Trainer Jorge Rubio is still looking for answers after getting fired by WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, who hired Cuban coach Pedro Diaz to train him for the biggest fight of his career, a unification with WBO champion Nonito Do...
The President of the he World Boxing Council (WBC), Jose Sulaiman, is planning to send a letter to the Nevada State Athletic Commission to reprimand referee Russell Mora, who worked last Saturday's fight between bantamweights Nonito Donaire and Ferna...
Former champion Fernando Montiel is very disappointed with last Saturday's knockout loss to Nonito Donaire. Montiel lost his WBO/WBC bantamweight titles after a left hook put him down hard in the second round of their fight at the Mandalay Bay in Las...
Undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones landed 408 total punches- an average of 34 per round - 15 more than the welterweight average. He also averaged 42 jabs thrown per round and landed 19. The welterweight avg. six jabs landed per round. Je...
Everyone is still soaking in the aftermath of Nonito Donaire's breathtaking victory over Fernando Montiel, which took place on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. In one of the more vicious knockouts in recent memory, Donaire lev...
LAS VEGAS - Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire won the WBC/WBO world bantamweight titles with a breathtaking second round knockout of Mexican champion Fernando "KO-Chulito" Montiel before a wildly cheering crowd of some 5,000 fans at the Mandalay...
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, former two-division champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KOs) captured the the WBC/WBO bantamweight titkes when he knocked out reigning champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KOs) in two rounds. Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank an...
By Jake Donovan - The talent long ago suggested that Nonito Donaire was destined for greatness. All that he needed was the big wins to match the potential. Saturday night provided that part of the formula, in a very big way. Making his HBO-tele...
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas - A very lively arena crowd saw Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18KOs) blast out Fernando Montiel (44-3, 34KOs) in two rounds to capture the WBC/WBO bantamweight titles. A big feeling out process in the first round. In the second, Doan...
Troubled but talented contender Mike Alvarado opened the show and showed a lot of the reasons why some believe he could be a darkhorse in the hotly contested Junior Welterweight division. Displaying a sharp array of punches, Alvarado dispatched a ga...