Donaire's Profile (Check with 12Bet.com for the upcoming fights)
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| Courtesy: Top Rank Boxing Release: 03/03/2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||
"The Filipino Flash" 12Bet.com
He won the WBA interim title in August, 2009. He is also a former IBF flyweight world champion - he won that title in July, 2007, and has made three successful title defenses. He vacated the title to move up in weight. Nonito is coming off a fourth-round KO of Wladimir Sidorenko on December 4th in Anaheim, Calif; it was Nonito's first fight as a bantamweight. After the fight, Dan Rafael of ESPN.com wrote [excerpts]: Donaire insisted before the fight that he was purely focused on Sidorenko and he was apparently right because he turned in a sensational performance, with the most complete fight of his career. Sidorenko was no pushover, though. He is an accomplished, experienced fighter who held a bantamweight title from 2005 to 2008 and had only lost close decisions to Anselmo Moreno in title bouts. But Donaire blew him out in stunningly-lopsided fashion, showing why many have him ranked on the pound-for-pound list. Donaire looked much bigger than Sidorenko and nearly knocked him out in the first round when Donaire ripped him with a right hand. Sidorenko fell to the mat and nearly broke his right knee as he collapsed on top of it. By the second round, Sidorenko's face was a bloody mess from eating so many shots, as Donaire bounced around and fired accurate shots with both hands. Sidorenko had no answers and no prayer to win at that point. A left to the top of the head dropped Sidorenko again in the third round, and a left-right combination dumped him to his knees in the fourth round. Sidorenko had the look of resignation on his bloody face, and referee Marcos Rosales stopped the fight without completing a count at 1 minute, 48 seconds. [12Bet.com ] Nonito made his first defense of the WBA title on July 10: he dominated the fight and scored an eighth-round TKO win against Hernan Marquez. In April, 2009, Nonito scored a sensational fourth-round TKO win against previously undefeated former amateur standout Raul Martinez. Fightwriter.com's Graham Houston reported [excerpts]: Nonito Donaire...looked like a monster as he destroyed previously unbeaten Raul Martinez in four rounds. Donaire towered over the challenger from San Antonio...and when Martinez went down twice in the first round it was obvious that this fight would not last long. I had expected a stiff challenge from Martinez but he was outclassed and getting hurt by big shots, especially Donaire's left uppercut. Down again in the second, he was on borrowed time and I couldn't fault referee Pete Podgorski for waving the finish when Martinez was sent flying to the canvas by a left uppercut in the fourth. Although Martinez got up and seemed eager to continue, four knockdowns in four rounds was quite enough. [12Bet.com ] Nonito won the IBF flyweight world title in July, 2007, with a spectacular, devastating one-punch knockout against previously undefeated defending champion Vic Darchinyan. The knockout was so devastating that during his post-fight interview, Darchinyan didn't seem to realize he had just been knocked out. Boxing News reported [excerpts]: Darchinyan...was caught with a left hook that was reminiscent of the perfect punch Sugar Ray Robinson used to knock out Gene Fullmer 50 years ago. What should not be forgotten is how well Donaire fought up the point of the stoppage. [12Bet.com ] The fight won The Ring's annual awards for "2007 Knockout of the Year" and "2007 Upset of the Year." Nonito had an impressive amateur career, as well, which included wins against Ron Siler, who made the 2004 U.S. Olympic team, and current pro jr. middleweight prospect James Kirkland. Regarding his nickname, Nonito said, "I got my name because I was pretty fast. Like in the gym, I was a lot faster than my brother or other fighters. They started calling me that around my fourth, fifth fight." Check with 12Bet.com for the upcoming fights | ||||||||||||||||||||
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