Inspirational Perspective from Hollywood, California – “Yeah, I just love the Aquino family and I would continue to rally behind the cause of the current administration of the Philippines and – really – all for my countrymen,” says the pride of Talibon, Bohol, Philippines during an exclusive interview with this writer at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California last January 11.
His name is Nonito Donaire, Jr., an estranged son of a martial arts master whose passion in the pure science of boxing would put one’s heart stricken on February 19, evoking awe and admiration.
Perhaps he shalt be bigger than Emmanuel D. Pacquiao, in the politics of the few. He is articulate. Like his boxing idol, he tells you of the love for his country, Philippines, in general. Nay, divisive: he tells you he supports the liberal coalition of President Simeon Benigno “Noynoy/P-noy”” Aquino, Jr.
But, he is far more articulate with his fist of fury than just his emotional contentment. He has the charisma for his Maharlikan nation even as seemingly being protrayed as an outsider all because his family moved from the Philippines to California at age seven. To some, they see him as another journeying ‘Pinoy’ who has assimmilated into the American culture.
Too bad, Fernado Montiel of Mexico, a good person that he is, whom Donaire, Jr will challenge on that date for the World Boxing Council/World Boxing Organization Bamtamweight Championship, will become a catalyst, preeminent so to speak, invoking another tectonic shift that will be whipping Filipino Flash’s countrymen into a frenzy.
Donaire, Jr. will just be more devastating in round five, this writer insists.
And yet, for the better, apart from Pacquiao’s might, boxing and politics should be have an added flavor in the Philippines. Donaire, Jr. will become the ‘talk of the town’ by then, slowly easing Pacquiao’s greatness and lifting one’s solitude from the humdrum of emptiness: the seemingly mysterious force will gladen the hearts of the masses.
And don’t be surpirised that Donaire, Jr. will get a direct salutation from P-noy status post fight which Pacquiao did not get in the same fashion back in his 2001 invasion in the American soil when the later knocked Lehlohonolo Ledwaba out in round six. Yes, Pacquiao was devastating. But, Donaire, Jr. will just be as distinctive that he can be, being a much more skillful and a dynamic fighter than Pacquiao and a better conversationalist that he is today.
Donaire, Jr.’s continued popularity is bent to rise exponentially as he begins to target champions in the top echelon.
Unlike Pacquiao who has crossed political lines, Donaire, Jr. will just be partisan as ever, at least in the sphere of overriding Aquino politics.
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