Anatomy of a sorry mismatch
By Recah TrinidadA RAGING mismatch, the fight was not, in any way, close.
A RAGING mismatch, the fight was not, in any way, close.
With or without a hero’s welcome, fallen champ Nonito Donaire Jr. is heading home.
Filipino World boxing champion Nonito Donaire Jr. and Mexican Jorge Arce both made weight ahead of their clash on Sunday (Manila time) in Houston, Texas, according to Top Rank, promoter of the fight.
Experience and power. These are the main sticking points for Filipino boxing star Nonito Donaire Jr. when he stakes his WBO and IBF super bantamweight titles against Japanese Toshiaki Nishioka on Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila) at Home Depot Center here.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. and Jeffrey Mathebula faced off for the last time Friday (Saturday morning in Manila) on the eve their anticipated world title unification bout in Carson, California.
On a night when the country’s finest athletes basked in the familiar spotlight, some of the leaders behind their success also shared their glory.
Boxing and billiards claimed the lion’s share of honors in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards on Saturday night, proving once again that they produced the most number of success stories in 2011.
—Two athletes who have had to carve their niches under the shadows of Filipino icons grab the lion’s share of the limelight tonight when the Philippine Sportswriters Association honors the top achievers of 2011 in its Annual Awards Night at the Manila hotel.
Mexican ring warrior Jorge Arce stopped Venezuelan Lorenzo Parra in the fifth round of their super bantamweight nontitle bout Saturday and wasted no time in calling out Nonito Donaire to sign the contract for their much-anticipated showdown.
There should be a double celebration coupled with a bigger welcome for Nonito Donaire Jr., who captured his fourth world boxing crown in Texas on Sunday. The all-revealing triumph over boastful Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. of Puerto Rico may not rank as Donaire’s best win to date. In fact, Donaire had scored more sensational triumphs, including [...]
Nonito Donaire Jr. showed he still has the power at 122 pounds, but his hands took a pounding.
This was evident Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila) when The Filipino Flash hacked out a split decision win over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. to grab the World Boxing Organization super bantamweight crown in San Antonio, Texas.
Nonito Donaire Jr., and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., traded dagger looks and exchanged heated words during the final press conference for their WBO super bantamweight title fight on Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila) at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Nonito Donaire Jr. retained his twin world bantamweight boxing crowns and, in the process, added a name to winning in boxing’s rich lexicon.
