(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.
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Donaire: I could fight Rigondeaux or Mares next
By Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire says he could wind up facing either WBC super bantamweight champ Abner Mares next or WBA champion Guillermo Rigondeaux next depending on what his manager Cameron Dunkin wants for him. Donaire will be fighting IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday in a unification bout in Carson, California.
Mathebula will show Donaire his own power on Saturday
By Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) has a reputation for being a big puncher from his days as a flyweight and super flyweight. However, since moving up weight to first the bantamweight and now the super bantamweight divisions, Donaire’s power has pretty much abandoned him to where he’s now just a fighter that has to get by with his boxing skills instead of his power like in the old days.
Arum: Donaire is not just good, he’s sensational!
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is reportedly excited after seeing his fighter WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) training recently for his unification fight this Saturday night against IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KO’s) at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California.
Donaire vs. Mathebula on Saturday
by Chris Williams: WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) will be getting another chance to try and impress the boxing world this Saturday night against IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KO’s) on HBO at then Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. Donaire, 29, has failed to impress in his last two fights against Omar Narvaez and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
Donaire interested in fighting Rigondeaux if it involves a tournament
By Chris Williams: Trying to get WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1,m 18 KO’s) to fight WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) has been like trying to get someone to go to the dentist to have a tooth pulled. Donaire has been less than eager and that’s putting it mildly.
Donaire has to look good against Mathebula if he wants to stay ahead of Rigondeaux in popularity
By Chris Williams: I don’t know if WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 kO’s) has been taking any notice, but WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) is quickly turning into a star in the United States after only 10 fights.
Rigondeaux ready to give Donaire a pounding
By Chris Williams: In the past, Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) didn’t want to fight Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) because he didn’t have a title, and there was nothing that the Cuban had to offer him. Now that Rigondeaux has the WBA super bantamweight title, Donaire says Rigondeaux lacks experience at the pro level for him to bother fighting him.
Bernstein: Nonito Donaire is the best fighter in the lower weights
By Chris Williams: Showtime boxing analyst Al Bernstein is high on WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) for some reason, seeing him as the best fighter in the entire lower weight classes.
Donaire says he wants to unify all the 122 lb titles
By Dan Ambrose: It seems like WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) has lost his ambition to move up to the featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight and light welterweight divisions to seek out bigger and better things. There had been talk of Donaire doing that if he could continue to dominate like he had at flyweight, super flyweight and bantamweight.