SHAW DIDN?T KNOW ABOUT GLENN DONAIRE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 23 Dec 2007
Promoter Gary Shaw claims he knew nothing about a scheduled December 20 bout between Glenn Donaire, the elder brother of IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire and Mexican Tirso Gutierrez Morales at the Hard Rock Caf? in Las Vegas which was apparently called off.
In an email to Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, Shaw said he had no idea of what we were talking about when we inquired about an item in the Philboxing forum which reported that the fight had been called off by Shaw since it was on a Top Rank fight card.
Shaw said ?I had no idea. It didn?t go through me.? He then alleged that the story of the fight cancellation was ?more lies, untruths, rumors, speculation. Never knew anything about fighting for Top Rank. He can fight anywhere, anytime, anyplace for anyone. That is my statement. You can quote me and I stand by my word.?
Glenn Donaire?s father and trainer Nonito Donaire Sr earlier told us that his son was in great shape for the fight against Morales and that Glenn who turned 28 last December had trained ?for almost one year.?
In his last fight on October 7, 2006 Donaire lost by a sixth round technical decision to then world champion Vic Darchinyan when he suffered a broken jaw and couldn?t continue. Glenn Donaire?s younger brother Nonito avenged that defeat with a smashing fifth round KO of the cocky Australian last July7.
Glenn Donaire has a record of 16-3-1 with 9 knockouts while his scheduled opponent Morales had a record of 10-3 with 6 knockouts with all three defeats significantly coming by way of knockouts.
Just like Donaire, Morales also had a long layoff with his last fight on December 8, 2006 when he lost by a first round KO to Juanito Hernandez in a battle for the vacant North American Boxing Federation minimum weight title.
Glenn Donaire also lost by a first round TKO to Z ?The Dream? Gorres who is scheduled to clash with Darchinyan in an IBF super flyweight eliminator on February 2 at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu.
The bout between world-rated Gorres who is a stylish southpaw and the tough Darchinyan who recently won the IBO super flyweight crown with a twelfth round TKO over rugged but ungainly Federico Catubay is expected to be a thrilling encounter with an exciting clash of styles between a superb boxer and an out-and-out slugger.
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