Fight Fernando Montiel L TKO 2 (12) Nonito Donaire

Former champion Fernando Montiel is very disappointed with last Saturdays knockout loss to Nonito Donaire. Montiel lost his WBO/WBC bantamweight titles after a left hook put him down hard in the second round of their fight at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Montiel was badly hurt and unable to recover. Montiel said that he was never hurt like that in his entire career read more ...

Los Mochis, to undergo thorough medical examination. After his loss, he was taken to the hospital where the injury was diagnosed. Montiel returned to his hometown of Los Mochis to undergo a thorough medical examination read more ...

Donaire was busier as expected. A single Donaire left hook deposited Montiel on the canvas, legs twitching. Montiel somehow beat the count and was hit with two more power shots before the end came. A star is born. Who wouldnt want to see Donaire-Juan Manuel Lopez or Donaire-Gamboa? read more ...

The Darchinyan punch was pretty sweet, but this was the hardest punch of my career, newly-crowned WBO/WBC Bantamweight Champion Nonito Donaire said at tonights post-fight press conference. I was so surprised he got up – I put everything behind that punch. It was the hardest one I ever threw in my life read more ...

A very lively arena crowd saw Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18KOs) blast out Fernando Montiel (44-3, 34KOs) in two rounds to capture the WBC/WBO bantamweight titles. A big feeling out process in the first round. In the second, Donaire landed a left hook that Montiel never saw coming and he went down like a bag of bricks. Montiel barely beat the referees count read more ...

Despite a mutual admiration and respect, on Saturday, Nonito, 25-1, 17 KOs, and Montiel, 43-2-2, 33 KOs, have agreed to knock each other out. The long-awaited showdown headlines an HBO-telecast on a card promoted by Top Rank from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas read more ...

The biggest boxing action often comes in the smallest packages, which is what fight fans are hoping for when unified bantamweight titleholder Fernando Montiel defends his belts against Nonito Donaire on Feb. 19 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas read more ...