Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux

Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux

Date	13 April 2013
Venue	Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, United States
Title(s) on the line	WBA Super World/WBO/The Ring Super Bantamweight Championships
Tale of the tape
Boxer Nonito Donaire Guillermo Rigondeaux Nickname The Filipino Flash El Chacal Hometown Talibon, Bohol, Philippines Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Pre-fight record 31-1-0 (20 KO) 11-0 (8 KO) Height 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m) 5 ft 4.5 in (1.64 m) Weight 121½ 121½ Style Orthodox Southpaw Recognition Unified WBO/The Ring Super Bantamweight Champion 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. 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.

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.

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

Undercard

Televised

• Super Bantamweight Unified Championship bout: Nonito Donaire (c) vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux (c)

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

Preliminary card

• Welterweight bout: Mikaël Zewski vs. Daniel Sostre

Zewski defeated Sostre via KO at 0:49 of the second round.

• Light Heavyweight bout: Sean Monaghan vs. Dion Stanley

Monaghan defeated Stanley via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.

• Super Welterweight bout: Glen Tapia vs. Joseph De los Santos

Tapia defeated los Santos via Unanimous Decision (80-72. 80-72, 80-72).

• Super Middleweight bout: Jesse Hart vs. Marlon Farr

Hart defeated Farr via TKO at 1:33 of the third round.

• Super Featherweight bout: Félix Verdejo vs. Steve Gutierrez

Verdejo defeated Gutierrez via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.

• Super Featherweight bout: Toka Kahn Clary vs. Gadiel Andaluz

Clary defeated Andaluz via TKO at 1:32 of the first round.

• Welterweight bout: Dario Socci vs. Tyler Canning

Canning defeated Socci via Split Decision (39-37, 37-39, 39-37).

• Super Featherweight bout: Erick De Leon vs. Diamond Baier

De Leon defeated Baier via Unanimous Decision (40-36, 40-34, 40-36).

Reported fight earnings

• Nonito Donaire $1,320,000 vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux $750,000

International Broadcasting

Country / Region	Broadcaster
United States	HBO
Philippines	ABS-CBN and Studio 23