“If we talk about skills, I could say maybe Nonito is the more skillful fighter than Pacquiao. Maybe Mayweather is more skillful than Pacquiao, but for what he’s done, you know, coming up from flyweight and being a welterweight, super welterweight, and still winning titles and beating everybody in front of him, well, like I said, maybe we’ll never see that again. But if we talk about skills, I’m not afraid to say that Nonito is more skillful and it’s just a matter of time. I think Nonito has two or three more weight divisions he’s going to dominate after this one. I don’t know how far he could go, but I think at least two or three. I think he does have the power to be able to dominate,” stated world-class trainer Robert Garcia, who talked about WBC & WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire’s upcoming October 22 clash with undefeated two-division world champion Omar Narvaez. Check it out!
BT: Hey Robert, recently, Miguel Cotto replaced Emanuel Steward with a Cuban amateur trainer, Pedro Luis Diaz. I wanted to get your thoughts on that subject. How much do you know about him? Are you looking at that as a big advantage now going into the fight?
RG: You know what? I honestly have no idea who this guy is. I never even heard about him. Hopefully he’s good. I know Emanuel Steward is one of the best in the business; one of the best in the world. I was actually looking forward to being in the opposite corner of Emanuel Steward. You know, I want to test myself against the best trainers out there too so it was also a challenge for me, but I don’t know who this guys is. I’m sure he’s good. Cotto picked him and, you know, it must be for a reason. Hopefully it’s for something good and something better than what Emanuel was going to bring to training camp, so it’ll be a bigger challenge if that’s the case. Hopefully that’s what it is because that’s what I want.
