Nonito Donaire Tickets

Nonito Donaire beat previously undefeated Argentinian Omar Andres Narvaez (35-1-2, 19 KOs) by 12-round unanimous decision in a WBC/WBO bantamweight title fight on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at Madison Square Garden in New York. Scores were 120-108, 120-108 and 120-108. Donaire the much bigger man pitched a shutout in boring fight. Narvaez stayed behind a high quard preventing Donaire from landing a knockout punch. The fight was Donaire's last at 118 lbs. He plans to move up to the 122 lb junior featherweight/super bantamweight division.

Next up for Donaire is a 12-round super bantamweight fight against former super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr (21-1-1, 18 KOs) of Puerto Rico on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. This will be Donaire's first fight at 122 lb. Donaire vs Vazquez will be contested for the WBO super bantamweight title that Jorge Arce vacated. Also on the card will be Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs Marco Antonio Rubio.

Fight Location Date Boxing Tickets
Donaire vs Vazquez Alamodome,
San Antonio, TX		 February 4, 2012
Saturday 6:30 PM		  

Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire

(27-1-0, 18 KOs)

On Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the Harbour Yard Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Nonito Donaire beat Vic Darchinyan by 5th round TKO. Donaire felt it avenged his brother Glen Donaire's TD loss to Darchinyan. (Glen Donaire quit in the 6th round after complaining to the referee that his jaw was broken from a head butt although numerous replays showed no head butt had occurred.) Donaire captured Darchinyan's titles with the win.

Donaire KOs Darchinyan - 5th Round

Donaire caught Darchinyan with a big left hook to the chin sending Darchinyan to the canvas and Queer Street.

On Saturday, December 1, 2007 at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, Nonito Donaire beat Luis Maldonado (37-3-1, 28 KOs) by 8th round TKO. Maldonado suffered cuts over both eyes during the fight and was down in round seven. It was Nonito Donaire's first successful IBF and IBO flyweight title defenses since winning them from Vic Darchinyan in July 2007.

Nonito Donaire beat mandatory challenger South African Moruti Mthalane (22-2-0, 15 KOs) by 6th round TKO on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. The IBF and IBO flyweight title fight which took place on the Chavez vs Vanda II undercard was stopped at 1:31 of round six due to a cut on the inside of Mthalane's left eyelid.

On Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, Nonito Donaire beat formerly undefeated Raul Martinez (24-1-0, 14 KOs) of San Antonio, Texas by 4th round TKO. Martinez just couldn't seem to stop keep getting caught by Donaire's left uppercuts. He was down twice in round one, once in round three and a final time in round four prompting referee Pete Podgorski to stop the bout at 2:42. Donaire retained his IBF and IBO flyweight titles.

Nonito Donaire beat Panamanian Rafael Concepcion (13-4-1, 8 KOs) by 12-round unanimous decision winning the interim WBA super flyweight title on Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scores were 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113. Concepcion weighed-in 4 1/2 lbs over the super flyweight limit losing a chance at the title on the scale. The fight was promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank and televised on HBO PPV.

Donaire defeated late replacement Mexican Manuel Vargas (26-5-1, 11 KOs) by 3rd round knockout on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada for the interim WBA super flyweight title. Donaire was scheduled to fight Gerson Guerrero but he failed his pre-fight eye examination. Vargas, clearly overmatched was put down on the canvas in the 3rd round for the count from a combination. Donaire vs Vargas headlined The Latin Fury 13/Pinoy Power 3 fight card televised live on iNDEMAND promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank.

Nonito Donaire beat Hernan Marquez (27-2-0, 20 KOs) by 8th round TKO in an interim WBA World super flyweight title fight on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Donaire vs Marquez was on the Juan Manuel Lopez vs Bernabe Concepcion fight card promoted by Bob Arum of Top Rank and televised live on Showtime. Donaire fought in a southpaw stance for half of the fight with mixed results. When he switched back to an orthodox stance in round five he dropped Marquez. In round eight Donaire sent Marquez to the canvas again prompting Marquez's corner to stop the fight.

Donaire beat former bantamweight champion Ukrainian Volodymyr Sydorenko (22-3-2, 7 KOs) by 4th round KO on Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Sydorenko was also down in rounds 1 and 3. In addition to his victory Donaire also captured the vacant WBC Continental Americas bantamweight title.

On Saturday, February 19, 2011 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nonito Donaire beat Fernando Montiel (43-3-2, 33 KOs) at 2:25 of round 2 by TKO . In the 2nd round Donaire hit Montiel with a counter left hook that put Montiel flat on his back on the canvas. Montiel beat the count but was glassy eyed and on shaky legs. Donaire immediately went for the kill hitting Montiel with a combination of punches prompting the referee to step in and stop the bout. In addition to his victory Donaire captured Montiel's WBC and WBO bantamweight titles. Donaire earned the title shot by defeating Volodymyr Sydorenko by 4th round knockout on December 4, 2010.