All signs point to new WBO junior featherweight titlist Nonito Donaire fighting Mexico’s Jorge Arce next, as the Filipino’s manager confirmed the news along with a tentative accord with WBC 122-pound boss Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan afterward read more ...

BoxingScene.com caught up with Nonito Donaire Jr. as he celebrated his victory over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. Donaire broke his hand as he picked up the WBO super bantamweight title. After the fight was over Donaire’s hand wraps on his left hand were soaked with blood read more ...

«I’m not happy with my performance today,» stated newly-crowned WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, who just defeated former champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. via slit decision at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Despite the fact that one judge surprisingly scored the bout 115-112 in favor of Vazquez, Donaire dominated the majority of the action. Nevertheless, the 4-division world champion wasn’t completely pleased with his performance read more ...

Nonito Donaire, although loading up all night, outlanded Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in 11 of 12 rounds. 115-112 Vazquez? Really Judge Ruben Garcia, really? Donaire landed 60% of his power shots and dropped Vazquez in round nine. Donaire won a twelve round split decision and the vacant WBO super bantamweight title read more ...

In a clash for the vacant WBO super bantamweight belt, pound-for-pound star Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) effectively used his left hand and combinations throughout the entire fight and went on to score a hard fought twelve round split decision over former champ Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-2-1, 17 KOs). The bout too place Saturday night as the Chavez Jr.-Rubio co-feature before 14,120 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas read more ...

The first HBO boxing card of 2012 is officially upon us as all participants made weight Friday afternoon for Saturday televised doubleheader live from the Alamodome in San Antonio read more ...

Newly crowned WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux appeared on BoxingScene.com’s official audio show, The Boxing Lab, to talk about last Friday’s knockout victory over Rico Ramos and also to discuss a few potential future fights read more ...

Nonito Donaire knows his next fight won’t at all resemble his repulsively dull win over Omar Narvaez. «The Filipino Flash» is heavily favored to defeat Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., too, but Donaire won’t have to worry about Vazquez keeping away from him and not actually trying to win read more ...

As it is, the 27-year-old son of Puerto Rican boxing legend Wilfredo Vazquez has made a name for himself in the boxing world. But a win over one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in Nonito Donaire, Jr. might very well be the fight that takes him out of his father’s shadow read more ...

One source reports that fight between Mexican stars Marco Antonio Rubio and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. is confirmed with both boxers having signed the contract to fight on February 4 in San Antonio, Texas, for Chavez’ WBC middleweight world title. The source said that Rubio signed during the WBC Convention in Las Vegas and Chavez Jr. has recently signed. An official announcement is expected next week read more ...