MANILA, Philippines—Despite all of Nonito Donaire’s accolades, his upcoming foe Emmanuel Rodriguez believes he has all the advantages over the Filipino boxer.
Donaire is undoubtedly one of the greatest boxers of his generation and his stock and notoriety haven’t taken a hit even after his decision loss to Naoya Inoue.
But the younger Puerto Rican boxer, who is also former IBF World bantamweight champion, thinks the age gap is going to be a factor when it comes to their WBC World bantamweight title fight in December.
“He is not being looked down upon, but I have many advantages due to age. He made a great fight to Inoue, however he took too many punches. Donaire is a legend, but on…
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