Nonito Donaire, Jr. Following Pacquiao's Road Less Travelled, Leaves Top Rank

When an employee leaves a company, regardless if it’s voluntary or by termination, there should be a proper and professional exit interview to avoid legal difficulties in the near future.

The recent Nonito Donaire, Jr. signing with GBP, or Golden Boy Promotions, could further bring a lot of complications more than a positive direction to his career.

I am no lawyer, but to put it in layman’s terms, it’s as simple as dating a new girlfriend without informing your old one that you’re breaking up with her.

In other words, it’s as simple as T-R-O-U-B-L-E.

Nonito deserves all the exciting fights in his career now. At 28 years old, he is in his prime, and he deserves nothing but the best with all his God-given gifts. He is dubbed the next Manny Pacquiao. And GBP could give him all the marquee fights in his current division, and he could cash in as much money as he wants, which he direly deserves.

Boxing is still a business, and whoever gives the best matchup and the biggest payday—that’s the best promotion company to sign.

However, like any business, there should be proper and legal ways to do it. In quitting your job, you still have to go for your clearance before getting your last pay, right?

Manny Pacquiao made that mistake once when he signed up with GBP, even though his contract was still with Top Rank. It was a road less travelled, but Nonito travelled that road anyway.

It wouldn’t have been a problem if he talked it out with Bob Arum. He could have stated his reasons that he needed those matchups that Top Rank couldn’t give. He could have asked Arum about the legality of his contract before signing with GBP.

In that way, everything would be on the right foot when he announced his departure.

I couldn’t blame Nonito for his decision because, if you look at the big picture, we would see great and exciting matchups in pay-per-view. He could fight Israel Vasquez or Rafael Marquez.

However, he could have done it the right way.

The situation what will likely happen is that Nonito will be in for a long vacation. Even if GBP can get him all the fight he wants. Bob Arum can prevent that from happening if he asks for a court injunction while everything is still not legally settled. The simple girlfriend math is, when you add one plus one, in this case, you get zero.

At the end of the day, we still want everything to be ironed out. Nonito is such an exciting fighter that we all want to see him fight those big names.

Well, I guess it’s not too late to get an exit interview, right?