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THE CRITICS AGREE. 2012 WAS THE YEAR OF DONAIRE!

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Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: "Nonito Donaire: Yahoo! Sports 2012 Fighter of the Year"
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/boxing--nonito-donaire--yahoo--sports-2012-fighter-of-the-year-231453916.html

Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated: "From Depths of Depression, Donaire Rises to Top of His Class"
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20121228/nonito-donaire-is-the-fighter-of-the-year/index.html

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com: "Boxer of the Year: Nonito Donaire"
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8772226/nonito-donaire

Michael Woods, TheSweetScience.com: "Nonito Donaire, Pound for Pound Boxing's No. 1 Role Model"
http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles/15874-nonito-donaire-pound-for-pound-boxings-no-1-role-model

Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com: "Nonito Donaire: BoxingScene's Fighter of the Year"
http://www.boxingscene.com/boxingscenes-2012-year-end-awards-fighter-year--60843

Damian Calhoun, Orange County Register: "Nonito Donaire Proves He's Up To The Task"
http://www.ocregister.com/sports/donaire-382049-bantamweight-nonito.html

Abac Cordero / Olmin Leyba, The Philippine Star: "Donaire; STAR Athlete of the Year"
http://www.philstar.com/sports/2012/12/25/889797/donaire-star-athlete-year

Doug Fischer, The Ring: "Nonito Donaire is Voted Fighter of the Year for 2012"
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/176643-nonito-donaire-is-voted-fighter-of-the-year-for-2012#.UOIrB3tr9gw.twitter

Tim Starks. The Queensberry Rules: "2012 Boxing Fighter of the Year: Nonito Donaire"
http://www.queensberry-rules.com/2012-articles/december/2012-boxing-fighter-of-the-year-nonito-donaire.html

Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com: "The 2013 K9 Awards: Part One. Fighter of the Year: Nonito Donaire"
http://www.maxboxing.com/news/sub-lead/the-2013-k9-awards-part-one

Bernard Fernandez, TheSweetScience.com: "Nonito Donaire Fighter of the Year"
http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles/15875-nonito-donaire-rios-alvarado-snag-bernies


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