Pacquiao proved that age was not a factor when he defeated Broner and Thurman last 2019, at the age of 40. So Donaire can still do it as he is only 38 years old this year. So it is all about experience, training that will majorly influence their fight inside the ring. If Donaire will emerge as winner, who knows, he may face Inoue again.
Donaire is still good at 38 years, there's no trace of his age when he fought Nordine Oubaali he is very fast and very accurate if he can still show that deadly form in this kind of fight, Graballo is in big trouble they have the same style like Nordine Oubaali, I still consider Donaire a heavy favorite if he can still show that deadly form he showed in his last fight.
Well what you say I totally support it, Donaire has a lot of experience, besides 38 years does not mean that everything is lost, I like the analogy with Pacquiao, in part the experience can do much more than youth, and in this case the preparation of Donaire must be on another level, I think this boxer does not take into account his age, as he fights, he does not seem 38 but 30 and experience in boxing is a great factor in his favor.
Age has been showing on Donaire, physically, but I think the most important here is the mind. If his mental says that he can still fight despite his age, then he will. Just like in the Nordine fight, he was still very agile and accurate with his punches.
Of course Donaire's resistance may fail him, but in his blows he is usually very accurate and with great damage, I believe that Gaballo, despite being in very good shape, is still not at Donaire's level ... But this The fight will be very interesting, this time I am more sure that Donaire will win.
He has been knock down in his career and suffer a lost already. So he doesn't have the chin anymore. If and only if Gaballo can perfectly time Donaire and hit him straight in the face then maybe he has a good chance. But I'm not seeing him winning by decision, he needs to knock out Donaire in order to win.