Naoya Inoue lets Donaire borrow the trophy for a night for his sons

[johnbook]

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It’s his job and probably pretty much all he knows

It’s like saying no fathers should be a cop or fire fighter or in the military or anything. Maybe they shouldn’t even drive a car incase they crash, maybe never even leave the house.

Bye clown.

[pretty ste]

Wow this is heartbreaking nonito is a first ballot hall of famer he did his best gave Inoue his toughest fight it's been an honor watching him from scratch

[kafkod]

This brought tears to my eyes. What a class act, both of em.

Mine too!

There's a poem by the British Victorian poet Rudyard Kipling. called "If"

It's about a father explaining to his son what it means to be a man.

Hearing Nonito's son congratulating Mr Inoue on his victory was like hearing the whole of that poem summed up in one short sentence, especially these lines:

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

—you’ll be a Man, my son!

[eco1]

That's... weird.

North Americans will not understand Redd.

You guys need to travel the world to see how mistaken you guys are about everything.

I am not saying you haven't, talking in general.

I think it is not weird, I think it is human, which is what we have lost in the north.

Great story!

[Redd Foxx]

North Americans will not understand Redd.

You guys need to travel the world to see how mistaken you guys are about everything.

I am not saying you haven't, talking in general.

I think it is not weird, I think it is human, which is what we have lost in the north.

Great story!

You don't get it. It's not that Americans don't understand, it's that many would see it as teaching your kids to ask the winner for pity. In the US, we traditionally have a different mentality regarding competition. A lot of people don't get it, many are intimidated by it. We don't ask for pity and favors. If you want to think of it as wrong then you do you.

[IceTrayDaGang]

You don't get it. It's not that Americans don't understand, it's that many would see it as teaching your kids to ask the winner for pity. In the US, we traditionally have a different mentality regarding competition. A lot of people don't get it, many are intimidated by it. We don't ask for pity and favors. If you want to think of it as wrong then you do you.

i think that's just you bro... not all of us think like that. what donaire is doing is showing his son's that even when you lose, if you go out on your shield, you'll still be a winner. i see a lot of americans teaching their kids the same logic. not sure where you're getting this macho man mindset that americans have?

[Theels]

nonoto is a ***** *****

[MDPopescu]

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— Nonito Donaire (@filipinoflash)

[LA_2_Vegas]

great champions!

[BM dnobagaV]

Great gesture. He's always been very humble. He should walk away from the sport while he can.
Remember, many people thought he was shot following the Walters beat down.