All-Pinoy match-up nina Donaire at Gaballo, tuloy

ni Gerard Arce - @Sports | October 30, 2021

Sigurado na ang tapatan ng All-Filipino title match sa pagitan nina World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight champion “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire at WBC interim 118-pound titlist Reymart “Assassin” Gaballo para sa main event triple-header boxing match sa Disyembre 11 sa Dignity Health Sports Park sa Carson, California sa U.S.

Itataya ni Donaire, na tutuntong sa 39-anyos sa Nobyembre 16 ang titulo sa unang pagkakataon ang mas batang Sanman stable fighter sapol nang mapagwagian ng Talibon, Bohol native ang WBC title noong Mayo 29 ng patumbahin at tapusin sa 4th round si dating WBC champ Nordine Oubaali ng France sa Carson, California.

“This is gonna be big for Reymart and I am very confident he will beat Donaire,” wika ni Jim Claude Manangquil, CEO of Sanman Promotions. “It’s his time now.”

Naunsyami ang planong unification title fight ng four-division weight champion kontra kay WBO 118-lbs title holder “Quadro Alas” John Riel Casimero noong Agosto na nauwi sa pakikipagharap ni Casimero kay 2-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux.

Nagkaroon lang ng mainitang isyu sa panig nina Casimero at asawa at manager ni Donaire na si Rachel hinggil sa doping issues. Kung sino man ang magwawagi sa bakbakan nina Casimero at Butler, maaaring magkaroon ng unification fight sa mananaig kina Donaire at Gaballo.

“Who knows who’s going to win that fight [Casimero-Butler], but the fact is that Nonito Donaire would fight either one,” saad ni Probellum head Richard Schaefer sa ringTV.com.

“We could also ask the WBC special permission to move down and fight at 115 against

whoever will be the WBC champion at that time. This is something that would actually be historic because that’s the one weight where Nonito hasn’t won a belt so he would be very motivated for that as well. He can make 115, he told me.”