“Neither Joseph Agbeko nor Abner Mares can beat Nonito Donaire right now, and that’s taking nothing away from Agbeko or Mares. I think our tournament is terrific and I think the two fights we had were great. Mares ekes out a victory over Darchinyan that could have gone either way. Agbeko fought a brilliant fight against Perez. I don’t think anybody at 118 pounds could touch Nonito Donaire. I thought that ever since he beat Darchinyan and that same statement may be true at 122 pounds as well,” stated Showtime commentator Al Bernstein, who shared his thoughts on newly crowned WBC & WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire. Speaking to FightHype’s own Percy Crawford during a recent interview, Bernstein explained that Donaire’s skills are so advanced that the only person below 126 pounds who can beat him is Donaire himself.
“Nonito Donaire, there is only one thing standing in between Nonito Donaire and his potential greatness and that’s himself. Will his issues with his family mentally ever work on him and will he mentally make sure he stays in shape for every fight? Those are the only issues preventing Nonito Donaire from dominating every human being up to 126 pounds. What he will do with Juan Manuel Lopez or even moreso Yuriorkis Gamboa, that’s a different story. But up to 126 pounds, there is not a human on this planet that can beat Nonito Donaire,” Bernstein added.
On May 28th, reigning WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno will look to prove Bernstein wrong when he faces Donaire in a highly anticipated unification bout. Should Donaire win, he’ll hold 3 of the 4 major titles and the only person standing in the way of him unifying the entire division will be the winner of Showtime’s Bantamweight Tournament, which will be either Agebeko, the current IBF bantamweight champion, or Abner mares.
