Did I miss something ? Montiel vs Donaire not happening this year

Tom E (Jersey City, NJ)
So is Donaire-Montiel officially dead?

Dan Rafael
(2:32 PM)
No, but if it happens, not until first part of next year.

Told you it was a horrible decision by both men to turn down the tournament.

ya apparently they arent fighting till next year

This has been been old news for a minute now. I have no idea why Arum is holding it till next year. From what I know Donaire is fighting in December on the Cotto undercard, but without a set opponent. As for Montiel, I have no idea whats planned for him. Last I heard he was going to fight Montiel, but that was scratched, Now I dont know whats instore for him.

Montiel people's told Mexican outlets that they had squat from Arum on this, just him keeping Donaire's name relevant

gomez1012 wrote:

Montiel people's told Mexican outlets that they had squat from Arum on this, just him keeping Donaire's name relevant

To be fair on Arum he has been busy at the moment, but I don't see who someone else at Top Rank couldn't sort this out.

same article I posted on that Khan-Maidana caca

http://theboxingtruth.com/article.php?id=1860

Was never serious to begin with

Nonito is in Full "I'm going to let my very best years pass without doing anything with them" mode.

Arum likes to kill time feeding his boys bums, especially when a couple of them are destined to meet in a big event. He'll drag this out.

I am surprised Nonito hasn't had a nasty split with Arum yet, he's been wasting away on those Top Rank pay per views.

I was thinking the other day how easy Arum could make a card with great implications next year. I realize there is NO WAY he actually does it but think of Donaire facing Moreno later this year. Add in Gamboa or Juanma taking out John in their next fight. That could give you a card with the feather and bantam championships on the line with a double feature of Juanma-Gamboa and Montiel-Donaire. That would give us Ring champs in 7 of 8 of the original divisions. Then the Floyd-Manny fight would give us the complete set. Dream worlds are fun sometimes.

UBeeg9cats wrote:

I was thinking the other day how easy Arum could make a card with great implications next year. I realize there is NO WAY he actually does it but think of Donaire facing Moreno later this year. Add in Gamboa or Juanma taking out John in their next fight. That could give you a card with the feather and bantam championships on the line with a double feature of Juanma-Gamboa and Montiel-Donaire. That would give us Ring champs in 7 of 8 of the original divisions. Then the Floyd-Manny fight would give us the complete set. Dream worlds are fun sometimes.

I'm feeling tumenscent!

marble already lives in a dream world

i swear if i lived on the island i would visit the zoo everyday