?FIRST ROUND TKO DEFEAT TO GORRES MORE PAINFUL FOR DONAIRE THAN LOSS TO SOLIS?
By Alex P. Vidal
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 14 Jul 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? A Filipino-American boxing correspondent for a Philippine newspaper said Glenn ?Boyet? Donaire (17-4, 9 KOs) has nothing to be ashamed of after a foiled bid to capture the International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight title on Saturday (July 12) in Palenque De La Expo, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico saying ?Donaire?s 2005 technical knockout (TKO) loss to Z Gorres was more painful.?
?At least he gave (IBF defending champion) Ulises Solis a hell of a fight unlike in his TKO defeat to Z Gorres which was highly debatable,? observed Marcelino ?Boboy? Paluay, US boxing correspondent for New Millennium Publication based in Western Visayas, Philippines.
Paluay, 59, recalled that Donaire and his father-trainer Nonito Sr. were ?very hurt and upset? when referee Jay Nady halted the fight in the first round and declared Gorres, a Cebuano fighter campaigning for the first time in the United States on March 19, 2005, winner by TKO in a 10-round non-title curtain raiser bout in the first Manny Pacquiao versus Erik Morales bout at the MGM Grand.
Paluay agreed that although Donaire was peppered by Gorres? punches ?he should have been given the chance to continue the fight since he was not knocked down, anyway.?
?Although it was a non-title fight, Donaire?s father wanted Glen to showcase before the world his natural talent as they were inching their way into the world title shot then and Glenn needed a big exposure on a pay-per-view TV,? added Paluay. ?Glenn?s first round TKO loss was unacceptable to the family.?
IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. and Marcelino "Boboy" Paluay pose in the media center of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
Paluay said Glenn?s father had wanted Glenn to shoot first for the world title championship being the eldest among the two boxing brothers. Glenn?s younger brother, Nonito Jr., holds the IBF flyweight belt.
After racking up three straight wins after the Gorres disaster, Glen Donaire was finally given the world title shot on October 17, 2006 but was stopped in the 6th round by defending champion Vic Darchinyan at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, here.
The Donaire camp accepted the defeat to Darchinyan because it was Glen who quit after complaining of pain in his shoulder, it was reported.
Nonito Jr. avenged Glenn?s humiliating setback by knocking out the unbeaten Darchinyan in the fifth round on July 7, 2007 in Connecticut to capture the IBF and International Boxing Organization (IBO) flyweight belts.
The 26-year-old Solis (27-1, 20 KOs) outdueled Glenn, 28, by unanimous decision in 12 rounds to register his third straight victory over Filipino boxers. Solis, of Guadalajara, Mexico, had earlier disposed of Rodel Mayol (KO 8) and Bert Batawang (KO 9) to keep his IBF bauble.
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