Donaire told us that there’s a tentative May 8 date set for a fight in Mexico and that “we are looking at Morel right now since he’s the only one that is available and we are hoping that fight can be made.”
Although there’s nothing definite about the Morel fight, Donaire’s announced desire to fight WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (40-2-2, 30 KO’s) was scuttled after Montiel accepted the chance for a unification title bout against Japan’s WBC champion Hozumi Hasegawa (28-2, 12 KO’s) in Tokyo on April 30.
Morel scored a controversial split decision win over former two-division world champion, veteran southpaw Gerry Penalosa in a WBO bantamweight title eliminator in the “Pinoy Power III/Latin Fury 13” fight card where the winner was supposed to face Montiel who scored a crushing first round knockout over over-matched and badly drained Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales.
But that fight won’t take place and reinforces the claim of Morel that Montiel has been avoiding him.
Trainer Freddie Roach who worked the corner of Penalosa in the Morel fight and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao who was at ringside both felt that Penalosa who dominated the later rounds won the fight with Roach pushing for a rematch.
The ABS-CBN telecast of the “Pinoy Power III/Latin Fury 13” fight card over its pre-eminent Channel 2 turned in tremendous ratings prompting Top Rank promoter Bob Arum to indicate he wants to stage the next Pinoy Power card in Manila.
Source: Ronnie Nathanielsz | BoxingScene.com
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