Nonito Donaire stops Hungarian challenger Zsolt Bedak in the third round. In the first round, both fighters were too cautious coming in as both have powerful left hook. But it was a cleat round to score for Donaire as he landed clean body shots. In the second round, the action pickup a little intense as […]
Donaire vs Bedak Live Blog
TBD will be live blogging the Nonito vs Zsolt Bedak junior featherweight title fight starting 6PM (Manila Time). Nonito Donaire (36-3, 23 KOs) will defend his 122-pound title for the first time against Hungarian challenger Zsolt Bedak (25-1, 8 KOs) in front of his home crowd at the Cebu City Sports Center. Stay tuned as we […]
Donaire vs Bedak weights: Donaire, 121.3/4 Bedak 121.1/2 pounds
Junior featherweight titlist Nonito Donaire and title challenger Zsolt Bedak came in under the 122-pound limit. Both men looked fit, ripped and ready to go during the weigh-in, Friday, ahead of their 12-round title fight, at the Cebu City Sports Center on Saturday night (Manila). The “Filipino Flash” came in at 121.3/4 pounds while his Hungarian […]
Donaire, Nietes, Tabuena share PSA’s “Athlete of the Year” award
Battle-tested boxing champion Nonito Donaire will be named, for the fourth time, as Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) “Athlete of the Year” along with longest reigning Filipino boxing champion Donnie Nietes and golfer Miguel Tabuena. The trio will be honored during its Annual Awards Night on Feb. 13 to be held at One Esplanade in Pasay […]
Read: Nonito Donaire’s message following grueling battle against Cesar Juarez
Following Nonito Donaire’s decisive but hard-earned battle against Mexico’s Cesar Juarez, “The Filipino Flash” went to Facebook to thank his fans, supporters, family and God. Here’s the full message: THANK YOU to God for allowing me to bring back the belt to Philippines! Thank you to my Angels for their protection. Thank you to my TEAM […]
Donaire earns a bruising decision win over Juarez in Puerto Rico
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (36-3, 23 KO’s) displayed skills, guts and heart of a champion and claimed title, once again, in the super bantamweight division, in what turned out a potential Fight of the Year candidate. The FOTY possibility could not be achieved without the unflinching guts, grits tough as concrete nail in Cesar […]
Donaire apologizes to UK boxing fans for not getting Quigg fight
Nonito “The Filipino Flash Donaire” went to social media to apologize to his UK fans for not getting the Scott Quigg fight done. The 32-year old fighter from California was gunning for a showdown with the undefeated Quigg after wining his last two bouts by knockout since moving back super bantamweight division. Nicholas Walters defeated […]
The Week’s Boxing Results Roundup: July 13-19
The third week of July was perhaps the busiest boxing weekend. Here we compiled 23 results. That of course might not cover every result globally as there were professional bouts happening in the very remote areas of the globe. So that’s in addition to these 23 fight results. Here they are, the week’s boxing results Roundup […]
Donaire delivers a spectacular showing in Macao
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire delivered the performance he was expected, stopping Anthony Settoul of France in the second round of their junior featherweight clash Saturday at the Cotai Arena in Macao. Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs) dropped Settoul (20-4, 8 KOs) twice in the first round. His body punches forced Settoul to take a knee […]
Weights from Macao: Donaire, Setoul 123 lbs.
Multi-division world titlist Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire (34-3, 22 KOs) and his opponent Anthony Setoul (20-3, 8 KOs) of France both came in one pound over the junior featherweight limit at 123 pounds for their 10-round scheduled bout at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao on Saturday. ‘IK’ Yang Lian Hui (19-0,14KO’s) of China, who headlines […]
