Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux

Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux
Date13 April 2013
LocationUnited States Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, United States
Title(s) on the line WBA Super World/WBO/The Ring Super Bantamweight Championships
Philippines Nonito Donaire vs. Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux
The Filipino Flash El Chacal
Tale of the tape
Talibon, Bohol, Philippines From Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
31-1-0 (20 KO) Pre-fight record 11-0 (8 KO)
5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) Height 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m)
121½ Weight 121½
Orthodox Style Southpaw
Unified WBO/The Ring Super Bantamweight Champion Recognition WBA Super World Super Bantamweight Champion
Result Rigondeaux defeated Donaire by UD.

Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux was a professional boxing match fought in the super bantamweight division. The fight took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 13, 2013 and was televised on HBO. The bout was a world championship unification match, with Rigondeaux's WBA Super and Donaire's WBO and the The Ring championships at stake.[1] Entering the bout, Donaire was 31-1 and had made three successful defenses of the WBO championship he had won by defeating Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. for the belt which Jorge Arce had vacated. Rigondeaux, meanwhile, was undefeated in his eleven fights entering this one and was fighting for the fourth time as champion; he won the interim WBA 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4] Out of all his 11 victories, he had won 8 of them by knockout.

Undercard

Televised

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

Preliminary card

Zewski defeated Sostre via KO at 0:49 of the second round.
Monaghan defeated Stanley via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.
Tapia defeated los Santos via Unanimous Decision (80-72. 80-72, 80-72).
Hart defeated Farr via TKO at 1:33 of the third round.
Verdejo defeated Gutierrez via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.
Clary defeated Andaluz via TKO at 1:32 of the first round.
Canning defeated Socci via Split Decision (39-37, 37-39, 39-37).
De Leon defeated Baier via Unanimous Decision (40-36, 40-34, 40-36).

Reported fight earnings

International Broadcasting

Notes

See also

Preceded by
vs. Jorge Arce		 Nonito Donaire's bouts
April 13, 2013 		Succeeded by
vs. Vic Darchinyan
Preceded by
vs. Roberto Marroquin		 Guillermo Rigondeaux's bouts
April 13, 2013 		Succeeded by
vs. Joseph Agbeko
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