Donaire Wants to KO Concepcion
The 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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Nonito Donaire Jr. Gets Angry for Disrespecting his Family
IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire gets angry to his critics for intruding into his personal life and “disrespecting” his family. The champ is visibly upset over a series of accusations that his wife, the former Rachel Marcial, a Taekwondo star, had created a rift between him and his father/trainer Nonito Donaire Sr and that she was disliked both by his promoter Top Rank and his manager Cameron Dunkin.
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Donaire Stops Mthalane via 6th Round TKO
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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