Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-07-29, pretty good boxing match: Nonito Donaire vs Alexandro Santiago gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Santiago vs Donaire is scheduled to take place Saturday, July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), in a 12-round bantamweight (118 lbs, 53.5 kg) bout; it is valid for the vacant WBC world bantamweight title and it is on the undercard of Errol Spence Jr vs Terence Crawford. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-06-07, nice and tough boxing fight: Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire 2 gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Donaire vs Inoue 2 is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC, WBA and IBF World bantamweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-12-11, pretty good boxing fight: Nonito Donaire vs Reymart Gaballo gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Gaballo vs Donaire is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC World bantamweight title (Donaire’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-05-29, great boxing fight: Nordine Oubaali vs Nonito Donaire is close to get four stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Donaire vs Oubaali is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC World bantamweight title (Oubaali’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-11-07, great performance by both boxers: Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire is close to get four stars!
The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Naoya Inoue entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 18-0-0 (16 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.1 bantamweight in the world. In his last three bouts ‘Monster’ Inoue has won over Jamie McDonnell (Jamie McDonnell vs Naoya Inoue), Juan Carlos Payano (Naoya Inoue vs Juan Carlos Payano) and Emmanuel Rodriguez (Naoya Inoue vs Emmanuel Rodriguez).
His opponent, the world champion in five different weight classes Nonito Donaire, has an official record of 40-5-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He lost to Carl Frampton last year (Carl Frampton vs Nonito Donaire) but then he has beat Ryan Burnett (who retired due to a back injury, Ryan Burnett vs Nonito Donaire) and Stephon Young (Nonito Donaire vs Stephon Young). Inoue vs Donaire is the final of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy) and it is valid for the WBA and IBF World bantamweight titles; they also faced each other a second time in June 7, 2022 (Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-04-27, Nonito Donaire vs Stephon Young gets three stars only thanks to a good finsih.
The world champion in five different weight classes Nonito Donaire entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 39-5-0 (25 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Luis Nery). He fought twice last year, losing to Carl Frampton (Carl Frampton vs Nonito Donaire) and beating Ryan Burnett (Burnett retired due to a back injury, Ryan Burnett vs Nonito Donaire).
His opponent, Stephon Young (who replaces Zolani Tete), has an official record of 18-1-3 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.91 in the same weight class. He also fought twice in 2018, losing to Reymart Gaballo and winning over Wilner Soto. Donaire vs Young is the semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy) and it is valid for the WBA and WBC Diamond Bw titles; undercard of Regis Prograis vs Kiryl Relikh. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-11-03, good exchanges between Ryan Burnett and Nonito Donaire: it gets three stars.
The undefeated former Ibf and current Wba Bw champion Ryan Burnett entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 19-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Luis Nery). In his last three bouts he has won over Lee Haskins (Haskins vs Burnett), Zhanat Zhakiyanov (Ryan Burnett vs Zhanat Zhakiyanov) and Yonfrez Parejo (Ryan Burnett vs Yonfrez Parejo).
His opponent, the former world champion in three different weight classes Nonito Donaire, has an official record of 38-5-0 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 featherweight but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Jessie Magdaleno in 2016 (controversial decision, Donaire vs Magdaleno) and Carl Frampton in 2018 (Carl Frampton vs Nonito Donaire); between these two bouts he beat Ruben Garcia Hernandez in 2017 (Nonito Donaire vs Ruben Garcia Hernandez). Burnett vs Donaire is the quarter-final of the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament (WBSS – Muhammad Ali Trophy) and it is valid for the WBA and WBC Diamond bantamweight titles; undercard of Josh Taylor vs Ryan Martin. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-21, some good exchanges between Carl Frampton and Nonito Donaire but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The former world champion in two different weight classes Carl Frampton entered this fight with a professional record of 24-1-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 featherweight in the world. Between 2016 and 2017 he faced current #1 Fw Leo Santa Cruz defeating the Mexican in their first bout (Santa Cruz vs Frampton I) and losing the rematch (Frampton vs Santa Cruz II); after this fight he has beat Horacio Garcia (Carl Frampton vs Horacio Garcia).
His opponent, the former world champion in three different weight classes Nonito Donaire, has a boxing record of 38-4-0 (24 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He lost to Jessie Magdaleno in 2016 (controversial decision, Donaire vs Magdaleno) but he came back to win in 2017 with Ruben Garcia Hernandez (Nonito Donaire vs Ruben Garcia Hernandez). Frampton vs Donaire is valid for the interim WBO World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-23, fight not particularly good between Nonito Donaire and Garcia Hernandez: it gets two stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Nonito Donaire entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 37-4-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Leo Santa Cruz). He fought twice last year beating Zsolt Bedak (=Donaire vs Bedak) and losing to Jessie Magdaleno (controversial decision, Donaire vs Magdaleno).
His opponent, Ruben Garcia Hernandez, has a record of 22-2-1 (9 knockouts) and he also lost once in 2016, against Randy Caballero (=Caballero vs Garcia); after this bout he has won seven consecutive fights. Nonito Donaire vs Hernandez is valid for the vacant WBC Silver Featherweight title; undercard of Yunier Dorticos vs Dmitry Kudryashov. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-11-05, disappointing fight between Nonito Donaire and Jessie Magdaleno: it gets two stars.
The Wbo super-Bw champion (and former world champion in four different weight classes) Nonito Donaire entered this fight with a pro record of 37-3-0 (24 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Scott Quigg). He lost to Nicholas Walters in 2014 (=Donaire vs Walters) but then he has won four consecutive fights beating Cesar Juarez (4-stars fight, Donaire vs Juarez) and Zsolt Bedak in his last two (=Donaire vs Bedak).
His opponent, the undefeated Jessie Magdaleno, has a perfect boxing record of 23-0-0 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.42 featherweight. He has fought once in 2016 winning over Rey Perez. Donaire vs Magdaleno is valid for the WBO World super bantamweight title (Donaire’s second defense); undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs Jessie Vargas. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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