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Nonito Donaire

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 16, 1982

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

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I have a lot of respect for Mexico.

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In school I was pretty fast.

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I was always into cartoons and animation.

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I liked Roy Jones, Sugar Ray Leonard, Ali... those were the guys I was looking at growing up.

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I was 11 when I started boxing. My brother was fighting before I did, and he got me into it.

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For punches I never really choose, I take whatever opportunity is given to me. If it's a left, I'll take it. If it's a right I'll take it.

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If there's a best, I want to fight them.

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As a boxer, you have to put risk in to get to another level.

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With me, boxing's a beautiful sport.

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Growing up as an amateur, I wasn't much of a power puncher. I was more of a speed guy.

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A lot of guys just punch with their arms; they don't utilize every part of their muscles they can use. I know how to use that, and that's where the power comes in.

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As long as I have that support from my team, and I have that confidence in myself that I train really hard, I think there's no one out there who can defeat me in my weight class.

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Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.

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Moving up and fighting the best keeps me hungry.

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I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more vicious. In there I love to hurt people. Outside I can't hurt a bug.

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People call me a nerd because I like to spend time on the computer.

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My Internet friends who I play games with say, 'This guy's a fighter?' I'm the last person they expect to be a fighter.

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The best feeling is to win by knockout.

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I'm not into being competitive. I never saw myself as a competitive type of person.

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