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SLUMBER TIME: Guillermo Rigondeaux W12 Nonito Donaire
**** I took you home Set you on the glass I pulled off your wings Then I laughed -Deftones, Change (In the House of Flies) In “Culture and Value,” Ludwig Wittgenstein warns: “Resting on your laurels…Read More
Yes, We Have No Bananas: Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux Preview
**** The last–and only—prizefight extravaganza held at Radio City Music Hall, topped by Roy Jones, Jr., in 2000, was notable chiefly for its many oddities, including a parallel universe undercard.…Read More
GETTING OVER: Nonito Donaire KO3 Jorge Arce
**** Christmas came early to The Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, as Top Rank rewarded Nonito Donaire with a cakewalk against former flyweight rascal Jorge Arce. To the surprise of no one, Donaire flattened…Read More
SMALL TIME: Nonito Donaire-Jorge Arce Preview
**** It has been a while since Nonito Donaire has done anything particularly thrilling in the ring. Specifically, it’s been 22 months, when he devastated Fernando Montiel with a counter left hook…Read More
In the Shadows: Abner Mares, Anselmo Moreno, and Nonito Donaire
**** With Nonito Donaire out of the picture because of the monkeyshines played by fight game overlords—promoters and networks—Abner Mares and Anselmo Moreno face off tomorrow night at the Staples…Read More
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The Uncertainty Principle: Nonito Donaire Squares off Against Toshiaki Nishioka
**** When Nonito Donaire knocked out Fernando Montiel in the second round of their February 2011 bout,…Read More
AFTERMATH: Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula, Kell Brook-Carson Jones, Wladimir Klitschko-Tony Thompson
**** Nonito Donaire etched another win over tough opposition at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California…Read More
SUPERUNKNOWN: Nonito Donaire-Jeffrey Mathebula Preview
**** Dynamic Nonito Donaire faces a Mary Celeste-like mystery in the ring tomorrow night when he faces…Read More
AFTERMATH: Donaire-Vazquez Jr., Chavez, Jr.-Rubio, Hernandez-Cunningham, Gutknecht-Uzelkov
**** Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pounded out a unanimous decision over game but outgunned Marco Antonio Rubio…Read More
Hard Sell: Nonito Donaire-Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. Preview
Tomorrow night at the Almamodome in San Antonio, Texas, Nonito Donaire, 27-1, dips his toe into the…Read More
My Next Victim: Donaire Takes Aim at Jorge Arce & Toshiaki Nishioka
**** It took 12 stupefying rounds, but Nonito Donaire whitewashed Omar Narvaez last night at the WaMu…Read More
NO QUARTER: Nonito Donaire in NYC, Kermit Cintron, Pirog & Martinez, the Sad Return of Jermain Taylor
**** Instead of enjoying the afterglow of his stunning knockout victory over Fernando Montiel last February,…Read More
BREAKOUT: Toshiaki Nishioka W12 Rafael Marquez
**** In an entertaining bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, dynamic southpaw Toshiaki Nishioka retained…Read More
Shadowlands: Joseph Agbeko-Abner Mares Preview
**** The shadow of Nonito Donaire will loom over the finals of the Showtime bantamweight mini-tournament…Read More
No Slow Lane: Nonito Donaire & His Options
***** Nonito Donaire is a Super Hornet talent who over the years has been moving at the pace of a rickshaw.…Read More
10 & Counting: Hopkins & HBO, Saul Alvarez, Donaire-Moreno, Bam Bam Rios, The Mexican-Filipino “Rivalry”
**** HBO gets pummeled often, and rightly so, but reports that the beleaguered network is looking to…Read More
Sound & Fury: Chavez Jr-Zbik, Donaire & P-4-P Lists, Mike Jones, & RingTV Exceeds Low Expectations
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips…Read More
SUPERNOVA: Nonito Donaire TKO2 Fernando Montiel
***** Nonito Donaire showed what a star turn in the ring is supposed to look like when he demolished…Read More
Keeping Promises: Fernando Montiel-Nonito Donaire Preview
***** While Fernando Montiel and Nonito Donaire are promising fireworks Saturday night in Las Vegas,…Read More
Sound & Fury: Donaire-Montiel, Lopez-Salido, Morales-Maidana PPV Sludge, & the Sanctioning Body Cliché Blues
***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips…Read More
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