The battle for the WBC Diamond Belt between WBO super bantamweight/junior featherweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and Japan’s WBC champion emeritus Toshiaki Nishioka last October 14 over ABS-CBN Channel 2 turned in tremendous TV ra...
This one looked like Nonito Donaire-Omar Narvaez II until Toshiaki Nishioka opened up- and was rewarded with a KO loss. Nishioka avg'd five power shots thrown per round over the first five rounds and 15 thrown per round over the next four rounds. D...
by Cliff Rold - In a steady, workmanlike performance, 29-year old WBO Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO) of San Leandro, California scored two knockdowns en route to a ninth-round stoppage of defensive minded 36-year old former...
Both Nonito Donaire and Toshiaki Nishioka throw well below the weight class average. Nishioka landed more of his total punches vs. weaker opposition than Donaire. Nishioka landed 53% of his power shots. 66% of their landed punches were power shots....
World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman claims that in addition to the IBF super bantamweight title, which will not be at stake in the battle between Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire and Japanese southpaw Toshiaki Nishioka, the WBO belt...
Barring a draw in the main event, on Sunday morning boxing fans will have a universally recognized new champion at 122 lbs. for the first time since Israel Vazquez and, hopefully, lots of blood to clean off their screens or clothes, depending on wher...
Toshiaki Nishioka is 36 and hasn’t fought in over a year, yet Nonito Donaire knows better than to expect anything other than the type of fight the accomplished Japanese southpaw’s resume suggests he’ll give Donaire Saturday night in Carson, Calif....
Manhattan Beach, Los Angeles - Earlier today, WBO/IBF super bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire and Japan's WBC Diamond Belt champion and champion emeritus Toshiaki Nishioka easily made the weight for their eagerly awaited title...
It’s about that time again for Nonito Donaire. The holder of the IBF and WBO junior featherweight belts, the 29-year old Donaire will climb into the ring this weekend as he looks to defend his straps against Japan’s formidable Toshiaki Nishioka, f...
Los Angeles, California - The weights are in for HBO's doubleheader at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire weighed in at 121.6pounds. Toshiaki Nishioka, who holds the WBC's Diamond title, we...
Manhattan Beach, CA - WBO/IBF super bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire is confident that he is better than WBC champion emeritus Toshiaki Nishioka who he will face for the coveted World Boxing Council Diamond Belt at the Home D...