Here's a photo of Nonito Donaire's injured hand still in the wraps post-fight, via Top Rank's Carl Moretti:
The extent of the injury still isn't known and likely won't be until tomorrow or Monday, whenever they get around to releasing the info, but Donaire said after his win over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr that he injured it in the early rounds of the fight. He still swung his left hand frequently and didn't appear to have any huge issue with using it, so hopefully the injury isn't that bad, but it's obvious something went wrong.
Donaire (28-1, 18 KO) definitely didn't have a breathtaking debut at 122 pounds, but in another way, Vazquez (21-2-1, 18 KO) proved he can fight better and smarter than he did against Jorge Arce last year in his upset loss to the Mexican warrior. Donaire put him down once, but Vazquez recovered well, and for much of the fight had good enough defense and careful, measured enough offense to keep Donaire from really using his natural physical gifts, and it was clear very early on that Donaire was a more well-rounded, far faster fighter than Vazquez.
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We'll have more on the Donaire injury when something is known.
0 recs | 11 comments
Holy shit. If there is blood on his wraps, he must have had them loaded.
pakinpower - February 5, 2012
Not sure if you're being sarcastic
It could also be that he broke a bone and it pierced the flesh.
av1o3 - February 5, 2012
You must be new here.
Pakinpower is our chief Top Rank propagandist and Margarito hand wrap denier. It’s a reference to that.
Sammlung - February 5, 2012
And also the only one who spoke directly to someone who was actually there, in the room, holding the dreaded ‘wraps’.
pakinpower - February 5, 2012
Wait, are you now denying that he had handwraps on at all? Pakin, you cad!
Scott Christ - February 5, 2012
lmao.
pakinpower - February 5, 2012
He was wearing Isotoners
pakinpower - February 5, 2012
The truth is that Margarito was outside hitting golf balls on his front lawn when his hands were being wrapped. Or was he on the grassy knoll. Slime ball.
pakinpower - February 5, 2012
well your opinion is clearly the only valid one then! I’ll defer to the man with the sources!
Sammlung - February 5, 2012
Finally. lol
pakinpower - February 5, 2012
Of course I am
But I was also sick and tired of everyone acting like DA’s when they examined the photos of Margarito after he beat Cotto…..as if they proved jack
pakinpower - February 5, 2012
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