Casual talk form Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California – In an exclusive interview Tuesday at a press conference, Nonito ‘Filipino Flash’ Donaire, Jr. showed considerable confidence to win by way
of knocked out against World Boxing Organization/World Boxing Council Bantamweight Champion Fernando “El Cochulito” Montiel. Their scheduled said match, Promoted by Top Rank, will be televised via HBO Pay-per-View on February 19, 2011 from the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Montiel is a very good fighter and an effective puncher. It’s going to be a great war. But, I think I have the advantage because of my style. I have a great footwork, hand speed and power enough to finish him before round twelve,” Filipino Flash said as he discussed his prediction of his upcoming fight against the reigning champion but deemed at 2-1 underdog from Los Monchis, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Montiel,on the other hand, predicted as well a knockout victory for him between fourth and eightth rounds.
“I believe Donaire, Jr. is a great fighter. He makes you move a lot because his style is like running around. But, I am a puncher and quick enough. I will get him close enough to knock him out between fourth and eigthth rounds,” Montiel said with an interpreter Pedro Martinez. “I will take down from body attacks and I will do the same just like what I did to Hasegawa of Japan. And I am used to being the underdog. I love being the underdog.”
Meanwhile, this writer raised the issue of Donaire, Jr.’s left ribcage injury which he has been complaining all along as it causes him insurmountable pain whenever he gets hit to that section.
That said injury originally was resulted from the lethal left hook of Rocky Fuentes, the reigning OPBF flyweight title, when they sparred in 2007 for the Filipino Flash’s preparation of his fight against Luis Maldonado whom he knocked out in round eight during his title defense for the International Boxing Federation and International Boxing Organization Flyweight Championships.
