Filipino boxing star Nonito Donaire, in trying to write the perfect ending to storied career, will face a dangerous Puerto Rican on Dec. 19 in the hope of landing one last shot at unbeaten Japanese champ Naoya Inoue.
The 38-year-old Donaire vowed to recover his “killer instinct” when he takes on Emmanuel Rodriguez for the vacant WBC World bantamweight title in Uncasville, Connecticut.
“But with the pandemic, I started to realize what I lacked—my killer instinct. Usually, when I hurt people, they are done and over with. But that didn’t happen,” Donaire said in a podcast hosted by World Boxing Super Series chief boxing officer Kalle Sauerland.
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