Video: Donaire Putting in Work For Darchinyan Clash
Luis Sandoval catches up with former champion Nonito Donaire, as he trains in Oxnard, California for his long awaited grudge rematch with Vic Darchinyan
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Photos: Donaire Returns To Oxnard, Sparring With Cuellar
On Tuesday afternoon, former multi-division world champion Nonito ‘Filipino Flash’ Donaire stopped by his trainer Robert Garcia’s personal gym in Oxnard, Calif., to finish up camp ahead of his Nov. 9 rematch with Vic Darchinyan. Speaking shortly before his workout, the 30-year old Donaire expressed just how motivated he is to again be inside one of the top gyms in the sport as he looks to rebound from his disappointing loss this past April to Cuban marvel Guillermo Rigondeaux. “It’s always great, man,” said Donaire. “You see all the champions. You see everybody here. This is where you’ve got to be.”
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Nonito Donaire's Target is Three Fights For 2014
BoxingScene.com recently caught up with former four division champion Nonito Donaire who returns to the ring on November 9th against Vic Darchinyan. The fight will be televised by HBO as part of a tripleheader. The 30-year-old Donaire's fight against Darchinyan will be his first in the featherweight division. He said that having the extra four pounds to work with will make a big difference.
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Video: Nonito Donaire on Marquez-Bradley and More
Ryan Burton catches up with former champion Nonito Donaire discusses the match between Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley, the next move for both of those boxers and more.
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Video: Donaire on Rigondeaux-Agbeko, Lomachenko, More
Ryan Burton catches up with featherweight contender Nonito Donaire to discuss his rematch with Vic Darchinyan, the bout between Guillermo Rigondeaux and Joseph Agbeko, the rise of Vasyl Lomachenko and more.
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Photo: Nonito Donaire, Newborn Son Hit Media Dinner
Las Vegas, Nevada --- HBO sportscaster Jim Lampley (L) welcomes the new champ 2-month old Jarel Donaire (R), newborn son of 2012 Fighter of the Year and former world champion Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire (ctr) during the media party on the eve of the Timothy "Desert Storm' Bradley vs Juan Manuel Marquez world championship fight, Saturday, Oct 12 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Promoted by Top Rank®, in association with Zanfer Promotions, Wynn Las Vegas, Márquez Boxing, and Tecate, Bradley vs. Márquez will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®. --- Photos by Chris Farina/Top Rank.
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Garcia: Darchinyan Rematch Not Easy For Donaire
2012 “Trainer of the Year” Robert Garcia believes Nonito “The Filipino Flash” will have a “very difficult fight” in his ten round featherweight bout against three division world champion Vic Darchinyan in Corpus Christi, Texas on November 9. The fight will be a rematch which Darchinyan has pursued since he lost in a stunning 5th round knockout to Donaire in an IBF/IBO flyweight title fight on July 7, 2007. Garcia told BoxingScene.com/ Manila Standard - “Darchinyan is going to come stronger, hungrier because he wants revenge.”
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Donaire on Who Could Test Floyd Mayweather, More
Floyd Mayweather very well may be coming off of a virtuoso performance on Sept. 14 in Las Vegas, where he dominated a very dangerous Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez over twelve rounds, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be a few struggles for the sport’s pound for pound king as he moves forward in his career. Simply put, Mayweather was so sharp against Alvarez that his performance not only beguiled his 36 years of age, it also left the boxing public wondering who exactly is left on the horizon that can actually challenge him. Sharing his thoughts on Mayweather’s latest outing, former multi-division titlist Nonito Donaire was quick to give praise.
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Donaire To Begin Training With His Father This Week
The reconciled father and son team of 2012 “Fighter of the Year” Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire and his Dad, Nonito Donaire Sr, will begin training this week at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas. Father and son reconciled after a three-year estrangement with Nonito giving his wife Rachel the credit for working things out even though she was initially regarded as the cause of the family feud. Donaire Sr. was Nonito’s trainer when he scored a sensational 5th round knockout over Vic Darchinyan to win the IBF/IBO flyweight titles on July 7, 2007 and for two successful defenses against Luis Maldonado of Mexico whom he battered into submission in an 8th round TKO and Moruti Mthalane over whom he won a 6th round TKO after breaking the South African’s nose and whose face was cut and bloodied.
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Donaire talks Oxnard camp, Darchinyan, Rigondeaux
If you walk into trainer Robert Garcia’s personal gym in Oxnard, Calif. late in the afternoon these days you will be able to spot a new face in the facility, as former multi-division world champion Nonito Donaire has dived back into training. Donaire is coming off of a unanimous decision loss to Cuba’s Guillermo Rigondeaux this past April and he will be looking to get back on track come Nov. 9 with his rematch against Armenia’s Vic Darchinyan. And while Garcia has been in the corner of Donaire for nearly four years, this marks the first time that the Fil-Am star has left the comforts of his training bases in Northern California to embark on a full-fledged regimen in Oxnard.
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