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Donaire dazzling, though dunces may disagree
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
In many ways, Nonito Donaire?s victory Saturday over Japanese star Toshiaki Nishioka ranked with his best work ever. Yet the crowd booed for much of the super-bantamweight title fight. Donaire had been upstaged before his bout began.
?I don?t think I would have taken a main event behind those two Read Full Story >>>PHOTOS FROM HANDIG-SINGWANGCHA VS TAKAYAMA, GABUTAN-SINGWANGCHA VS OLIN
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Unknown and untested Filipino boxer Handig Singwangcha of Catbalogan, Northern Samar defeated former WBC strawweight world champion Katsunari Takayama of Osaka, Japan via a narrow split decision. With the win, the "Waray Warrior" became the m Read Full Story >>> Intercollegiate Softball in Pasig
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
MANILA (PNA) -- Filipino sports fans will have the rare chance to see members of the Southeast Asian Games champion Philippines Blu Girls and the reigning World Series Big League titleholder Team Manila in action starting today when the Cebuana Lhuillier National Intercollegiate Women?s Softball Cha Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE-NISHIOKA / RIOS-ALVARADO: COMPLETE FIGHT REPORT WITH PHOTOS
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Carson CA:- After everything was said and done, it turned out that the much publicized and overly hyped WBC ex-champion, Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan (39-5-3, 24KO) was a dud.
Nishioka, fighting before a sell out crowd a Read Full Story >>> Palace congratulates Donaire on TKO win
GMA News Online, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Malaca?ang on Sunday congratulated Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire for his ninth-round technical knockout win over Japan?s Toshiaki Nishioka.
Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said Donaire?s win solidified the Filipino boxer?s place in the international scene.
?Na-solidify ang Read Full Story >>> Brandon Rios: A Star is Born
By Paul Magno, Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
COMMENTARY | Brandon Rios (31-0-1, 23 KOs) has been the darling of the hardcore boxing fan ever since dismantling Anthony Peterson in a lightweight title eliminator back in 2010. The fans have followed his rise from tough unknown to top contender to world champ and, along the way, saw him establish Read Full Story >>> Sensational bout a hard act to follow
By Associated Press, Herald News, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
CARSON, Calif. (AP) ? Nonito Donaire knew he had nearly an impossible act to follow. Right before he took the ring, Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado brawled through arguably the most sensational fight of the year.
Donaire did his best to provide his own thrills, and he eventually finished off anoth Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE DOMINATES NISHIOKA, WINS BY 9TH ROUND TKO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Carson City, October 13, 2012 -- WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire dominated WBC champion emeritus Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan, dropping him twice before scoring a 9th round TKO when re Read Full Story >>> This is why they fight
By Mark Whicker, OCRegister.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
CARSON ? The loser, Mike Alvarado, stared blankly, not quite processing the fact that the curtain came down.
The winner, Brandon Rios, ran to a far corner and then fell on his chest, either sobbing or convulsing, as his handlers converged.
The referee, Pat Russell, stood defiant after he had t Read Full Story >>> Donaire makes case, defends titles
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
fight between champion Nonito Donaire and former champion Toshiaki Nishioka was that Donaire had not had a knockout in his past three fights after having knocked out nine of his past 10 opponents.
Well, Donaire put an end to that non-knockout streak by stopping Nishioka at 1:54 of the ninth roun Read Full Story >>> Donaire stops Nishioka, but can?t stop the boos
By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
CARSON, Calif. ? Surgery isn?t pretty. But sometimes it?s necessary.
It was Saturday night for Nonito Donaire in a well-crafted, yet careful ninth-round stoppage of Toshiaki Nishioka in a super-bantamweight bout booed by a Home Depot Center crowd that had just witnessed some Fight of the Year Read Full Story >>> Rios and Alvarado Go to War in Fight of The Year Candidate
By Derek Bonnett, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Brandon Rios? unbeaten record held diminished value after the boxing world watched him box lethargically against Richard Abril last April in a bout most observers felt he lost lopsidedly. Rios won an unpopular decision and quickly announced his long anticipated move to 140-pounds. Even though Rios, Read Full Story >>> Donaire, Rios Secure High Impact Wins at Home Depot
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
In a steady, workmanlike performance, 29-year old WBO Super Bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (30-1, 19 KO) of San Leandro, California scored two knockdowns en route to a ninth-round stoppage of defensive minded 36-year old former WBC Super Bantamweight titlist Toshiaki Nishioka (39-5-3, 23 KO) o Read Full Story >>> Donaire dominates tentative Nishioka
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
CARSON, Calif. -- Nonito Donaire was in what amounted to a no-win situation, even if he scored an official victory.
Before Donaire's junior featherweight title defense against former titleholder Toshiaki Nishioka, junior welterweights Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado waged perhaps the fight of the Read Full Story >>> RINGSIDE Bam Bam Rios Wins Fight of the Year; Donaire TKOs Nishioka
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
CARSON, CALIF.-One was the Fight of the Year and the other was Disappointment of the Year as Brandon ?Bam Bam? Rios knocked out Mike Alvarado in a brutal battle between undefeated junior welterweights and Nonito Donaire cruised past Japan's Toshiaki Nishioka to win by knockout too on Saturday.
It Read Full Story >>> Brandon Rios Stops Mike Alvarado In A War, Nonito Donaire Impresses In Carson
By Mark Ortega, The Queensberry Rules, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Nonito Donaire did it again. He notched a victory over yet another notable name as he starched Tokyo's Toshiaki Nishioka in nine rounds in front of a capacity crowd at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. in the main event of HBO World Championship Boxing. He could eventually find himself earning Read Full Story >>> Donaire didn't excite like Rios but closed the show with Nishioka TKO
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
CARSON, Calif. ? Nonito Donaire and Toshiaki Nishioka knew they had a tough act to follow with their HBO-televised main event at the Home Depot Center and the 7,665 fans that filled the outdoor arena gave them a rude reminder of that fact midway through the first round of the junior featherweight ch Read Full Story >>> Brandon Rios, Nonito Donaire win in stopped fights
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado engaged in a fight-of-the-year slugfest at Home Depot Center on Saturday night, with Oxnard's Rios notching a seventh-round technical knockout that proves he retains wallop while moving up in weight.
Nonito Donaire couldn't match the nonstop brawling of that bout, Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE FINISHES NISHIOKA IN 9 ROUNDS
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
Carson, CA - Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire proved his supremacy of the Super Bantamweight class with a stoppage of the long time king of the division in Japanese Toshiaki Nishioka.
The fight started as a tactica Read Full Story >>> HBO Boxing After Dark Results: Donaire and Rios Score Impressive Victories
By William Holmes, Boxing Insider, Sun, 14 Oct 2012
HBO?s Boxing After Dark series broadcast one of their most anticipated cards ever tonight from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
Max Kellerman noted before the fight started that the Mike Alvarado and Brandon Rios matchup has the potential to be a fight of the year, and most boxing an Read Full Story >>>
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