Nonito Donaire Jr KO Montiel, Now WBC & WBO Bantamweight King

I really did not intend to watch the Donaire vs. Montiel fight because I did not want to sit thru tons of commercials from advertisers. But as my luck would have it, I was able to witness Nonito Jr. Donaire's spectacular knock-out of Fernando Montiel in the 2nd round of their bantamweight title fight.

Nonito Donaire Jr. KOs Fernando Montiel
Wins WBC & WBO Bantamweight Titles
Photo by: Chris Farina/Top Rank
Taken today from ESPN/Boxing

When I went down to have a look, it was already in the second round, while I was waiting for my turn to use the bathroom. Montiel connected on a right to the head of Montiel when Donaire connected with a wicked left hook that floored Montiel to the canvass.

Perhaps Montiel's mind is fighting thru the pain that his body did what looked like involuntary spasm. He was able to beat the count of the referee. But when the fight was resumed, Montiel was obviously not in his best condition to continue. Donaire connected with another left until the referee mercifully ended the fight.

And we filipino's have another boxing world champion in Nonito Donaire Jr.. He know holds both the World Boxing Council (WBC) and (WBO) Bantamweight title belts.

This spectacular win of Donaire will definitely increase his stock and his boxing pay. What I really liked afterwards was how Donaire thanked the Filipino fans rooting for him in the arena.

Great win, Nonito! Keep it up.



* Nonito Donaire solo photo from Wikipedia.