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Fernando Montiel-Nonito Donaire Targeted For November, December

Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum told FanHouse that WBO bantamweight (118 pounds) titlist Fernando Montiel (pictured above, at left) and rising WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) champion Nonito Donaire of the Philippines will meet either in November or December. "I talked to [manager] Fernando Beltran yesterday,...

Dec. 4: Miguel Cotto-Julio Cesar Chavez, Fernando Montiel-Nonito Donaire?

Mexican middleweight (160 pounds) prospect Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. will begin training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday for a Sept. 11 bout against New Jersey resident Pawel Wolak likely in Mexico, and, if victorious, could face WBA junior middleweight (154 pounds) champion, Miguel Cotto...

Fernando Montiel Dominates in Third-Round Knockout

WBO bantamweight (118 pounds) titlist, Fernando Montiel, dropped his rival twice in the second round and for good in the third round on the way to his 42nd career win against two each in losses and draws, and his 32nd career knockout over Rafael Concepcion, who fell to 14-5-1, with eight knockouts in Tuxtla Gutierrez,...

Nonito Donaire Seeks Fernando Montiel, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.

WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) champion Nonito Donaire, who scored two knockdowns on the way to Saturday's eighth-round knockout of challenger Hernan "Tyson" Marquez, will seek a potential November bout with WBO bantamweight (118 pounds) titlist, Fernando Montiel, followed by one opposite WBO super bantamweight...

Nonito Donaire Stops Hernan Marquez in Eighth Round

WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) champion Nonito Donaire dropped his rival with a left hook and left uppercut, respectively, in the fifth and eighth rounds -- the second time for good -- on the way to scoring his 24th victory against one loss, and his 16th knockout against challenger Hernan "Tyson" Marquez in...