Nonito Donaire
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Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. Order of Lakandula (/dɒˈnɛər/ do-NAIR; Tagalog: [noˈnito gonˈsalɛs doˈnaɪre]; born November 16, 1982)[1][2] is a Filipino American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes from flyweight to featherweight, and is the oldest boxer in history to win a bantamweight world title (at age 38), as well as being the first three-time champion in that weight class. Donaire has also held world championships in three consecutive decades: the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, being the sixth boxer to do so after Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins, Erik Morales, and Floyd Mayweather Jr.[7]
Nonito Donaire OL | |
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Born | Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. (1982-11-16) November 16, 1982 (age 41) |
Nationality | Filipino American |
Other names | The Filipino Flash |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[lower-alpha 1] |
Reach | 68 in (173 cm)[3][4] |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 50 |
Wins | 42 |
Wins by KO | 28 |
Losses | 8 |
In total, Donaire has held nine world titles by the main four boxing sanctioning bodies. He has also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) flyweight title, the World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super flyweight title, and the Ring magazine and lineal super bantamweight titles.
Donaire is popularly known as "The Filipino Flash"[8][9] and is a two-time winner of The Ring's Knockout of the Year award, in 2007 and 2011. He reached a peak pound for pound ranking of third by The Ring in 2011,[10] and was named Fighter of the Year in 2012 by the Boxing Writers Association of America.