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Unapologetic Casimero taunts Donaire

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World Boxing Organization bantamweight king John Riel Casimero took a swipe at fellow Filipino champ Nonito Donaire for calling off their supposed unification bout slated for Aug. 14 in the U.S.

“‘Pag gusto may paraan, ‘pag ayaw ang dami dahilan! Aminin mo na, takot kalang!,” wrote Casimero on his social media page, referring to the World Boxing Council titlist, who backed out for what he claimed acts of disrespect to him and his family.

Casimero started a barrage of provocative social media posts following the announcement of their unification bout. Some observers see it as Casimero’s way of marketing the matchup between two Filipino champions.

Meanwhile, Donaire’s wife-manager-trainer Rachel demanded that Casimero be enrolled to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association that would require him to undergo doping tests prior to their bout.

Although the process got delayed, Casimero’s camp obliged and VADA confirmed it on its twitter page.

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When it looked like the fight was all set, Donaire claimed in an interview that Casimero and his team disrespected his family, prompting him to call off the fight.

“I’m at a point where I don’t need all this stuff, it’s gonna be my rules or get the heck out of it. First he disrespected me my family, my kids, my wife,” Donaire said. “If the fight is gonna go through, definitely an apology (by Casimero), to my wife, to my team for the disrespect (is needed).”

But boxing observers find Donaire’s reasons for backing off the fight as lame excuses.

Great boxers before him also encountered hasher trash-talking from opponents, but nobody opted out of the fights.

Mike Tyson said he would eat Lennox Lewis’ children; Ricardo Mayorga made insulting remarks against Oscar de la Hoya’s wife; Keith Thurman said he will crucify Pacquiao and called him bunny rabbit, but all these fights pushed through.    

Interestingly, Donaire has not been seen practicing with about 45 days to go into their bout, nor has he assembled a training team. On the other hand, Casimero has been running and training for a month.

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