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The reigning 122-pound world boxing champion, Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire accepted the highly-touted Sugar Ray Robinsons Trophy as the 2013 Fighter of the Year. The 30-year-old Filipino boxer was emotional during the awarding ceremony which acknowledged his impressive performance for the year 2012. Donaire fought four times in 2012, winning the first two by … Read more
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire prepares for his toughest boxing match against one of the most phenomenal boxer from Cuba, Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux. Donaire is facing an uphill climb against the Cuban former two-time Olympics gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux. The Filipino champion wanted to continue his 30-game winning streak. Donaire was considered as one … Read more
Juan Francisco Estrada made an upset against Brian Viloria and captured the WBO and WBA Flyweight titles after he won a split decision in their world title fight in Macau. The official scores were 116-111 and 117-111 for Estrada while Viloria won in the last judges score card at 115-113. The younger and 22-year-old Estrada … Read more
Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria was defeated in a split decision against Juan Francisco Estrada with the judges score at 115-113 for Viloria, 116-111 & 117-111 for Estrada. Related Article: Viloria vs. Estrada Replay & Highlights Video The Filipino world champion Viloria dominated the first five rounds but the Mexican Estrada get the momentum until … Read more
Aside from the Brian Viloria who will be defending his crown against his Mexican opponent Juan Estrada for the WBO and WBA Championship belt, three other Filipinos will showcase their skills in Macau. Related Article: Brian Viloria vs. Juan Estrada Live in Macau The undercard of the “Fist of Gold” card in Macau will feature … Read more
The current world flyweight champion Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria will be defending his WBO and WBA championship belt against Mexican challenger this coming April 6, 2013. The fight card will be held at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Macau, the first major professional boxing event hosted by the former Portuguese territory currently under the … Read more
The Filipino world boxing champion Nonito Donaire will be facing one of the toughest opponent of his career against undefeated Cuban, Guillermo Rigondeaux for the unification world super-bantamweight title fight. The match between two of the world’s most popular super-bantamweight will be held this coming April 13, 2013 at the Big Apple. According to Top … Read more
Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao wanted to bring his next fight to the Philippines as part of his ring return this coming April. According to a news report from ABS-CBN, Manny have already sent his adviser Michael Koncz to Singapore to check for possible venue. Manny stated further that if there’s no available venue in … Read more
The Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire Jr. will be fighting against WBA Super Bantamweight King Guillermo Rigondeaux for April 27 megafight. The report of Donaire’s next fight was first reported by Ronnie Nathanielzs of Philboxing. The Filipino champion earlier stated that he wanted to fight the undefeated WBC champion Abner Mares but welcomes the chances of … Read more
The Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire confirmed today that his wife Rachel Donaire is pregnant and he is going to become a father. The announcement was made during an exclusive interview with Umagang Kay Ganda. Donaire told ABS-CBN, that Rachel’s pregnancy is the the biggest he had received in 2012. Rachel Donaire is currently on his … Read more