{"id":79785,"date":"2019-04-21T19:03:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T01:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79785"},"modified":"2022-02-06T11:12:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T17:12:47","slug":"zolaini-tete-stuns-the-boxing-world-with-his-comments-about-nonito-donaire-breaking-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=79785","title":{"rendered":"Zolaini Tete STUNS the Boxing World With his Comments About Nonito Donaire – Breaking Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Tete: Me and my team can break you into pieces<\/p>\n

South Africa\u2019s WBO World champion Zolani Tete (28-3, 21 KOs) is in a \u2018good place\u2019 and thanks Floyd Mayweather Sr. ahead of facing the WBC Diamond and WBA World champion, American-Philippine Nonito Donaire (39-5, 25 KOs), in the 118lb WBSS semi-final on April 27 at the Cajundome in Lafayette, LA, USA.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreparations have been excellent for the fight,\u201d said Tete before sending praise to legendary trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr., the father, and former trainer, of undefeated five-division champ Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been out in Las Vegas and it\u2019s been very enjoyable. Mayweather Sr. has been the x-factor which has psychologically uplift us to another level, he\u2019s the last piece of the puzzle we needed for this fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The task in front of him in Lafayette, Louisiana is a former multiple-time world champion in four weight classes and current WBC Diamond and WBA Super World champion. 36-year-old Nonito ‘The Filipino Flash’ Donaire is undoubtedly a legend in the game and says the tournament has made him 20 years younger.<\/p>\n

Tete has respect for Donaire\u2019s level, but feels confident ahead of the semi-final.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m expecting a very good challenge from Nonito Donaire,\u201d said Tete. \u201cHe may be coming to the end of his career but he is still a dangerous fighter operating at a high level, but it will be me who will come out on top in the fight. I\u2019m in a really good place right now, feeling fit, feeling powerful and I can\u2019t wait for the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Donaire, Tete also has his share of fame to claim. For example, when he defended his WBO title for the first time on November 2017, knocking out his countryman Siboniso Gonya with a right hook after 11 seconds, it was the quickest world title fight in history.<\/p>\n

31-year-old Tete grew up in the Mdantsane township in South Africa and had a rough childhood that could have turned into a tough future if it wasn\u2019t for boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI started boxing at the age of eight,\u201d told Tete. \u201cI believe training has kept me away from committing a crime. Some of my friends \u2026 they way they look now is terrible. I dedicate my boxing life to my mother, my kids, and my fianc\u00e9e and want to make sure that they get a proper upbringing and a good future. I should assist them by not getting hit. From where I was I would never believe I would be here representing my country, representing my family and soon to be a unified champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the guys in the tournament are tough, but it depends when they meet me, if they are gonna bring their toughness, because there is one thing I know about myself and about my team. We can break you into pieces! Who ever stands in my way is staying in the rail way and the train will come \u2026 and take him out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the other WBSS semi-final at the Cajumdome in Lafayette American Regis Prograis (23-0, 19 KOs), the WBC Diamond Super Lightweight champion, will be battling Belarus\u2019 WBA title-holder Kiryl Relikh (23-2, 19 KOs).<\/p>\n

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Tete: Me and my team can break you into pieces South Africa\u2019s WBO World champion Zolani Tete (28-3, 21 KOs) is in a \u2018good place\u2019 and thanks Floyd Mayweather Sr. ahead of facing the WBC Diamond and WBA World champion, American-Philippine Nonito Donaire (39-5, 25 KOs), in the 118lb WBSS semi-final on April 27 at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20001],"class_list":["post-79785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-zolaini-tete-stuns-the-boxing-world-with-his-comments-about-nonito-donaire-breaking-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79785"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}