KALABAN NI DONAIRE, HUMIWALAY ANG MASEL SA BUTO SA BAKBAKAN

NA-DIAGNOSED si dating bantamweight world titlist Ryan Burnett na may torn oblique muscle sa ka­nang baywang matapos ang fifth round TKO na pag­katalo kay Filipino Nonito Donaire Jr. noong nakaraang dalawang Sabado.

Iyon ng dahilan kung bakit ang 118-pound world title ni Burnett ay napunta kay Donaire sa quarterfinals World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament sa SSE Hydro sa Glasgow, Scotland. ”Firstly, THANK YOU to everyone for your support and kind messages,” saad ni Burnett sa social media nang ianunsiyo niya ang resulta ng test, ayon sa panulat ni Eddie Alinea ng Philboxing. “I want to thank Nonito Donaire for sharing the ring with me, and for being a man of such great character, and I wish him all the best for the remainder of the WBSS. I am absolutely gutted not to be World Champion. This scenario was totally out of my control, but I understand. Injury is the difficult part of sporting life. My assessments have been completed, and I was diagnosed that I have torn muscle fibers in my right internal oblique, where a portion of the muscle has also detached from the bone where it inserts,” saad ni Burnett.

Dedepensa sana si Burnett (19-1, 9 KOs), 26-anyos ng Northern Ireland sa ikatlo niyang titulo, at No. 1 seed sa eight-man field. Naka­harap niya si unseeded Do­naire (39-5, 25 KOs), 35, ang Pinoy fighter ng Las Vegas na umabanse sa semifinals para sa world title unification fight kontra South Africa’s Zolani Tete (28-3, 21 KOs), 30, na napanatili na­man ang korona sa competitive decision laban kay Mik­hail Aloyan noong Okt. 13 sa quarterfinal.