EX PACQUIAO TRAINER SAYS DONAIRE CAN WIN SIX WORLD TITLES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 04 Aug 2010
American trainer Rick Stehely who led Manny Pacquiao to his first world title, the WBC flyweight championship in Thailand in December 1998 says Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire can win at least six world titles in different weight divisions and follow the path of the reigning pound-for-pound king and ?Fighter of the Decade.?
Stehely told insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports ?every time I watch this guy he is just amazing. The upscale with Nonito is just incredible and I think that he can win five, six maybe even seven or eight world titles in different weight classes if he doesn?t skip any.?
The well-known trainer who is based in Angeles City said Donaire ?is just an incredible talent and I think he?s only going to get better and as he matures he will grow into these other weight classes and I really expect great things from him.?
Informed that Donaire wants to fight WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel who doesn?t seem too keen on accepting the challenge Stehely said ?I don?t know whether anybody wants to fight him because he is a special fighter. Its risk and reward in boxing. If they go out and offer Montiel huge money then maybe he?ll go out there and risk his title in a fight with him.?
He added, ?I think they know its really tough beating him on the day.?
Told that Donaire?s manager Cameron Dunkin is not keen on fighting Montiel in Mexico because he thinks they won?t get a fair deal, Stehely indicated ?it's always hard to fight on the road in boxing. If it goes twelve rounds you never know what?s going to happen with the judges. You can?t knock everybody out on the day so that?s a good managerial stance. You got to be careful when you go on the road.?
Meantime, multi-award winning Australian promoter and popular TV boxing host Peter Maniatis said a clash between Donaire and Montiel would be ?a cracker of a fight? although he indicated Montiel would be hard to beat.
Maniatis said Top Rank promoter Bob Arum must back up Donaire and make Montiel an offer he can?t refuse because Donaire ?is a special talent and while you can?t compare him to Manny Pacquiao but he can come through and make Filipinos proud once Manny retires, no doubt about that.?
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