Nonito Donell canceled the unity struggle with John Riel Casimero because his wife was insulted

On August 14, the bantamweight united war between Nonito Donaire and John Riel Casimero was clearly over. A series of controversies led to more Nair claimed that he cancelled the fight. The white blood cell champion explained his position in a statement on Twitter on Monday night.

Donell’s last straw — after initially frustrated with WBO champion Casimero’s actions on voluntary anti-doping association drug testing — was Casimero’s insulting Donell’s wife Rachel. Because she criticized Casimero’s VADA situation.

“As everyone knows, I take positions that people are afraid to take,” Donell wrote“I support the VADA 24/7/365 test for all boxers. This should not be rejected or delayed. I am opposed to any form of bullying. I am opposed to physical, mental and emotional disrespect and abuse of women and children. . I oppose the culture of misogyny. An adult man recently told my son’s mother to “eat his—”. We can’t ignore this unprofessional behavior. We can’t forgive the disgusting spoof created by my wife. Because “just for entertainment” “I don’t want other professional athletes to cross this line, I think this behavior is acceptable. “

Donell continued to explain his decision to cancel the battle, citing Casimero’s delay in submitting drug test documents. Donell finally said that he refused to give Casimero “stage or payday”, which will appear with the unification round.

Donell wrote: “We must maintain a respectable character, especially online, for future generations to emulate, rather than promote ignorance and foul behavior.” “In order to change boxing culture, promoters and networks should stay away from unacceptable behavior. , Rather than encouraging it. Having said that, as we said before, when they delayed the submission of VADA paperwork for five days, we cancelled the battle. We have evidence that the other party provided the correct information to start the VADA drug test. Dishonest and frank.

“After we canceled the fight, the file suddenly appeared. I did what I said. Although I wanted to knock him down, I have to go the big way, instead of emphasizing his misconduct. I will not use his example as the stage. Or the payday that comes with it.”

Rear Donell camp’s preliminary claim On June 26, because Casimero was unable to report his whereabouts to VADA during the test, the battle was over. VADA tweeted on the same day that the two fighters formally joined their test protocol.

Top Rank’s Bob Arum has previously stated that if Donell withdraws from the match with Casimero, his goal will be a rematch with WBA and IBF bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue. Inoue defeated Donell in the 2019 Best Fight.