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MEXICO CITY -- With his shiny green championship belt in hand, sunglasses perched on his nose and an ear-to-ear smile on his face, junior featherweight titlist Abner Mares arrived in this city on Monday fresh off his May 4 defeat of Daniel Ponce De L...

So much for Top Rank promoter Bob Arum's plans to match newly crowned junior featherweight titlist Victor Terrazas with either Vic Darchinyan on the Aug. 3 Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. undercard in Mexico City, or with former titleholder Nonito Donaire in ...

LAS VEGAS -- Before Abner Mares vacated his junior featherweight title in order to move up to featherweight, he campaigned hard for a unification fight with fellow titleholder Nonito Donaire. That would have been a big fight and was one so many boxin...

Former junior featherweight titlist Nonito Donaire is recovering from right shoulder surgery that followed his unanimous decision loss to Guillermo Rigondeaux in their 122-pound title unification fight on April 13.

Guillermo Rigondeaux proved he was the quicker, more crafty fighter against Nonito Donaire on Saturday, but he'll need more than that to draw audiences worthy of a superstar in the future.

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Guillermo Rigondeaux retained his WBA super bantamweight championship and added the WBO super bantamweight belt, unanimously outpointing Nonito Donaire on Saturday night at Radio City Music Hall.

Guillermo Rigondeaux might not have won any new fans, but he slipped punches and picked his spots Saturday in New York to outbox Nonito Donaire for a unanimous decision and unify junior featherweight titles.

Felix Verdejo scored a crushing first-round knockout of Steve Gutierrez on Saturday, in the undercard of the Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux junior featherweight title fight.

Nonito Donaire initially had no interest in facing relatively untested Guillermo Rigondeaux, but now that Saturday's 122-pound unification fight is at hand, he says he's as excited as the rest of us.

Can a reunion with his former trainer take Guillermo Rigondeaux to the top? A win over Nonito Donaire would shut his critics up.

From past greats like Gabriel "Flash" Elorde to contemporary stars Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire, boxing and the Philippines have enjoyed a long love affair throughout history.

Bernardo Pilatti highlights five keys to victory for Nonito Donaire against Guillermo Rigondeaux on Saturday.

Bernardo Pilatti highlights five keys to victory for Guillermo Rigondeaux against Nonito Donaire on Saturday.

The upcoming Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux junior featherweight title unification fight is one of those rare bouts that fans dream of seeing that's actually going to happen.

Junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire will meet Guillermo Rigondeaux April 13 in the main event of HBO's "World Championship Boxing".