Nonito Donaire: Daily Routine

Donaire’s camp routine is all about balance — long runs, hard sparring, and just enough comfort food to keep the edge.

At his peak, Filipino professional boxer Nonito Donaire was number 3 on the pound-for-pound rankings, just behind Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., and voted Fighter of the Year in 2012 by the Boxing Writers Association of America.

Nicknamed “The Filipino Flash,” Donaire had blasting hand speed and a vicious left hook that earned him The Ring’s Knockout of the Year award, in 2007 against Vic Darchinyan and 2011 against Fernando Montiel.

But like with all boxers, Father Time started to catch up on him. It started out with a demoralising loss against Guillermo Rigondeaux, who dominated Donaire and took his WBO and The Ring super bantamweight titles.

“I was not at my best that night,” Donaire said after the Rigondeaux loss. “I’m not going to take anything away from the guy. He prepared well. He prepared for me well. He studied well. He trained hard for it. I just wasn’t there. I just didn’t show up that night, and that was my fault. I wasn’t focused enough. And hopefully I get an opportunity to prove I wasn’t my best that night.”