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| Rigondeaux and Donaire appear to be headed for a collision course on Apr. 27 (Chris Farina/Top Rank) |
Junior featherweight world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash”
Donaire Jr. spoke to BoxingScene.com/CSNBayArea.com Thursday afternoon
regarding a proposed April 27 fight with Cuban 122-pound titleholder Guillermo
Rigondeaux on HBO.
“Everyone’s saying April 27 is the date, and it’s Rigondeaux,
but I don’t know anything about it yet, so I can’t say if it’s for sure,”
Donaire (31-1, 20 KOs) said. “I know HBO
is wanting to get that fight now. I’m good
with it, but I still need to confirm it with [manager] Cameron [Dunkin].”
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, who promotes both fighters, told
BoxingScene.com’s Ronnie Nathanielsz on Wednesday that such a bout would take
place in Las Vegas, and not in Macau, as was previously speculated.
LINK: http://www.boxingscene.com/donaire-comments-on-proposed-rigondeaux-clash--61489
Ryan Maquiñana was the boxing producer for NBCOlympics.com during London 2012 and writes a weekly column for CSNBayArea.com. He is a full member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and the Ratings Panel for Ring Magazine. E-mail him at rmaquinana@gmail.com, check out his blog at Norcalboxing.net, or follow him on Twitter: @RMaq28.
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