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TEN years after relinquishing the WBC bantamweight title so he could campaign in a higher weight class,
Nonito Donaire – at an astonishing 38 years old – regained his old belt when he upset the odds to crush
Nordine Oubaali inside four rounds.
The remarkable feat also means the US-based Filipino has now held alphabet gongs in three different decades; his first one came down at flyweight in 2007 when he crushed IBF title-holder Vic Darchinyan in five rounds to announce his arrival.
It was a different world back then. Twitter was in its infancy and could boast only 50,000 active accounts compared to almost 200 million today. On Saturday night and Sunday morning, as Donaire’s latest achievement filtered rapidly through boxing’s myriad social media channels, a rare thing happened… universal agreement: Nonito, one of the most pleasant individuals in the industry, was declared a legend in the sport.
By: Sean Crose Danny Roman put his 28-3-1 record on the line against the 25-3 Ricardo Espinoza in a scheduled 10 round super bantamweight affair Saturday
Bet no one had San Jose State in Mountain West survivor pool [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Boise State and San Jose State will play next week for the Mountain West championship.
They are staggered but still standing after an eight-week series of challenges in the Mountain West as with every conference across the country that were more demanding than anything anyone could have come up with on “Survivor.”
Only two of the conference’s 12 teams Nevada and Hawaii played all eight games on their schedule, although not without some site changes.
Two other teams Air Force and Colorado State managed to play only four conference games.