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                    [ArticleID] => 1544075
                    [Title] => Donaire to face Hungarian next?
                    [Summary] => 

A super bantamweight contender from Hungary has reportedly agreed to challenge WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-18 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1271825 [AuthorName] => Dino Maragay [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20140527/donaire-vows-win.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1531851 [Title] => Donaire outpoints Juarez, annexes WBO super bantam title [Summary] =>

Nonito Donaire Jr. scored a unanimous decision victory over Cesar Juarez in an action-filled bout to win the vacant WBO super bantamweight championship on Saturday at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-11 21:21:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20151211/donaire-juarez.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1531537 [Title] => Donaire, foe make weight for title fight [Summary] =>

 Nonito Donaire Jr.  and Puerto Rican Cesar Juarez both made weight Friday for their super bantamweight championship bout at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-11 00:04:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/sports/20151211/donaire-juarez.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1295837 [Title] => Servania defends WBO regional crown tonight Vows to put on a show vs. Munoz in Pinoy Pride XXIV [Summary] =>

Facing what is probably the toughest challenge of his career, Genesis ‘Azucal’ Servania promised to put on a show and prove he is ripe and ready for a world title crack when he defends his WBO

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1453974 [AuthorName] => Lemuel P. Maglinte [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 930626 [Title] => (UPDATE) Rigondeaux unanimously outpoints Donaire [Summary] =>

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.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-14 13:01:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 861694 [Title] => Sor Singyu batok Francisco [Summary] =>

Gusto ni Filipino bantamweight contender Drian Francisco nga makigsangka sa bag-ong Thai champion nga si Pungluang Sor Singyu alang sa WBO bantamweight title.

[DatePublished] => 2012-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Banat Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 750175 [Title] => Donaire to face ex-champ Vazquez in February [Summary] =>

WBC and WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. will take on former champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. of Puerto Rico in February next year, according to Top Rank chief Bob Arum.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-21 11:04:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 738702 [Title] => Donaire: All set to move up to featherweight [Summary] =>

On Saturday, Oct. 22 (Oct. 23 in the Philippines),Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KOs) defends his World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight titles at the 4,500-seat Madison Square Garden’s WaMu Theater in New York against the 36-year old Argentine southpaw, Omar Narvaez (35-0-2, 19 KOs). Narvaez, who represented Argentina in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics in Atlanta and Sydney, respectively, is the reigning junior bantamweight/super flyweight champion. He is going up the bantamweight ranks for the chance to meet Donaire.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 668010 [Title] => Ana Julaton [Summary] =>

Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton is the first Filipino-American boxer to win the women's WBO and IBA super bantamweight titles. She is also one of the “quickest” boxers ever to win a world title, having clinched the IBA women’s super bantamweight title in just her sixth professional bout.

She started boxing in the amateurs in 2005, winning a silver medal in the San Francisco Golden Gloves.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-17 14:31:30 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/1295/julatonthumb.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 659764 [Title] => Donaire options varied and exciting [Summary] =>

We had described in last week’s column, Saturday’s (Sunday in Manila) title bout between Nonito Donaire Jr. and Fernando Montiel as “very tough”.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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