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Donaire makes good on prediction, floors Montiel in second
By Steve Bunce, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Nonito Donaire called his shot.
The Filipino star said he would knock out Fernando Montiel on Saturday night at Mandalay Bay Events Center and wouldn't need 12 rounds to do it.
Donaire unleashed a vicious left hook to the chin that floored the 31-year-old Mexican legend two minutes into the se Read Full Story >>>RIVETING RIVALRY WEEKEND
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Nonito Donaire proved that he is an elite fighter with his second round demolition of Fernando Montiel. The Mexican was Donaire's first big name opponent since he knocked out Vic Darchinyan of Australia for the IBF flywei Read Full Story >>> Donaire overpowers Montiel
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Power-punching Nonito ?Filipino Flash? Donaire Jr came true to his words, needing only two rounds in a sensational technical knockout victory over Mexican Fernando Montiel to crown himself the new World Boxing Council/World Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire presents case for becoming boxing?s next big thing
By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
He grew up in General Santos, Philippines, and became a professional boxer before his 20th birthday in one of the smallest possible weight classes.
By the time he was 28, he had mult Read Full Story >>> Electrifying Nonito Donaire Jr. ascends to millionaire superstar status
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
DALY CITY--Nonito Donaire Jr. is not now, nor will he ever be Manny Pacquiao.
Donaire was the first to admit it seconds after he ascended to boxing superstar status with a Read Full Story >>> Another star from Philippines
SuperSport, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Nonito Donaire stopped Fernando Montiel in the second round to win the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Donaire, a Filipino-American who made his bantamweight debut in December, ended Montiel's reign with a left hook 2 minutes 25 seconds into the second round.
T Read Full Story >>> Greatness Confirmed As Donaire Starches Montiel In Two
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
The talent long ago suggested that Nonito Donaire was destined for greatness. All that he needed was the big wins to match the potential.
Saturday night provided that part of the formula, in a very big way.
Making his HBO-televised debut, Donaire confirmed his pound-for-pound credentials with Read Full Story >>> Move Over Manny Pacquiao, A New Star has Entered Your Orbit
By Benn Schulberg, Suite101.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Manny Pacquiao is still the biggest and brightest boxing star in the Philippines, but Nonito Donaire is a noble understudy after routing Fernando Montiel.
Bantamweight contender Nonito " Read Full Story >>> Donaire, Jr. Versus Montiel's Referee Russell Mora Deserves Spanking by the Nevada Athletic Commission
By Granville Ampong, Associated Content, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Casual Talk via LAS VEGAS, Nevada - I sincerely must say Referee Russell Mora deserves a legal spanking by the Nevada Athletic Commission. He should be under a disciplinary action for not
stopping the fight after seeing
Fernando Montiel
having seizure from the crushing-counter left of the Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao runs late, misses Donaire's 'moment'
ABS-CBN News, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? It seems that the boxing world didn't see Nonito Donaire Jr.'s 2nd round knockout win, over Fernando Montiel, coming.
Neither did Manny Pacquiao.
According to ABS-CBN News North America correspondent Bev Llorente, Pacquiao missed witnessing how Donaire toppled his Mexican Read Full Story >>> Manila Marathon Revival
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
The celebration of the 100th Year Anniversary of Organized sports in the country shifts to high gear middle of this year with the revival of the once world famous Manila International Marathon.
The Roadracing events, llc., following the lead set by the Palarong Pambansa, is reviving the once pre Read Full Story >>> Donaire delivers Pacquiao-like second-round KO
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS ? Manny Pacquiao no longer has a monopoly on astounding performances by Filipino fighters.
Nonito Donaire made sure of that with one monstrous left hook to the head of Fernando Montiel that in effect ended a much-anticipated bantamweight showdown before 4,805 Saturday at the Mandalay Ba Read Full Story >>> ?I CALLED THAT ROUND? - NONITO DONAIRE JR.
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Las Vegas, NV -- Tonight at the post fight presscon, the new WBO-WBC Bantamweight Champion of the World, Nonito Donaire, Jr., told the media people gathered at the press room that he told people a while back he will stop Fe Read Full Story >>> Donaire rocks Montiel, turns heads
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS ? One long-time occupant of the top spot in boxing?s mythical pound-for-pound list said he believes a pair of Filipinos should sit atop the current rankings. But former champion Roy Jones Jr. said he?s not sure if it?s Manny Pacquiao or his countryman, Nonito Donaire Jr., who should be ran Read Full Story >>> Donaire stops Montiel in second round
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Hanging in the rafters of the Mandalay Events Center is a banner commemorating some of its greatest fights. One of them is from the first legendary showdown of the great Erik Morales-Marco Antonio trilogy.
Read Full Story >>> A New Boxing Superstar is Born: Nonito Donaire, Jr
By Granville Ampong, Associated Content, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Moment ago the chilling atmosphere in the Sin City of the world turned its thin air into a boisterous, yes raucous crowd inside the Mandalay Bay Events Center, as the son of
Talibon, Bohol,
Philippines, Nonito "Filipino
Flash" Donaire, Jr. caught the champion from Los Read Full Story >>> Palace thanks Donaire for the honor
By Christine Avendaño, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
MANILA, Philippines--Malaca?ang on Sunday congratulated Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire Jr., for winning the WBC-WBO bantamweight belt from defending champion Fernando Montiel.
"It's another feather on the cap of our boxers. Thank you for the honor," Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte s Read Full Story >>> Donaire scores spectacular KO
By Edwin G. Espejo, Asian Correspondent, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
Filipino bantamweight Nonito Donaire punctuated his coming to boxing stardom with a spectacular left hook to the temple that knocked down defending champion Fernando Montiel with 57 seconds left in the second round before finishing him off moments later as the referee waved off the fight with the Me Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire Smashes Fernando Montiel in Two Rounds
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
It didn't take long for Nonito Donaire to cement his long-questioned pound-for-pound status tonight, as the Filipino star knocked out Fernando Montiel in the second round to pick up two alphabet titles in the bantamweight division.
Donaire (26-1, 18 KO) flattened Montiel (44-3-2, 34 KO) in the se Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire claims pair of bantamweight titles with TKO
USA Today, Sun, 20 Feb 2011
On Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino, Donaire, "the Filipino Flash," kept his word.
In only his second fight in the bantamweight (118 pounds) division, the 28-year-old Donaire, a former WBA interim super flyweight titlist from San Leandro, Calif., came up with his 25th consecuti Read Full Story >>>
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