Nonito Donaire: record, next fight and profile →
By Jake Donovan - Cristian Mijares kept hope alive for a potential summer showdown with pound-for-pound entrant Nonito Donaire after stopping Eddy Julio in their fourth round of their main event Saturday evening in Morelia, Mexico.
It seems everybody including impressive winners Cristian Mijares, Anselmo Moreno and Abner Mares and South Africa’s Jeffrey Mathebula all have WBO super bantamweight Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire on their wish list but it seems that Mijares has the edge.
On Saturday night at the Don Haskins Convention Center in El Paso, Texas, WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo ‘Chemito’ Moreno produced a polished and professional performance in outclassing former title challenger David De La Mora. Moreno’s defense and sharp-punching from his southpaw stance troubled De La Mora all night long, as the Panamanian stylist registered knockdowns in rounds two and six while De La Mora opted to remain on his stool following the eighth round.
Abner Mares will not only be fighting for his second world title when he faces Eric Morel later tonight in El Paso, TX live on Showtime, he’s also venturing into a new weight class. Mares will be entering the Super Bantamweight division and should he be victorious over Morel, it will set up for some big fights at 122 pounds.
Newly crowned IBF super bantamweight champion Jeffrey Mathebula’s handler, well known South African promoter Branco Milenkovic has confirmed he’s been talking to Top Rank’s Carl Moretti about a possible July 21 unification title fight against WBO champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is looking to put WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire in a title defense on a fight card on July 21. However, no venue was mentioned. It was previously mentioned that Donaire would fight on July 14th at Cowboys Stadium in Texas.
Morelia, Michoacan, Sinaloa - Former world champion Cristian Mijares returns to the ring on Saturday night in Morelia, and he wants to make a statement. Now represented by Zanfer Promotions, southpaw Mijares (44-6-2, 20 KOs) will face Colombian Eddy Julio (13-3-1, 11 KO's) for the WBC's International silver title at super bantamweight. The fight will headline Zanfer's card at the Unidad Deportiva Centenario. TV Azteca will televise.
There were several boxing experts who believed reigning bantamweight titlist Anselmo Moreno of Panama would endure a stiffer challenge in his U.S. debut last December. Instead, he made relatively easy work of former two-division champion Vic Darchinyan, cruising to a lopsided unanimous decision in their Showtime-televised co-feature.
Recently elevated by the WBC as their super bantamweight champion EMERITUS, Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-2, 24 KOs) held a press conference at the Teiken Gym in Tokyo and announced that he wants nobody else for his eighth title defense other than WBO super bantamweight king Nonito Donaire, Jr. (28-1-0, 18 KOs).
HBO and Showtime want to feature WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire in a fight card in July.