Nonito Donaire: record, next fight and profile →
According to sources in Puerto Rico, undefeated lightweight contender Felix 'Diamante' Verdejo (18-0, 13KOs) is still on track to return on December 11th in Puerto Rico. Verdejo would be the main event of a TruTV televised card.
Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire, Jr. (35-3, 23KOs) can still look forward to a significant bout before the end of the year just weeks after their talks with World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg bogged down. The fighter's manager, Cameron Dunkin, revealed that they are about to sign a deal that will see Donaire fight in a potential world title eliminator this December.
The father/trainer of five division world champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire (35-3, 23KOs) is training very hard for a scheduled fight on December 12 although the contract hasn't been finalized. The father/trainer told the New Standard/BoxingScene.com that "we are just training in Las Vegas and he told me the fight will push through".
There was talk of former WBA featherweight titlist Nicholas Walters (26-0, 21KOs) facing Yuriorkis Gamboa and former multi-divisional champion, Nonito Donaire (35-3, 23KOs) taking on Scott Quigg in the fall. Alas, neither bout will come to fruition and with that Top Rank has to come up with dates and dance partners for both Walters and Donaire.
The owner of Matchroom Sport, Barry Hearn says WBA 'regular' super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg wants to fight IBF champion Carl Frampton, also of Britain, before he faces five division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum had announced plans for a Donaire-Quigg fight on November 21 in Manchester and Donaire himself said he had told Arum he wasn’t too concerned about the purse “just get me the fight.”
The father/trainer of five division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire has returned to his gym in Oakland, California as they await a decision on Nonito’s next fight, his possible opponent and date and venue. This happened after WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 28 KO’s) announced he wants to fight IBF champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KO’a) and then face Donaire.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has almost given up on getting the WBA title fight between champion Scott Quigg of Britrain and five division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire done this year unless they can stage it in Dubai. Arum disclosed he’s been talking to ABS-CBN sports consultant Peter Musgni about the possibility of working with the giant broadcast network and The Filipino Channel – TFC – to salvage the title fight.
There was a lot of talk throughout the summer of a November showdown between Nonito Donaire and Scott Quigg( who holds a version of the WBA 122-pound title) but alas, it seems as though this fight will not happen. Cameron Dunkin, who manages Donaire told Boxingscene.com - "I'm looking around and telling everyone I can, asking Top Rank to find something else. I don't want him to not fight the rest of this year. He's on a roll and I want to keep it."
Five division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire is still waiting for the title fight contract for his planned November 21 showdown with WBA champion Scott Quigg of Britain in Manchester. Donaire told the New Standard/BoxingScene.com that he doesn’t know “what else is holding them up” even as he disclosed that he “took the fee (purse) they wanted, the fight in their own town. What else?"
Only a few minor details need to be ironed out before 'Filipino Flash' Nonito Donaire, Jr. gets another shot at a world title. According to his manager Cameron Dunkin, they are very close to reaching a deal with the camp of World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg of the United Kingdom. Dunkin said they are working on a November 21 fight date in Manchester where Quigg is considered a highly popular fighter.