2021ボクサー NONITO DONAIRE BEAT MORUTI MTHALANE@ BUT MORUTI MTHALANE BEAT JOHN RIEL CASIMERO
Channel: Angelito Bautista
Date: 2020-06-14

NONITO DONAIRE BEAT MORUTI MTHALANE BUT MORUTI MTHALANE BEAT JOHN RIEL CASIMERO
Donaire showed that he was the better skilled fighter early on, landing when Mthalane came in and catching him some more when he tried to get out. Mthalane landed some decent shots during the second and third rounds, not enough to change the tide. Donaire was more versatile, picking his punches when he saw the openings. Mthalane came back by having a very good fourth and fifth, outworking Donaire in close.

Donaire's face began to swell up by the sixth as he tried to change the way the fight was playing out. The ref called a stop out of nowhere, as there appeared to be a cut on Mthalane and blood on his face. The doctor stopped the action after he noticed the blood was coming from a cut inside of the eyelid of Mthalane, a spot that was too dangerous for the fight to continue.

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It was one of the best performances of Mthalane’s career, which began in 2000 and includes stoppage wins over John Riel Casimero and Zolani Tete. The back-and-forth action turned for good in the eighth, when a left hook to the body knocked the wind out of Yaegashi, leaving him vulnerable to the power punches upstairs. The fight was finally stopped the following round.

“I think the fight could have even been stopped before,” added manager/trainer Colin Nathan of MTK Africa. “The last two rounds [Yaegashi] just took a battering.”

The 37-year-old hopes to land a unification showdown with either WBO titleholder Kosei Tanaka or WBC titleholder Julio Cesar Martinez in 2020.

“I will be happy if I can fight Tanaka or Martinez,” said Mthalane, who is in his second reign with the IBF belt that he never lost in the ring.

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