World boxing champion Nonito "the Filipino Flash" Donaire Jr. has reacquired his Filipino citizenship, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday, August 17. Donaire took his Oath of Allegiance at the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco on August 16 before becoming a...
Father Time seemed to have finally caught up with Nonito Donaire Jr. The Filipino Flash was outsmarted and outmatched by a younger and quicker Alexandro Santiago who came away with a unanimous decision victory to wrest the vacant WBC bantamweight belt on Sunday, July 30 (Manila time), at the...
Nonito Donaire Jr. is once again out to prove that age is just a number and that he, in fact, still has plenty of gas left in the tank. *Nonito Donaire weighs in for his title fight against Alexandro Santiago at T-Mobile Arena on July 28, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (AFP)* The Filipino Flash is...
By MARK REY MONTEJO Former four-division world champion Nonito Donaire Jr. seeks history when he faces Mexico's Alexandro Santiago for the vacant WBC bantamweight belt on Saturday, July 29 (Sunday, Manila time) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. *Nonito Donaire Jr. (File photo)* Serving as an...
A Filipino boxing icon paid a courtesy call to Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, March 22 at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. Chatting and posing for pictures with Romualdez was Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire Jr. Donaire, 40, is truly one of the greats in the sport based on his...
Nonito Donaire Jr. gets a title shot after the World Boxing Council (WBC) approved his fight with Mexico’s Alejandro Santiago for the vacant bantamweight belt. Nonito Donaire Jr. aims for the WBC bantamweight title vacated by Naoya Inoue. (File Photo/AFP) The development came during a recent...
Nonito Donaire is mulling to scale down to the 115 lbs division and take on super flyweight stars Kazuto Ioka, the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion, and Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzales. Former WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (AFP) Donaire said he has been thinking of weighing...
Nonito Donaire admitted he had too much eagerness in wanting to trade punches with Naoya Inoue which resulted in a heartbreaking knockout loss and losing his World Boxing Council (WBC) title. Nonito Donaire (right) lands a right straight to Naoya Inoue (AFP) "We came here with a good plan and...
Paul Butler, the reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion, has accepted the challenge of taking on unified titlist Naoya Inoue in Japan. WBO bantamweight champion Paul Butler (Probellum) Inoue, who r ecently knocked out former World Boxing Council (WBC) titleholder Nonito...
Nonito Donaire said he was felled by "the hardest punch I've ever been hit with" as bantamweight king Naoya Inoue inflicted a sensational second-round stoppage on the Filipino veteran in Saitama. Naoya Inoue (center) unloads a left hook on Nonito Donaire during their bantamweight unification...
Butler's WBO strap up next for Inoue Nonito Donaire's "road to undisputed" may have come to an end at this point as Naoya Inoue emerged victorious anew and settled their business once and for all in the second part of "Drama in Saitama" last June 7. Naoya Inoue (right) corners Nonito Donaire in...
Naoya Inoue unloaded power punches and only needed almost half of the second round to knock out Nonito Donaire in their unification rematch Tuesday night, June 7 at the Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Japanese "Monster" Naoya Inoue (left) and "Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire trade punches during...
