Nonito Donaire: record, next fight and profile →
Pacquiao weighed in at 144.8-pounds, while the defending champion Vargas came in at 146.5-pounds. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Wynn Las Vegas and Tecate, remaining tickets to the Pacquiao vs. Vargas world championship event are priced at $1,000, $700, $500, $300, $100 and $50, not including applicable service fees.
Nonito Donaire vs. Jessie Magdanelo Fight Photos - In just two days, boxing's only eight division world champion and the reigning Fighter of the Decade Senator MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO (58-6-2, 38 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines, collides with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world champion JESSIE VARGAS (27-1, 10 KOs), of Las Vegas. Pacquiao and Vargas will go mano a mano and toe-to-toe in a high-stakes welterweight showdown.
By Cliff Rold - Even after a month where boxing might as well have been on hiatus, enthusiasm for this weekend’s return of modern legend Manny Pacquiao is muted. Maybe it’s the 60-some dollar price tag. Maybe it’s the opponent. Maybe it’s just that, after fifteen years as a fixture in the US market, some fans have moved on from Pacquiao against a perceptually ordinary opp...
On Saturday night from the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Jessie Magdaleno challenges Nonito Donaire for his WBO super bantamweight title. At age 33, Donaire seems at least a couple of years removed from his best form - but the undefeated Magdaleno (23-0, 17 KO's) isn't expecting a worn down version of the 'Filipino Flash.'
A recent article by BoxingScene.com's Steve Kim quoted Top Rank CEO Bob Arum as saying he would have no problem matching up WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire against the winner of the January 28th rematch between Carl Frampton and Leo Santa Cruz provided he gets past mandatory challenger Jessie Magdaleno on Saturday.
A supremely confident WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire has advised fight fans “not to blink” when his title defense against unbeaten Jessie Magdaleno gets underway at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. The fight is part of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas Top Rank Pay-Per-View event.
Former multi-division champion Nonito Donaire has tabbed Danny Jacobs (32-1 29 KOs,) as the most dangerous opponent to date for WBA/IBO/WBC/IBF middleweight champion Gennady 'Triple G' Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs).
Pacquiao vs. Vargas Pay-Per-View Open Workout Photos - In just a few days, boxing's only eight division world champion and the reigning Fighter of the Decade Senator MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO (58-6-2, 38 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines, collides with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world champion JESSIE VARGAS (27-1, 10 KOs), of Las Vegas.
WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire discusses the upcoming clash with undefeated mandatory challenge Jessie Magdaleno, which takes place this coming Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, and more.
One of the featured bouts on this weekend's Top Rank pay-per-view card that is headlined by Manny Pacquiao's challenge of WBO welterweight titlist, Jessie Vargas, is Nonito Donaire's defense of his WBO 122-pound belt against unbeaten mandatory challenger Jessie Magdaleno.