Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-11-07, great performance by both boxers: Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire is close to get four stars!The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Naoya Inoue entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 18-0-0 (16 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world. In his last three bouts ‘Monster’ Inoue has won over Jamie McDonnell (Jamie McDonnell vs Naoya Inoue), Juan Carlos Payano (Naoya Inoue vs Juan Carlos Payano) and Emmanuel Rodriguez (Naoya Inoue vs Emmanuel Rodriguez).
His opponent, the world champion in five different weight classes Nonito Donaire, has an official record of 40-5-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He lost to Carl Frampton last year (Carl Frampton vs Nonito Donaire) but then he has beat Ryan Burnett (who retired due to a back injury, Ryan Burnett vs Nonito Donaire) and Stephon Young (Nonito Donaire vs Stephon Young). Inoue vs Donaire is the final of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy) and it is valid for the WBA and IBF World bantamweight titles; they also faced each other a second time in June 7, 2022 (Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-11-07
Where: Super Arena, Saitama, Japan
Division: bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg)
Title: WBA and IBF World bantamweight titles
Inoue’s next fight: Naoya Inoue vs Jason Moloney
Donaire’s next fight: Nordine Oubaali vs Nonito Donaire
Inoue vs Donaire full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ-h28j5BRs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyazmiFD0Q
Official video
immense level . both entertained
My god, what a fight.
Five stars all the way and massive kudos to two of the absolute best.
At least a 4 star fight. The reviewers on this site are clowns.
This must be 5 Stars
amazing Fight
Dear host could you be so kind to post the video again. From Canada I cannot get access to any of the ones that shows in this fight.
Thank you
Excellent fight between this two warriors. Sadly may be the last one for Nonito who put his but was overwhelmed in the last part of the fight by a faster and more accurate boxer. Inoue is a champion to reign for long.
Inoue looks like a pure nightmare to fight… but Donaire was also a nightmare for Inoue here. Inoue showed great character to stay in there and not fell apart (like Quillin did vs Angulo for exemple).
Donaire, in my opinion, could have even gotten the win if he had managed to make it a dog fight. Donaire stayed too composed, too clean, textbook boxing, no holding, no grabbing, no rough tactics, no pushing etc. He showed amazing concentration and grit, but this fight needed something more from him to push Inoue to his limits and see if he broke there.
Great performance by Donaire who used to be a one-trick-pony. But the opponent was a pure nightmare. Rigondeaux vs Inoue would be the most amazing match-up!
is it possible to reupload please?
3 Stars ??
you guys are drunk ore something ?
The Ring speaks of an Epic Battle, BoxingScene talks about Boxing Brilliance and the whole Boxing World is still abuzz of that Fight and you give it 3 Stars
lol you laid an egg with that Rating
3 stars for this WAR!!? Ridiculous! Fight of the year for me!
I totally agree. It should be at least ‘close to getting 5 stars.’ It probably one guy making the decision… He is off sometimes.
Hi guys
we have seen twice this fight and here it is how we have rated it round by round:
1round = 3.5* stars
2r = 3.5*
3r = 3*
4r = 3.5*
5r = 3.5*
6r = 3.5*
7r = 3*
8r = 3.5*
9r = 3.5*
10r = 3.5*
11r = 4*
12r = 3.5*
TOTAL= 41.5
Average/rounds 41.5 / 12 (rounds)= 3.5
3.5 it is not enough to give four stars for us…but you know that every user can rate the fight in a different way and we are happy to see that this could be one of the best fights of the year for our Users’ Boxing Ranking of 2019 (we are going to post this ranking in December).
Thanks for rating and continue to follow AllTheBestFights.com!
Damn you guys are getting stricter with time for them 4 and 5 stars! Anyways love and respect to you guys for this wonderful site.
wait for a Mcgreggor match to come up, itll get 5* anyways.
You guys are a bunch of clowns.
Hey guys! thanks for all the great uploads!
Yes, in terms of action, this is a 3 stars fight, you are absolutely correct! But what makes this particular fight just a little different than others is the tension (in my opinion). During almost the entire fight you can literally feel how concentrated these two are, and how razor thin is the room for mistake. One single moment of inattention, one false move could turn into a knock-out, and the tension is more palpable here than in so many other fights that are less technical. At this very high level, the fight becomes really an exploit of precision from the two fighters, especially two fighters who can knock-out the other with one punch, and two fighters in the lower weight classes so every move is implemented quicker than at welterweight and above. This is why the public here is asking for 4 stars.
I think it is safe to give them their 4 stars.
On a side note, you guys used to keep us posted with the pure muay Thai fights from Thailand… what happened in that department? I really loved to find these fights here, and U regret that the much less interesting hybrids of k-1 or Glory have taken over.
Anyway, all the best and huge thanks for your awesome site.
Hi OG,
thanks for your comment! We still watch all the Thai fights from Thailand but this year we haven’t found some very exciting bouts and we post just the ones that deserve 4 or 5 stars.
At least a 4 start fight. This site review system is a joke run by clowns.
Up for debate to be considered fight of the year!
most definitely a 4-4.5 star fight!
great to see Donaire still has it, and put Inoue through a true test, now we know what hes made of. Greatness!
By the way, this Fight has been officially announced Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine
https://www.ringtv.com/587542-canelo-alvarez-named-ring-magazine-fighter-of-the-year-2019-all-category-winners-revealed/
More Awards coming soon