Crowd-pleasing Arce next for Donaire
By Marc Anthony ReyesHis dream of super fights is finally coming true for Nonito Donaire Jr.
His dream of super fights is finally coming true for Nonito Donaire Jr.
As darkness fell on their outdoor battlefield, Nonito Donaire Jr. chased after Jeffrey Mathebula like a hungry predator looking for a quick kill.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire settled for a unanimous decision over Jeffrey Mathebula to unify the WBO and IBF world titles Sunday at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
He may not be willing to share the strategy he will use against the towering South African Jeffrey Mathebula, but Nonito Donaire Jr., has been very public with the tough regimen he underwent for Saturday’s (Sunday in Manila) title fight.
Skill, speed and power. These are the things Nonito Donaire Jr., will reach for in his deep bag of tricks when he faces South African Jeffrey Mathebula in the first step of his attempt to unify the super bantamweight crowns Saturday at the 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.
Nonito Donaire Jr. will bank a guaranteed $750,000 for fighting South African IBF champion Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila).
HBO’s monthly “Boxing After Dark” series—BAD for short— gets a boost at twilight Saturday (Sunday morning in the Philippines) when the Filipino Flash, Nonito Donaire Jr. clashes with former South African Olympic boxer Jeffrey Mathebula.
Team Donaire calmed the uproar on the looming selection of a South African judge at ringside and assured Filipino fight fans that there will be no repeat of the controversial defeat suffered by Manny Pacquiao last month.
IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula predicted Tuesday a second career loss for WBO titlist Nonito Donaire Jr. in their world title unification bout on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
NONITO Donaire Jr. was looking for a knockout win in his last two two fights, but that one decisive punch never came.
Nonito Donaire Jr., who will try to unify the world super bantamweight crown with a July 7 encounter against South African champ Jeffrey Mathebula, has just signed up to become the first professional boxer to undergo a 24/7, 365-day drug-testing program.
Filipino star Nonito Donaire and South Africa’s Jeffrey Mathebula will fight to unify their world super-bantamweight titles, according to numerous reports citing comments from promoters.
