Make no mistake about it: Reigning WBA super world featherweight champion, "The Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire (33-2, 21 KO) will be at significant risk on Saturday when he faces "Axe Man" Nicholas Walters (24-0, 20 KO).
The 31-year-old Donaire will defend his title against the power-punching and hungry 28-year-old from Jamaica at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Donaire is expected to have a large contingent of fans present for the bout because he lives in San Leandro, California.
However, Walters isn't intimidated. He told Damian Calhoun of the Orange County Register:
He’s going to have his crowd, but at the end of the day, there will only be Donaire, myself and the ref in the ring. He can’t run to his coach or his fans once we’re in the ring. His fans are not going to help him. I’m not worried. His fans will be my fans at the end of the fight. I’m planning on taking the super title back home with me. I’m going to be smart. I know Donaire is a smart fighter, he was fighter of the year (2012) on one occasion. He’s been in the business a long time, but I’m going to do what the Axe Man does best and that’s knock people out.
