The love-hate relationship between boxing’s famous father-son tandem Nonito Donaire Sr., and his son, Nonito Jr., has reached a new low.
In a social media post, Donaire Sr. called his junior an “ungrateful son” and shared how he nurtured the younger Donaire to become a three-division world champion.)
“I can’t believe that you raised a kid and now that he has more money than his parents, can afford to raise his voice toward his father, who molded him (into) what he is right now. I was talking about Nonito Jr. The UNGRATEFUL SON,” said Donaire Sr.
“He was a jobless man until he became a world champion. For 24 years I fed him, but when he became a world champion…he left me, not even telling me that he hired another trainer. Now that his career is slowing down, blamed me for what happened to him,” Donaire Sr. continued.
The elder Donaire also revealed that “when he (Junior) was on top of his boxing career, not even a single time that he invited me to his victory party, NEEEEVER.”
Earlier, Donaire Sr. explained in a previous social media post, that he accepted to help train Filipino fighter Reymart Gaballo just recently, but “we are not preparing against Donaire Jr.”
“Nonito Donaire Jr. was talking of moving down to 115. After a week of training, Naoya Inoue moved up to super bantamweight. We thought that we are going to fight Butler for the WBO eliminator,” he said.
When asked if Gaballo gets to fight Donaire Jr., the father said “nothing is personal. I still have a family to feed. Nonito Jr. is trained by his wife, not me.”
In an article on pep.ph, Donaire Jr. was asking (his father) for respect.
“He didn’t give me that respect! If he had given me the respect, he should postpone his surgery so that he can be with me and train me,” Donaire Jr. was quoted in an interview.
“If he had respect, he would never do what he did to my mom. If he had respect, he will never do what he had done and not talk to me for about five, or seven years because he didn’t approve of my wife,” he continued.
Donaire Jr., though, said he will always be grateful for what his father had thought him.
“I love my dad. I love my dad to my f____ heart, but I can’t change him! I can’t change the way he thinks that I can change the way he doesn’t give a f__ about me or my mom!”
Boxing fans on social media hope that the two reconcile and form a formidable boxing tandem once again.