Showtime drew almost the same viewership for its main event Saturday night as the premium cable network maintained two weeks earlier. Nielsen Media Research revealed Wednesday that an average of 217,000 viewers watched Nonito Donaire’s fourth-round k...
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Nonito Donaire is champion once again. Fourteen years after he won his first world title, the “Filipino Flash” cemented his Hall of Fame credentials with a sensational fourth-round KO win over Nordine Oubaali to capture the WBC world bantamweight tit...
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Donaire, Oubaali Fight Photos Gallery - Carson, California - For the WBC bantamweight title, Nonito Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs) made history by becoming the oldest boxer in history to capture a world title in his division with a fourth round knockout of p...
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By Jake Donovan - CARSON, Calif. – Nonito Donaire has stuck around long enough to shatter his own record. The four-division champion and future Hall of Famer became a three-time bantamweight champion following a stunning 4th round knockout of France’...
LOS ANGELES – Nordine Oubaali would feel out of place defending his title anywhere other than the road. The unbeaten WBC bantamweight titlist has once again stamped his passport for his latest ring appearance, as he faces former four-division champ N...
Nordine Oubaali has made the most of the 18-plus months he has spent out of the ring. His upcoming challenger, Nonito Donaire has used that same downtime to fully recharge his 38-year-old body The former four-division titlist aims to become a three-t...
By Cliff Rold - Fourteen years is a long time for anything. To spend most of that time among the best in whatever weight class you are currently battling in, in boxing, is something to be admired. There is a lot to admire about the career of Nonito D...
Oubaali, Donaire Weights - WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire went face-to-face at the weigh-in before their world title showdown taking place this Saturday, May 29 live on SHOWTIME from Dignity He...
LOS ANGELES – Jack Reiss will be in control of keeping things clean for this weekend’s bantamweight title fight. The veteran ring official will serve as referee for the Showtime-televised main event this Saturday, which airs live from Dignity Health...
LOS ANGELES – Nordine Oubaali and Nonito Donaire are finally one day away from meeting in the ring in a fight more than a year in the making. Both boxers made weight for their oft-rescheduled WBC bantamweight title fight, which headlines a Showtime t...
LOS ANGELES – Nonito Donaire is old enough to have fought at Dignity Health Sports Park through all of its name changes. This weekend will mark his fourth career appearance at the infamous War Grounds, fighting in his third different weight class at...
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LOS ANGELES – Nonito Donaire has always sought to make history, though never really the kind to where he would be defined by his age. The former four-division champion is at that point in his career heading into his title bid versus WBC bantamweight...
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Oubaali, Donaire Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordine Oubaali and future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their world title showdown taking place t...
It was never the intention of Nordine Oubaali to enter the biggest fight of his career on the heels of his longest inactive stretch to date. The silver lining, however, is that the defending WBC bantamweight titlist gets the fight he has always desir...
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