WBA featherweight champion Simphiwe “V12†Vetyeka (26-2, 15 KOs), of Mdantsane, South Africa, and 2012 Fighter of the Year Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire (32-2, 20 KOs), a native of General Santos City, Philippines, now living in Las Vegas, weighed in at 125.5 and 126 pounds, respectively, on Friday in their final faceoff before their…
The big mid-week action of August’s last days takes place Wednesday night at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan with the both the WBA bantam and super flyweight titles at risk in another installment of the Mexico vs. Japan rivalry of the lighter weight classes. Tokyo based WBA 118 pound king Koki Kameda, 25-1 (16), faces…
World Bantamweight Champion and consensus Top-Three pound-for-pound fighter, Nonito “The Filipino Flash†Donaire and Todd duBoef, President of Top Rank, Inc., announced today that they will move forward together in promoting Donaire’s stellar professional boxing career. “I am very happy and pleased to announce a recent reconciliation between Top Rank, and myself, and I am…
Undefeated Super Featherweight prospect Jerry “The Kid†Belmontes has reached an agreement with powerful manager Cameron Dunkin to help guide his career towards a world championship. Belmontes of Corpus Christi, Texas has compiled a perfect record of 14-0 with five knockouts. The twenty-two year old turned pro in 2008 at the age of nineteen after…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Tonight at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, CA, bantamweights Yonnhy Perez and Vic Darchinyan tangle for the vacant IBO crown. This should be a thrilling bout in the classic format of boxer vs. puncher as southpaw Darchinyan impulsively throws everything he has into nearly every punch while Perez…
There’s a good fight card this evening at Arena Roberto Duran in Panama City as local hero Luis Concepcion looks to up his Interim WBA super fly title status to full blown WBA champion as he meets opponent Hernan Marquez over 12 scheduled rounds. Concepcion has won 19 straight bouts, picking up regional titles along…
Today, the Honorable Daniel Weinstein (ret.) enjoined Golden Boy Promotions from promoting Top Rank boxer Nonito Donaire for the duration of Top Rank’s exclusive promotional agreement with Donaire. Golden Boy wrongfully signed Donaire to a four-year promotional agreement in the face of Top Rank’s agreement with the up-and-coming star.
The latest installment of Steve Molitor vs. Takalani Ndlovu for the IBF title takes place tonight but on this occasion the super bantams will clash for the first time in Ndlovu’s homeland of South Africa, headlining a card at Nasrec Indoor Arena in Johannesburg. The pair’s two previous bouts took place at Molitor’s stomping grounds…
Golden Boy Promotions is extremely pleased to announce the signing of Two-Division World Champion Nonito Donaire to its roster of fighters. The 28-year-old native of the Philippines is coming off of a dominant second round stoppage of Fernando Montiel on February 19, which earned him the WBC and WBO Bantamweight World Titles. Now, as he…
© Dominic Serna Dominicserna.com After a 49 second knockout victory in his pro debut on March 25Th 2010, Randy Caballero had hit the professional boxing scene with both feet running. Six consecutive victories later, already has this young fighter from Coachella Valley, California will participate as Co-Main event on Telefutura’s popular Solo Boxing series March…
The year’s most hotly anticipated clash at bantamweight turned out to be far less competitive than expected as the Philippine’s Nonito Donaire blew out Fernando Montiel to capture the Mexican’s WBC and WBO belts at Mandalay Bay casino in Las Vegas. Montiel started off cautiously and that proved to be a mistake as Donaire hit…
A hotly anticipated clash at bantamweight takes place tonight as WBC/WBO champ Fernando Montiel puts his belts at risk against top flyweight Nonito Donaire this evening at Las Vegas’ Mandalay Bay Casino. Despite the general idea that this is a 50-50 fight or possibly that Donaire is the favorite, Montiel, 44-2-2 (34), has an enormous…