Donaire vs. Montiel

By Chris Williams: Fernando Montiel (46-3-2, 36 KO’s) defeated Alvaro Perez (21-4-1, 12 KO’s) by a third round KO on Saturday night at the La Cetto Vineyard, in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. It was a good win but a weak opponent for the 32-year-old Montiel.

By Matt Muranaka: Even though Nonito Donaire (26-1,18Ko’s) has only had two big fights in his career, he has yet to disappoint. Coming out of Hayward California, and training in the nearby city of San Jose California, Donaire has been a hidden boxing gem in the Bay Area. After the events that unfolded on February [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) is currently enjoying the fame that comes from knocking out the best fighter in the bantamweight division with his 2nd round knockout victory over Fernando Montiel last weekend. Donaire already has seen the benefits of the victory, as he’s been pushed to the number [...]

By Chris Williams: Former WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s) will be returning to the ring by summer at the latest to resume his boxing career and put his loss to Nonito Donaire behind him. Hopefully, this is enough time for Montiel to recover from the knockout loss and the subsequent surgery to [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) has been elevated to the number #3 sport in the Ring pound-for-pound ratings. This comes after Donaire knocked out Fernando Montiel in the 2nd round last weekend to capture his WBC and WBO bantamweight titles.

By Gerardo Granados: Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire defeated boxing great Fernando “Ko – Chulito” Montiel by an impressive knockout in two rounds, Montiel fall to the canvas really hurt and seems to had muscular spasm due to the severe concussion he suffered from the perfect left that he received from Donaire.

By Dan Ambrose: Losing to Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) wounded WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel’s pride more than the pain from having his right cheekbone fractured by Donaire’s powerful left hand that knocked him flat in the 2nd round.

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel is to undergo plastic surgery to repair a hairline fracture of his right cheekbone he suffered when he was tagged by a powerful left hook by challenger Nonito Donaire last Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The the punch thrown by Donaire [...]

By Dave Lahr: HBO analyst Roy Jones Jr. was really lathering on the praise for Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) last Saturday night after Donaire shockingly stopped WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. After the fight, Jones Jr. said “I think in my book, he’s [Donaire] pound-for-pound the [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The cold hard truth is that unless WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) can pick up titles in each division he fights in all the way up to the welterweight division, he’s going to probably fall well short of the mark that Manny Pacquiao has set with his eight world [...]

By Chris Williams: Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) may have scored a spectacular victory in defeating WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, but it might not have been enough for Americans to get behind Donaire and start seeing him as [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Newly crowned WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) will be sticking around the bantamweight division for at least one more fight to take on the winner of the Joseph Agebeko vs. Abner Mares bout. For Donaire, this would be a unification bout, as Agbeko currently holds down the IBF bantamweight [...]

By Chris Williams: Photo credit Sumio Yamada – If you look at last night’s fight between Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) and WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (42-3-2, 34 KO’s), you’ll notice immediately how much bigger the 5’6″ Donaire was compared to the 5’4″ Montiel. It’s more than just height. Donaire looked huge in terms [...]

By Reynaldo Sanchez: Photo credit Sumio Yamada – To the Philippine star Manny Pacquiao, we will see perhaps, in 2 or 3 fights in the future. Since is natural, the boxing, the press and the boxing fans, they move his eyes looking for the successor of the Congressman. This frenetic search, it seems came to [...]

By Francisco Hernandez: Photo credit Zanfer boxing – Last night at the Mandalay Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, a pale looking Fernando Montiel looked too weak and stale, extremely slow and stiff to put up much of a fight against Nonito Donaire. Montiel had the effervescence of a stale Corona beer that has been left [...]

By Rod Bautista: Photo credit Zanfer boxing – Nonito Donaire’s destruction Saturday night of former bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel has caused quite the stir in the boxing world. Many fans and scribes who were waiting for Donaire’s response to his first serious test in the boxing ring definitely got their answer.

By Chris Williams: Photo credit Naoki Fakuda – Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum was all grins after his fighter Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) stopped WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel in a 2nd round last Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Arum, who also promotes Manny Pacquiao, sees great things in Donaire [...]

By Chris Williams: Photo credit Zanfer boxing – Boxing fans are getting excited right now about Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) after watching him stop 5’4” WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel last night in the 2nd round at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas. This was certainly a good win, but let’s [...]

By Rod Bautista: Photo credit Zanfer boxing – If there were any questions if the hype and attention Nonito Donaire has been receiving is deserved, they were definitely answered Saturday night. Donaire’s destruction of Fernando Montiel in the 2nd round not only earned him the the WBC and WBO bantamweight title’s, but surely an early [...]

By Jason Kim: Photo credit Zanfer boxing – Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) blasted out WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s) in a 2nd round TKO on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. While the 31-year-old Montiel was stopped on his feet by referee Russell Mora [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Photo credit Sumio Yamada -The referee really did WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel no favors by allowing the fight to continue after he was knocked down tonight by challenger Nonito Donaire in their fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Montiel was tagged with a huge left [...]

By Jim Dower: Photo credit Sumio Yamada – Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) made quick work of WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s), taking him out with a huge left hand to the head that floored Montiel in the 2nd round in their fight on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Resort & [...]

By Dave Lahr: Photo credit Sumio Yamada – Moments ago, Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KO’s) destroyed a weight drained looking WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO’s) in the 2nd round at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Montiel looked like the effort that he had made to melt down [...]

By Jim Dower: In early action on Saturday’s Nonito Donaire vs. Fernando Montiel fight card at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, unbeaten welterweight contender Mike Jones (24-0, 18 KO’s) improved on his previous performance against Jesus Soto-Karass (24-6-3, 16 KO’s), defeating him by a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores [...]

By Dave Lahr: Photo credit Naoki Fokuda Harold Lederman, the HBO unofficial ringside judge, believes that WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KO’s) is the biggest puncher in the lighter weight divisions and hits as hard as a welterweight. These are my thoughts as well. Montiel, 31, has a huge fight tomorrow night against [...]

By Dave Lahr: Photo credit Naoki Fakuda – At today’s weigh-in for Saturday’s clash between WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KO’s) and challenger Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KO’s), the 31-year-old Montiel weighed in at a cut 118 lbs. Montiel looked sharp as a razor with washboard abs. He beamed confidence, smiling frequently at [...]

By Dave Lahr: Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KO’s) hasn’t been beaten in 10 years since losing a five round decision to Rosendo Sanchez in his second fight as a pro in 2001. Since then, the 28-year-old Donaire has won 24 consecutive fights going into his fight on Saturday night, February 19th against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion [...]

By Dave Lahr: Writer Doug Fischer believes that Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KO’s) could be vulnerable to getting beaten this Saturday night against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-2, 34 KO’s) in their fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Gerardo Granados: Next Saturday 19th Nonito Donaire will battle against the most dangerous rival in his boxing career, he will fight against Mexican boxing great and three divisions champion Fernando Montiel. Nonito has never been against such a great boxer and this is by far the most difficult adversary in the bantamweight division, but [...]

By Dave Lahr: Former IBF light flyweight champion Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KO’s) is just raring to go for his fight next Saturday night against WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KO’s) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.