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The founding secretary general of the World Boxing Council, lawyer Rudy Salud, says he is “very impressed” with “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire who ripped former WBA bantamweight champion and Olympic bronze medalist Wladimir Sidorenko to win the WBC Continental Americas title by a 4th round knockout at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on Saturday.
Allan Tanada has lost his Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation super featherweight title by a 5th round TKO to Japan’s Masao Nakamura at the IMP Hall in Osaka, Japan on Sunday.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. believes former WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko is putting himself in “Harm’s Way,” which is the title of the Top Rank Promotion fight card at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, and will be knocked out.
With a world title shot as motivation, Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. battles former WBA champion Wladimir Sidorenko of Ukraine for the WBA bantamweight interim title on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Two Philippine Boxing Federation title fights will be held at the Municipal Gym in GLan, Sarangani on Saturday with the main event featuring a rematch between Randy Petalcurin (9-1, 8 KO’s) and Allan Dornilla (7-3, 3 KO’s).
Rey Labao was beaten by Australia’s Will Tomlinson in a battle for the WBO Oriental super featherweight interim title and the WBO Asia Pacific crown in a fight card at the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington, Victoria over the weekend.
There has been some muted concern in recent days over the possible harsh effects on the physical well-being of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao after a group of neurologists discussed the possible long-term effects of shots to the head over years in the ring.
The normally cool and calculating Milan Melindo (22-0, 7 KO’s) , the undefeated fighter from the famed ALA Gym appeared riled by the statements of former IBF light flyweight champion Carlos Tamara (21-5, 15 KO’s) and his trainer Edgar “Butch” Sanchez who proclaimed that ALA Promotions “ made a terrible mistake” in matching Melindo against the former Olympian from Colombia.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire wants to solidify his position as No. 4 in the Ring Magazine pound-for-pound list by beating WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel in a title showdown scheduled for February but knows he first has to overcome former WBA bantamweight champion Volodymyr “Wladimir” Sidorenko at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California on December 4.
Former IBF light flyweight world champion Carlos “El Olimpico” of Colombia is determined to prove that his stunning 12th round TKO over Brian Viloria was no fluke. The fight took place earlier this year. Referee Bruce McTavish stopped the fight with just 1 minute 15 seconds remaining as an exhausted Viloria lay on the ropes unable to answer a flurry of punches.