Donaire Wants to KO Concepcion

August 15, 2009 · Posted in Philippine Sports · Comment 

Pinoy Power 2The much-awaited fight between Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. and Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion that billed as “Pinoy Power 2”  will set to clash each other on August, 15, 2009 at the New Joint in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.  The fight is on a Pay-Per-View which promoted by Bob Arum’s Top Rank beginning at 6 p.m. PDT, with a suggested retail price of $34.95.

During today’s weigh-in, “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire Jr., of the Philippines weighs in at 115 lb while his opponent Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion of Panama came in over weight at 119.5 lb. The extra 4 lbs makes this fight a non-title bout that the WBA interim world Super Flyweight is not likely at stake.
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Donaire Stops Mthalane via 6th Round TKO

November 2, 2008 · Posted in Philippine Sports · Comment 

Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire of the Philippines retained his International Boxing Federation flyweight world title Saturday with a sixth-round technical knockout of South African Moruti Mthalane. Referee Joe Cortez forced to stop the fight at 1:31 of the sixth after Donaire had opened a cut on the inside of Mthalane’s left eyelid.
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