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Shortly after testing positive for COVID-19, Nonito “The Flash” Donaire Jr. requested a confirmation test from the Showtime boxing network, but it was rejected.
So he made the next best thing: he paid for the confirmation test himself.
To her relief, she tested negative. By then, however, he had pulled out of his World Boxing Council bantamweight title fight against Emmanuel Rodriguez.
That left Donaire on edge. He posted a screenshot of his latest test by Cue Health saying he took two “Molecular NAATs 24 hours apart and one Rapid Antigen (test) – ALL NEGATIVE results. 3 tests 3 NEGATIVE results “.
Donaire’s work was reported by TJ Rives and posted on the bigfightweekend.com website.
The former world champion was originally scheduled to face Rodriguez on the Dec. 19 undercard jointly promoted by Premier Boxing Champions and Showtime at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut, but was out of the game due to the earlier positive result.
This paved the way for undefeated Filipino Reymark Gaballo, who is the World Boxing Association’s top-ranked bantamweight contender, to enter the picture as Donaire’s last-minute replacement for the fight, which Showtime announced in a statement. last week.
It was supposed to be Donaire’s comeback fight since losing a unanimous decision to reigning Japanese WBA super bantamweight champion and International Boxing Federation bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue in November 2019 in Saitama, Japan.
In a separate statement, Donaire’s wife and manager, Rachel, detailed the ordeal they experienced when they thought her husband was COVID-19 positive.
“My world was turned upside down and my heart sank. I waited feverishly for Dr. A from Baker Street Health to call with the protocol and / or instructions. No call. No email or check, “he recalled.
“The fear set in as I realized that if I hadn’t taken the time to log in and review myself, we wouldn’t have known about it until they decided they wanted to update us,” added Ms. Donaire.
“I panicked and took my children out of the house. Anyway, they weren’t close to my husband because it was a camp, ”she said. “When I returned, I disinfected double, triple, quadruple the house, opening all the windows, letting air into the room.
“Nonito isolated in the bedroom, and from time to time, he would go out to get something. Like an outcast, I kept him from approaching me, taunting him but also being firm.
“I slept on the couch night after night. Looking back, I don’t know why I didn’t choose another room, not even one of the boys’ rooms, hehehe. I was alone in my own home. “
