweight kings Nonito Donaire Jr. and Abner Mares fizzled out just as quickly as it raged on the Internet over the weekend.
Nonito Donaire Jr., breaking his silence, dared Golden Boy Promotions to pay him and Top Rank $3 million to fight Mexican hotshot Abner Mares and send a legally binding proposal to his manager Cameron Dunkin.
Golden Boy Promotions has offered Nonito Donaire Jr.’s promoter Bob Arum $3 million for the right to stage the superfight pitting unbeaten Mexican champion Abner Mares against the Filipino boxing star.
Nonito Donaire Jr., will fight Abner Mares in a super bantamweight unification title bout only if the Mexican’s promotional and television handlers agree to promoter Bob Arum’s terms.
IF NONITO Donaire Jr. is aching to fight Abner Mares, the undefeated Mexican seems to want it even more. Mares, the 27-year-old holder of the World Boxing Council’s version of 122-pound title, told Mexican writer Rene Umanzor that he will move up to 126 lb in case his fight against Donaire falls through due to conflicts involving the two fighters’ respective promotional and television outfits.
Eric Morel has adopted a now or never attitude in his bid to become a world champion for the first time in more than eight years. Unbeaten Abner Mares wants to make sure it’s never.
World bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. says he has no problem in case Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions come to terms for a unification title fight with Abner Mares.
