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Donaire blasts Casimero camp: I'm not afraid of anyone

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Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

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champion Nonito Donaire Jr. criticized the camp of fellow champion John Riel &quot;Quadro Alas&quot; Casimero following a series of nasty online exchanges.</p><p>The &quot;Filipino Flash&quot; railed at Casimero for making it appear that Donaire is afraid of squaring off against the Ormoc-born fighter.</p><p>&quot;Who do you think made the fight happen? Did Casimero said &#x27;Oh I wanted to fight Donaire?&#x27; We kicked out (Guillermo) Rigondeaux, we made the fight happen,&quot; said Donaire in a lengthy Instagram video post.</p><p>&quot;Why would I place myself in Rigondeaux&#x27;s name? Because I wanted the fight. Does that say in my 21 years of fighting, do you think I would be scared of (Casimero)?&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/29/21/donaire-vs-casimero-in-doubt-as-camps-continue-online-spat">Donaire vs Casimero in doubt as camps continue online spat</a></li></ul><p>Donaire previously announced he will be fighting Casimero on August 14 in an attempt to unify their WBC and WBO bantamweight titles.</p><p>Donaire&#x27;s camp later called off the bout, alleging that Casimero was &quot;evading&quot; Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency (VADA) testing.</p><p>But the real reason behind the withdrawal was a verbal war between Casimero&#x27;s camp and Donaire&#x27;s wife Rachel.</p><p>&quot;When you come to disrespect my wife, that&#x27;s a different story. That&#x27;s where you have a problem with me,&quot; Donaire said.</p><p>&quot;Why are you guys so nice when I&#x27;m in front of you? Say it to my face, then we&#x27;ll talk. But when you guys go on social media? That&#x27;s a different story. Stop being a [expletive], I would be blunt. I&#x27;m not the cursing guy. I&#x27;m always the guy who&#x27;s nice to people but the moment you disrespect my wife, my family, my people, that&#x27;s a different story. You have something coming.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/27/21/boxing-donaire-casimero-enroll-in-vada-testing">Boxing: Donaire, Casimero enroll in VADA testing</a></li></ul><p>Donaire, who fought Vic Darchinyan, Jorge Arce, Guillermo Rigondeuax and Naoya Inoue, also asserted he never ducked anyone in his professional career.</p><p>&quot;I fought Rigondeaux... I fought when everybody ran. I never ran from anybody else. I went to 126, 122, I know I was in 115, 118. Did I ran from anybody? No,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;The reason why I wanted to pick (Casimero) is because I wanted to become undisputed. That&#x27;s the goal. The second one, is that I wanted to put Filipinos on the map... But when you come to disrespect my wife, that&#x27;s a different story. That&#x27;s where you have a problem with me.&quot;</p><p>ABS-CBN News reached out to Casimero&#x27;s camp to get their side of the story. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/23/21/boxing-donaire-vs-casimero-will-be-interesting-says-analyst">Boxing: Donaire vs Casimero will be interesting, says analyst</a></li></ul><p>Marc Yao, who has represented Quadro Alas in several occasions, said the WBO champion will come out with a statement soon.</p><p>But a video posted by Casimero on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg0cimC0KBI">YouTube</a>, showed the boxer&#x27;s conditioning coach Memo Heredia goading Donaire to come out and fight Casimero.</p><p>&quot;They have been enrolled (with VADA). They have been enrolled for a long time. Rachel, what&#x27;s the excuse? Come on, Nonito. Let&#x27;s go!&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;He&#x27;s been enrolled since 2017. (Those statements are) just excuses. If they&#x27;re scared then just say it.&quot;</p><p>Donaire, however, appeared fed up. He said Casimero just lost a huge payday.</p><p>&quot;You make more money when you fight me. If I say no, you don&#x27;t make s**t. Whoever it is, Casimero, (MP Promotions president) Sean Gibbons, Memo Heredia, [expletive] you,&quot; Donaire said in a separate <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=361342202229381&amp;ref=watch_permalink">Facebook video</a>.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1696707" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>World bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. criticized the camp of fellow champion John Riel "Quadro Alas" Casimero following a series of nasty online exchanges.</p>

World bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. criticized the camp of fellow champion John Riel "Quadro Alas" Casimero following a series of nasty online exchanges.

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Donaire blasts Casimero camp: I'm not afraid of anyone

Dennis Gasgonia,

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Published Jun 29, 2021 06:53 PM PHT

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