Now 40, Nonito Donaire gets a chance at recapturing the WBC bantamweight crown he lost to Naoya Inoue last year.
MANILA, Philippines – Nonito Donaire will get a crack at reclaiming the World Boxing Council bantamweight title he last held a year ago.
Donaire will tangle with Mexico’s Alejandro Santiago for the vacant belt as he seeks to reset his own record as the oldest boxer to win a bantamweight crown.Donaire made history in May 2021 when he – then 38 years old – became theThe “Filipino Flash” then defended the belt with a of compatriot Reymart Gaballo in December 2021 before he relinquished the crown to Japan’s Naoya Inoue last June.second-round technical knockout triumphBut with Inoue vacating the WBC belt together with his WBA, WBO, and IBF titles in January to move up to super bantamweight, Donaire – now 40 – earned another title shot.Santiago totes a 27-3-5 win-loss-draw record and won 11 of his last 12 bouts to emerge as the No. 4 contender.
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