Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. will be Nonito Donaire?s next opponent, the consensus says, but speculation about the time and place has been considerably more elastic.
Promoter Bob Arum wants to get Donaire right back to New York — where Donaire attracted lots of attention in October but was mired in an unsatisfying fight — so the Filipino Flash can put on the dazzling display of which he?s eminently capable in the Big Apple spotlight.
That event seemed headed for early March. But now the smart money is on Feb. 4. But not in New York. My friend Dennis ?dSource? Guillermo says Las Vegas has emerged as the front-running location. But I believe the bout will take place in San Antonio.
First of all, that?s where boxrec.com says it?s headed. Although the site continues to list Donaire erroneously as a southpaw, it is still a reliable source for matchmaking information.
More important, I?m totally swayed by last weekend?s report in the San Antonio Express-News, which said Donaire Jr.-Vasquez Jr. would be part of a twinbill that would feature Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. There?s reason to believe that card could fill 60,000 seats at the Alamodome It’s a Chavez family tradition. Advertisement
JOURNALISM SIDEBAR: I discovered the Express-News? story Saturday on a news budget list at the San Francisco Chronicle, where I?m editing copy full time for 10 weeks ending Feb. 10. Both are Hearst newspapers. In a bizarre conflict of interest, I felt quite constrained from sharing the Alamodome news with you while I was on the clock at the Chron. So not only is time working against your Welterweight Champion?s boxing posts here, but also timing.
