Nonito Donaire reacquires Filipino citizenship

Lance Agcaoili 08/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Former four-division champion Nonito Donaire Jr. reacquired his Filipino citizenship on Monday at Romulo Hall of the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco. The Filipino Flash, an American citizen whose paternal grandfather was born…

Nonito Donaire Jr. ‘hurt’ after dad predicted he would get knocked out by Santiago

MARK GIONGCO 08/03/2023

MANILA, Philippines—Nonito Donaire Jr. expressed his dismay over his estranged father’s prediction that he would get knocked out by Alexandro Santiago in their bantamweight world title fight last Sunday. A video of the elder Donaire’s comment has…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Truck falls into ravine in Tabogon; 2 people dead

CDN Digital 07/31/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Monday, July 31. Truck falls into ravine in Tabogon; 2 people dead Two men were killed…

Nonito Donaire falls to Alexandro Santiago in world title fight

Agence France Presse 07/30/2023

Mexico’s Alexandro Santiago earned a unanimous 12-round decision over former four-division champion Nonito Donaire on Saturday to claim the vacant World Boxing Council bantamweight world title. Santiago, 27, claimed the first world title of his career as…

Donaire vs Santiago bout moved 

Dale Rosal 07/13/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. needs to wait a bit longer for his chance to reclaim the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight crown after his July 15 bout at the Chelsea Arena in Las Vegas…

Nonito Donaire still has what it takes to be a world champion again – Cebu boxing experts

Glendale G. Rosal 06/09/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Nonito Donaire Jr. still has what it takes to become a world champion again, Cebuano boxing experts said. Donaire Jr., the former four-division world champion is scheduled to fight Mexican Alexandro Santiago on July 15…

Donaire, Santiago dispute WBC bantam crown July 15

Glendale G. Rosal 06/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. and Mexican Alexandro Santiago will dispute the WBC bantamweight crown on July 15, the WBC announced The announcement came while the four-time world champion Filipino was busy training and…

Cebu will always be a special place for Nonito Donaire

Glendale Rosal 05/08/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—- Former four-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. is making the most of his Cebu training camp as he prepares for his world title showdown against Mexican Alexandro Santiago later this year. …

The Donaire-Inoue rematch in the eyes of those who know boxing

Glendale G. Rosal 06/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Philippine boxing was in shock after the devastating knockout loss of four-division world champion Nonito Donaire Jr. in the hands of Japanese superstar Naoya “Monster” Inoue on Tuesday evening in Tokyo, Japan. Donaire…

Inoue stops Donaire in 2nd, unifies bantamweight division

Glendale G. Rosal 06/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Japanese boxing superstar Naoya “Monster” Inoue made short work of four-division world champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr., beating the latter via second-round technical knockout (TKO)  in their much-anticipated rematch on Tuesday night,…

Nonito Donaire, Naoya Inoue promise repeat of 2019 bantamweight classic

Agence France Presse 06/05/2022

TOKYO, Japan – Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire produced a stone-cold bantamweight boxing classic when they fought in Japan in 2019, and the pair are promising that more is in store in Tuesday’s much-anticipated sequel. Japan’s “Monster” Inoue and “Filipino…

Apolinar on helping Inoue vs Donaire: Trabaho lang walang personalan

Glendale G. Rosal 06/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Omega Boxing Gym’s Pete “Thunder” Apolinar shrugged off critics including some Filipino boxing fans who bashed him for helping unbeaten Japanese boxing star Naoya Inoue prepare for his June 7 unification duel with…

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