GLENN DONAIRE PROMISED TITLE SHOT AGAINST SOLIS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 26 Feb 2008
Glenn Donaire ?The Filipino Bomber? who won a bloody eight round unanimous decision against rugged Jose Albuquerque of Brazil last weekend in the ?Battle for the West? at the Grande Exposition Ballroom at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada, has been promised a title shot against IBF champion Ulises Solis, provided Solis successfully defends title against 30 year old Filipino southpaw Juanito Rubillar in Dubai on April 18.
Donaire?s trainer/father Nonito Donaire told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that ?Manager of the Year" Cameron Dunkin had informed him that should Solis defeat Rubillar a title shot for Glenn was ?already done.? However, Donaire Sr made it clear ?we don?t want to fight Rubillar should he win. We are prepared to fight anybody other than our countrymen.?
It was the same thing that IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito Donaire said some time ago when he indicated that should the Japanese world champions Daisuke Naito (WBC) and Takefumi Sakata (WBA) refuse to fight him in an unification bout he would move up to 115 pounds but would not fight countryman Z ?The Dream? Gorres. Gores is likely to fight the winner of a possible battle between IBF super flyweight champion Dimitri Kirilov and Australian Vic Darchinyan.
Glenn Donaire, the elder brother of Nonito said the shorter Albuquerque who represented Brazil in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was a five-foot, 32 year old fighter who would ?just come up and cut me up but I am glad that my corner was so relaxed. My dad didn?t show that I had a big cut and bleeding. I?m glad that my dad was calm.?
The Nevada Appeal reported that Donaire scored ?a comprehensive ?and bloody ? unanimous eight round decision? and improved to 17-3-1 with 9 knockouts while his opponent fell to 8-3-2 with 2 knockouts. The fight was described as ?a gory affair with both men smeared in Albuquerque?s blood following a fourth round head-butt that only increased the frenetic pace of both fighters who went toe-to-toe at the end of the round.?
Donaire said he ?felt so strong at 108 and every time I hit the guy (Albuquerque) and threw punches, if he wasn?t short I think I would have knocked him out.? Donaire said he was pleased he ?didn?t have a hard time? going down from flyweight to light fly which was a drop of four pounds.
Glenn said his father was ?one of the best coaches in the world? and that his ?dream? was to become a world champion alongside his brother Nonito Donaire, the reigning IBF/IBO flyweight champion who battles tough Australian Hussein Hussein in Dubai on April 18.
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