By Chris Williams: Negotiations aren’t going well between IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KO’s) and 33-year-old Jorge Arce (60-6-2, 46 KO’s) for a fight in November, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Arce supposedly wants too much money and this is getting in the way of the fight being made.
Toshiaki Nishioka
Donaire could fight Arce in October, Nishioka in December
By Chris Williams: It’s looking like IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire will be staying at 122 a little while longer than we suspected after beating little known IBF champ Jeffrey Mathebula by an unimpressive 12 round decision last Saturday night.
Donaire wants Nishioka next, then will likely move up to 126 without facing Rigondeaux
By Chris Williams: After winning an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision victory over IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula (26-4-2, 14 KO’s) last night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KO’s) said he’ll likely go after one more belt at 122 against WBC Emeritus super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4, 24 KO’s) and then move up to the featherweight division to campaign at 126 lbs.
Sulaiman wants Donaire-Nishioka to fight for Diamond WBC super bantamweight strap
(Photo: Chris Farina/Top Rank) By Chris Williams: If WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire is able to defeat IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula in their unification bout on Saturday night, World Boxing Council (WBC) president Jose Sulaiman is interested in having WBC Emeritus WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka and Donaire fight for the WBC Diamond super bantamweight strap before the end of the year.
Nishioka to attend Donaire-Mathebula fight; hopes to face winner
By Chris Williams: WBC Emeritus super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KO’s) will reportedly be attending Saturday’s unification bout between IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KO’s) and WBO champ Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) with the hope of facing the winner later on in the year.
Nishioka wants Donaire in 2012 and doesn’t want to wait
By Chris Williams: WBC super bantamweight Emeritus champion Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KO’s) isn’t interested in waiting around for a 100 years before he gets a shot against the vulnerable new WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s), according to examiner.com.
Donaire likely to fight Nishioka next; Arce not available until September
By Chris Williams: According to boxing news from the Manila Standard, WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) won’t be facing 32-year-old former four division world champion Jorge Arce (59-6-2, 45 KO’s) next, says Donaire’s promoter Bob Arum.
Arum: If Donaire beats Vazquez Jr., he’ll fight Arce, Nishioka and Rigondeaux
Photo: Adrian Hernandez – By Chris Williams: It looks like former two-division world champion Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) may ultimately fight WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s) after all, as Donaire and Rigondeaux’s promoter, Bob Arum, told RingTV that Donaire will get to Rigondeaux if Donaire gets by Vazquez Jr., Jorge Arce and Toshiaki Nishioka.
Donaire wants Arce, Nishioka and Rigondeaux-Ramos winner
By Dan Ambrose: Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) goes after his third world title belt next month against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-1-1, 18 KO’s) in a fight for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Donaire doesn’t plan on standing in one place if he can pick up the title, as he wants to then face Jorge Arce (59-6-2, 45 KO’s) followed by a fight against WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KO’s).
Arum wants to match Donaire against Nishioka and Arce in 2012
By Chris Williams: Photo credit: Sumio Yamada – In a sign that he may have a tin ear for what boxing fans want to see, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum wants to move his fighter Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) up to the super bantamweight division where Arum wants Donaire to spend the better part of the year facing WBC super bantamweight champion Toshioki Nishioka and then WBO super bantamweight champion Jorge Arce so that Donaire can capture two of the belts. With Arum still not matching Donaire against the fighters that fans want to see him facing in Yuriorkis Gamboa aand Juan Manuel Lopez, it makes you wonder if Arum has confidence in Donaire or not.