Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux

Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux

Date	April 13, 2013
Venue	Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	WBA (Super), WBO, The Ring and TBRB super bantamweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Nonito Donaire Guillermo Rigondeaux Nickname The Filipino Flash El Chacal ("The Jackal") Hometown Talibon, Bohol, Philippines Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Purse $1,320,000 $750,000 Pre-fight record 31–1 (20 KO) 11–0 (8 KO) Age 30 years, 4 months 32 years, 6 months Height 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (164 cm) Weight 121+1⁄2 lb (55 kg) 121+1⁄2 lb (55 kg) Style Orthodox Southpaw Recognition WBO, The Ring and TBRB Super Bantamweight Champion The Ring No. 5 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 3-division world champion WBA (Super) Super Bantamweight Champion The Ring/TBRB No. 1 Ranked Junior Featherweight
Result
Rigondeaux wins via 12-round unanimous decision (114-113, 115-112, 116-111)

Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux was a super bantamweight professional boxing match contested between WBO and The Ring champion Nonito Donaire and WBA (Super) champion Guillermo Rigondeaux. The bout took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 13, 2013 and was televised on HBO. Entering the bout, Donaire had a record of 31–1 and had made three successful defenses of the WBO title he had won by defeating Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. Rigondeaux, meanwhile, was undefeated in his eleven fights and was fighting for the fourth time as champion; he won the WBA interim title by defeating Ricardo Cordoba in November 2010 and defeated Rico Ramos to become official champion in January 2012.

Rigondeaux defeated Donaire by unanimous decision to remain undefeated. Donaire had not lost since his second professional fight.

Background

Donaire

Donaire entered the fight on a 30-bout winning streak and had recently knocked out Jorge Arce to retain both the WBO (His third defense of the title) and The Ring Super Bantamweight championships.

Rigondeaux

Rigondeaux entered the fight undefeated in his professional career on an 11-bout winning streak. He had recently defeated Roberto Marroquin to retain the WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship, his second defense of the title. Out of all his 11 victories, he had won 8 of them by knockout.

The fight

Donaire scored a knockdown in the tenth with a straight left hand, but nevertheless he lost a unanimous decision with scores of 116–111, 115–112 and 114–113. HBO's unofficial scorer Harold Lederman scored it 118–109 and ESPN's Dan Rafael had it 114–113 both for Rigondeaux.

Undercard

Televised

• Super Bantamweight Unified Championship bout: Nonito Donaire (c) vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux (c)

Rigondeaux defeated Donaire via Unanimous Decision (116-111, 115-112, 114-113).

Preliminary card

Confirmed bouts:

• Welterweight bout: Mikaël Zewski vs. Daniel Sostre

Zewski defeated Sostre via KO at 0:49 of the second round.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Sean Monaghan vs. Dion Stanley

Monaghan defeated Stanley via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.

• Super Welterweight bout: Glen Tapia vs. Joseph De los Santos

Tapia defeated los Santos via Unanimous Decision (80-72. 80-72, 80-72).

• Super Middleweight bout: Jesse Hart vs. Marlon Farr

Hart defeated Farr via TKO at 1:33 of the third round.

• Super Featherweight bout: Félix Verdejo vs. Steve Gutierrez

Verdejo defeated Gutierrez via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.

• Super Featherweight bout: Toka Kahn Clary vs. Gadiel Andaluz

Clary defeated Andaluz via TKO at 1:32 of the first round.

• Welterweight bout: Dario Socci vs. Tyler Canning

Canning defeated Socci via Split Decision (39-37, 37-39, 39-37).

• Super Featherweight bout: Erick De Leon vs. Diamond Baier

De Leon defeated Baier via Unanimous Decision (40-36, 40-34, 40-36).

Reported fight earnings

• Nonito Donaire $1,320,000 vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux $750,000