On Feb. 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, an HBO-televised clash will be promoted by Top Rank Promotions featuring WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 knockouts) of the Philippines and WBO and WBC bantamweight (118 pounds) king Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KOs) of Mexico.
Top Rank Promotions’ CEO, Bob Arum, considers Donaire to be the No. 2 fighter from the Philippines behind eight-division titlist Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), who is also holder of both the WBO welterweight (147 pounds) and junior middleweight (154 pounds) titles.
Pacquiao (pictured above, at right) has a May 7 defense of WBO belt opposite three-division, five-time titlist Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) that is slated for the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
But will boxing fans ever see Pacquiao or Donaire on the same cards together?
