Half-full, half-empty

Appraising Nonito Donaire Jr.’s performance against Mexican Cesar Juarez is no different from looking at a glass filled halfway with water. Depending on one’s perspective, Donaire’s performance is either half-full or half-empty.

Donaire was definitely half-full in the early rounds of the fight as he counterpunched with precision and floored Juarez twice in the fourth round. But he was half-empty in the next five rounds and almost totally drained at the tail-end. The younger Juarez was tougher than advertised and kept throwing one haymaker after another.