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Former three-division world champion Fernando «Cochulito» Montiel (46-3, 36 KOs) scored a third round KO over Álvaro Pérez (21-4-1, 12 KOs) in a super bantamweight bout on Saturday night at the La Cetto Vineyards in the Guadalupe Valley, Baja California. «I promised (promoter) Fernando Beltran that my next fight would be for the super bantamweight world title. I’m back and ready to win my fourth title in different divisions and in 2012 will seek a rematch against Nonito Donaire,» stated Montiel read more ...

Former world champion Fernando «Kochulito» Montiel was victorious when Nehomar Cermeno decided not to go out for the third round after failing to recover from a left hook to the liver that floored him at the end of the previous round on Saturday night at the Estadio de futbol de los Dorados in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico. Montiel moves to 45-3-2 with 35 KOs. Cermeno falls to 20-4, 12 KOs. It was «Kochulito’s» first fight since losing his bantamweight title to Nonito Donaire read more ...

Super bantamweights Fernando Montiel and shared Nehomar Cermeno shared the ring during their open workouts, giving us a preview of what’s to come on Saturday night at the stadium Banorte. The two former world champions attended the town hall of Culiacan to hold an exhibition, and lit the fuse on a powder keg that will explode when they exchange blows in the main event of an extraordinary evening of boxing read more ...

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 ...