For sure Donaire's gonna be the hedge of the bets, all eyes were on him since day 1. As for Alejandro Santiago, he has to prove something here in order to gain the favor of the public. Donaire's a more popular, and a more experienced fighter, Alejandro doesn't seem to have the best fighting record too.
Anyway how you can be sure this will be the last fight for Donaire?
Others say that it will be a good exit to consider by Donaire after being a champion again. Much better instead of just doing a retirement after a loss. For me, I'm not thinking that way because if Donaire wins here, he will think that he can still match with other bantamweight boxers which is actually true.
I do believe that Donaire will just consider retiring if he won't win another match here in the Bantamweight division.
He needs to see for himself if he is still capable of being dominant in this division since after all, Naoya Inoue is nowhere to be found on 118 which is no doubt, no one in the Bantamweight can beat that monster. I'm sure that if he losses this fight, that's it for his career.
His age has caught up to him, but he's still fighting, that's one thing I really applaud about Donaire, which until this point to me is just "a Manny Pacquiao knock-off" honestly. But seeing how hard he's trying to prove that he's still got it just made me respect the man on a newer level. Anyways, yeah, retiring after a loss isn't a great track record to leave your boxing career on, might as well take up another potential win before hanging your gloves for a positive win rate.