The series of articles that I wrote about the rift and eventual separation between Nonito Donaire Sr., the trainer and father, and his son, Nonito Donaire, Jr., the boxer, came out two years ago. But in the light of the new controversy generated by a story published by Tris Dixon where Donaire Jr. spoke ill of his father to which his mother, Nanay Donaire, responded, I asked our editor and webmaster Dong Secuya, to reprint the columns for people to get a deeper understanding of this sad story that hounds the Donaire family.
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Donaire Father-Son Team Faces Inevitable Split Due to Wife
Originally published: 10 Nov 2008
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself." - Khalil Gibran, The Prophet.
Nonito Donaire Sr. and his namesake, Nonito Jr., have traveled and survived the rough and cobbled roads of life with the son holding on to his father's hand for support and guidance.
Both shared a dream. They wanted to succeed in the cruel and painful field of sports called boxing. The dream may have been more intense on the father, a former army soldier in Cotabato who also boxed as an amateur.
Originally published: 14 Nov 2008
It was not intended for me, neither did it come from my own child, but the statement made by world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, jr. that he does not owe his father anything felt like a dagger that pierced my heart.
Other fathers who read it may have felt the same way. It surely would be more painful on the part of the older Donaire but he is not talking anymore except to say that whatever happens, Nonito Jr. will always be his son.
THE DONAIRE FATHER-SON SAGA: THE SEQUEL
Originally published: 09 Feb 2009
Hurting words were traded between world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. and his father-trainer, Nonito Sr., following a bitter break-up a few months earlier.
But if the latest words floated were to be the gauge, it seems inevitable that the father and son team would soon kiss and make up, especially with a prospective rematch with world superflyweight champion Vic Darchinyan looming like a dark cloud in the horizon.
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