NONITO DONAIRE VS REYMART GABALLO: Noong Disyembre 11, 2021, nagharap sina Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire at Reymart “Assassin” Gaballo sa isang makasaysayang laban para sa WBC Bantamweight World Title. Ang laban ay ginanap sa Dignity Health Sports Park sa Carson, California, at ito ay isang all-Filipino championship bout na bihirang mangyari sa kasaysayan ng boksing.
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Mga Estadistika ng Laban nina NONITO DONAIRE VS REYMART GABALLO
- Nonito Donaire: 41-6 record, 27 KOs, 39 taong gulang
- Reymart Gaballo: 24-0 record, 20 KOs, 25 taong gulang
- Resulta: Panalo si Donaire via KO sa ika-4 na round (2:59)
Pagsusuri ng Laban nina NONITO DONAIRE VS REYMART GABALLO
Round 1-3: Pag-aaral at Pag-aadjust sa NONITO DONAIRE VS REYMART GABALLO
Sa unang tatlong round, parehong nagpakiramdaman ang dalawang boksingero. Si Gaballo, na mas bata at mas mabilis, ay gumamit ng jab upang panatilihin ang distansya. Si Donaire naman ay naghintay ng pagkakataon upang makapasok at magpakawala ng malalakas na suntok.
Round 4: Ang Knockout sa NONITO DONAIRE VS REYMART GABALLO
Sa ika-4 na round, nakahanap si Donaire ng butas sa depensa ni Gaballo at pinakawalan ang isang malakas na left hook sa katawan. Tumama ito sa atay ni Gaballo, na naging dahilan ng kanyang pagbagsak at hindi na nakabangon pa. Ito ay isang klasikong body shot knockout na nagpapakita ng karanasan at husay ni Donaire.
Kahalagahan ng Panalo
Ang panalong ito ay nagpapatunay na kahit sa edad na 39, si Donaire ay isa pa ring pwersa sa bantamweight division. Ito rin ay nagbigay daan sa posibilidad ng rematch kay Naoya Inoue, na tinalo si Donaire noong 2019.
Mga Aral mula sa Laban ni NONITO DONAIRE VS REYMART GABALLO
- Para kay Gaballo: Ang laban ay isang mahalagang karanasan para sa isang batang boksingero. Ipinakita nito ang kahalagahan ng depensa at pag-iwas sa mga body shots.
- Para kay Donaire: Ang kanyang disiplina, pasensya, at karanasan ay naging susi sa panalong ito. Ipinakita niya na ang edad ay hindi hadlang sa tagumpay.
Konklusyon
Nonito Donaire showed boxing can still be an old man’s game.
Donaire, 39, successfully defended his WBC bantamweight belt with a fourth-round knockout win over Reymart Gaballo on Saturday night in the sparsely filled Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. In an all-Filipino clash, Donaire scored a victory with a second to spare when he landed a thudding body shot that Gaballo couldn’t recover from.
“I’ve been in this game for such a long time,” Donaire said in his postfight interview on Showtime. “I’ve had so much fight. I came in here and really … there was nothing [of] feeling out.”
Donaire (41-6, 28 KOs) said he was forced to make an adjustment to get the stoppage. With Gaballo neutralizing his left hook early in the fight, Donaire’s corner urged him to go to the body.
Donaire heeded the advice to land the eventual knockout punch.
In the closing seconds of the fourth round, Donaire threw a hard left hook to Gaballo’s body that forced the previously undefeated challenger to take a knee. Gaballo (24-1, 20 KOs) tried to get up before referee Ray Corona finished the 10-count. But when Gaballo got to his feet, the pain was too much to overcome and he went down for good.
“I thought he was going to get up because I know he has a lot of heart,” said Donaire in the postfight interview, adding that Gaballo didn’t expect it. “But that was a very tremendous punch that landed on him.”
Donaire’s victory was his first successful defense of the WBC belt since he upset Nordine Oubaali in May. Donaire had agreed to a unification bout in August against John Riel Casimero, the WBO champion, before that matchup was scrapped over drug testing protocols.
After beating Gaballo, Donaire was asked about a rematch with Naoya Inoue, the WBA and IBF champion who beat Donaire in 2019.
“That’s what we’re looking for. That’s what we’re going for, is unification,” Donaire told Showtime. “Unified champion of the world.”
On the televised undercard, Brandun Lee (24-0, 22 KOs) picked up a seventh-round stoppage over Juan Heraldez (16-2-1, 10 KOs). Cody Crowley (20-0, 9 KOs) earned the biggest win of his pro career with a unanimous decision victory against Kudratillo Abdukakhorov (18-1, 10 KOs).
Ang laban nina Donaire at Gaballo ay isang patunay ng mataas na antas ng boksing sa Pilipinas. Ito ay isang inspirasyon sa mga batang boksingero at nagpapakita ng kahalagahan ng karanasan, disiplina, at determinasyon sa tagumpay sa ring.
