BAYAMON, PUERTO RICO - Former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. was confident this afternoon, as he continues training for next Saturday's fight against triple world champion Nonito Donaire, with the vacant WBO super bantamweight title on the line, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. HBO will televise.
Wilfrdo Vazquez Jr. (21-1, 18KOs) is training around the clock for the hardest fight of his entire career, scheduled for next Saturday night at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Vazquez will step in the ring with multi-division champion Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18KOs). The vacant WBO super bantamweight title will be at stake. HBO will televise the contest.
Mexico's Jorge Arce, who returns on February 18th in Durango, will pause his training camp to travel to San Antonio, Texas, and witness the fight between Nonito Donaire and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. on February 4th. Donaire and Vazquez will battle for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title.
One of boxing’s brightest stars, Nonito Donaire, was again spotted training at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas, Nevada, ahead of his February 4th HBO-televised clash with former champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum predicts the clash between Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr of Puerto Rico for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas on February 4 “should be a tremendous fight.”
AMERICAN trainer Rick Stahaley said he can’t see Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire losing to Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in their battle for the vacant World Boxing Organization super bantamweight title at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas on Feb. 4.
Manager and trainer Olrando Pinero is confident that his boxer, super bantamweight Jonathan Oquendo (22-2, 15KOs), will get the winner of Nonito Donaire-Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., taking place on February 4th in San Antonio, Texas. Donaire and Vazquez will battle for the vacant WBO title. Oquendo, the WBO Latino champion, is the mandatory challenger after winning an eliminator last October with a second round knockout of Jose Luis Araiza. Oquendo has been unbeaten with eight wins since losing to Juan Manuel Lopez in 2008.
Sports Illustrated “Trainer of the Year” Robert Garcia says both he and WBO super bantamweight title contender Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire need to be worried about former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr whom Donaire fights for the vacant 122 pound title at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas on February 4.
The last time a fighter named Wilfredo Vazquez came to San Antonio as an underdog, the elder Vazquez upset Hall-of-Famer Orlando Canizales at Freeman Coliseum.
Their February 4 vacant title fight promises fireworks from the opening bell, but there was no spontaneous combustion to speak of when Nonito Donaire and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. met on stage during Tuesday’s press conference in San Antonio.