The Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire Jr. stopped Japanese Toshiaki Nishioka in the ninth round via technical knockout (TKO) to claim his 30th win at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California on October 13. Donaire retained his IBF and WBO super bantamweight belts.
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Nonito was totally in control from the start to finish of the fight while Nishioka did not engage much nor establish anything big.
The 29-year-old Donaire floored Nishioka in the 6th round with a left uppercut and his right straight to Nishioka’s jaw totally recked the Japanese's dream of winning his 17th straight win in 8 years.
The fight was deemed lackluster and didn't provide a lot of excitement which can be blamed to Nishioka's reluctance to fight head to head. Donaire is a counter-puncher and his ring partner did not gave what he wanted to elevate the fight to a more defining level.
Nonito Donaire's record improved to 30-1-0, 19 KOs while Nishioka faced his 1st loss after 16 consecutive wins to bring his record to 39-5-3, 24 KOs.
Check out the video replay of Donaire vs Nishioka below (embed only from Daily Motion):