Thursday, November 7, 2019

Naoya Inoue defeats Donaire

All day today, I was finding a way to watch the Donaire - Inoue boxing fight.  It was not streamed for free and no news about the championship fight.  Finally after lunch, 6 hours, more or less, it was available on Youtube, luckily, before it was taken off.

In the first 4 or 5 rounds, it seemed that Donaire was getting the upper hand.  Most of the time, Inoue was backing away from him.  Looked like he can't take the punches from Donaire because he had a cut on his right eye.  Several rounds later, Donaire got Inoue in trouble but failed to finish him off.  Compared to Manny Pacquiao who always takes advantage of that opportunity, Donaire does not have that 'killer instinct'.  He relied on that lucky punch or something else that will make him win.

It was simply a dismal performance for Donaire and a really great show for Naoya Inoue.  He really gained my respect on this fight.