Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire who moves up in weight to battle former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr for the WBO super bantamweight title at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas on February 4 is on his way back to the US after workouts in Manila and Tokyo.
BoxingScene.com caught up with former two division champion Hugo Cazares at the WBC convention in Las Vegas. Cazares petitioned the WBC for a shot at fighting for their vacant bantamweight belt.
They say if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere else in the world.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, a deal to match bantamweight king Nonito Donaire and former WBO super bantamweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. is imminent. The fight will be Donaire's first at the 122 pound limit. The fighter known as the Filipino Flash struggled to get down to 118 pounds in his previous fight versus Omar Narvaez and later revealed that he was only at 60-70% of his capacity in the fight.
CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO - As part of their “Drug Free Kids” Program, former world champions Ivan “Iron Boy” Calderon and Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr., and the World Boxing Organization spend time for the third consecutive year in this Thanksgiving Holiday with kids and youngsters of the Barriada Morales in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Hollywood, Florida - Felix "Tutico" Zabala, owner of the Florida based promotional company, All Star Boxing, advised us that he's waiting for confirmation from Bob Arum of Top Rank, regarding a super bantamweight clash between Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. (21-1-1, 18KOs), and "Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18KOs).
WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire says he is not certain who he will face when he moves up to super bantamweight for his next fight expected to take place in February 2012.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire will fight former champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr for the WBO super bantamweight title relinquished by Mexican warrior Jorge “ Travieso” Arce sometime in February next year.
It’s not often that a fighter vacates the title with the intention of regaining it in his very next fight. Nor is it usual for that same fighter to give up that same belt to move down a division in what is thought to be the twilight of his career.
According to the WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel, Mexico's Jorge "Travieso" Arce has vacated the WBO's super bantamweight title because he plans to drop down in weight to face Angky Angkotta for the vacant WBO 118-pound title on November 26th in Mexico. Arce wants to make history by winning a fifth title in a fifth weight division.