Well maybe here, it will be a different strategy for him, maybe he will test Santiago and once he read him, he might go for a win or become aggressive in the middle rounds.
Donaire I'm sure won't show any different strategy on this fight. He will just fight like he faced other boxers.
Santiago should not be a big threat for Donaire as he alredy faced the most dangerous boxer in the bantamweight which is Naoya Inoue. Fighting Santiago, he should just feel that his opponent is nothing compare to Naoya Inoue.
Well, what happens is that Inoue has always been on another level, and he has always shown that, for me Donaire is a boxer who wants to do well, he wants to make himself known more for his victories, I am not Saying that Santiago is easy to get along with. to win, but because Donaire has Vast experience and can do unmatched things due to his Ability, it is more likely that he can be the winner, however, I think that now things can go the way they are, we as good fans know Very well that the favorite is Donaire but they can surprise him.
And let's say that both Moloney and Donaire will win on their respective campaigns to be a champion. Fate will make their paths cross again and I think that's inevitable considering that they are both champions in the same weight class.
If Donaire wins against Santiago and got the WBC bantamweight title, and Moloney wins the other title, unless there is a chance of unifying all belts, I do not think Moloney will dare to challenge Donaire for their title unification. Moloney had already chickened out, unless 2 or 3 years had passed, he will not dare to challenge Donaire. I agree that Moloney is just waiting for Donaire to become old, before fighting him. I bet Moloney had learned this strategy from Mayweather. Waiting for their opponent to be out of their prime age or being too old before fighting them.
So how long he would be waiting it out before he would consider about having that unification? There's no way if things turns out to be mandatory if ever he would be able to get that title.
It is indeed that Moloney had already chickened out and there's no way that he would be pushing on going against with Donaire again but speaking about age then i dont think that
Nonito would really be retiring anytime soon basing up on his body condition which he could still pull up some trigger and could still face off strong boxers despite even
if he's out of his prime.
There are still a lot of time for both sides before a mandatory fight between them will happen, given that both of them are already a champion for the respective belts they are chasing. And if that time will come, I think Donaire will not be around anymore because he is already 40 years old now and I think that bout will be at least 2 years from now.
I agree with @serjent05, the fact that Moloney already ducked Donaire is already enough for us to believe that a fight between them will not happen much sooner. Moloney is wise enough not to engage with a fight against Donaire because he knew his chances are not that strong, so it will be a waiting game again.
This is not positive for Donaire, I don't know but I think they give a lot of importance to age, and age is not what determines everything in boxing, Donaire is a complete boxer, the fact that Moloney dodged this fight is not something that seemed good to me, because what are they boxing boots for? I understand that a boxer must accept their rematches, otherwise that profession makes no sense, they have to fight without having something in the class that obliges them,because people are more eager to see a fight, and that is something that the show does.
