Walters KOs Garza in fourth, Valdez stops Raya in fifth
Jamaican featherweight contender Nicholas Walters stopped Alberto Garza in the fourth round, and featherweight Oscar Valdez came up with a fifth-round knockout over Jesus Lule Raya.
read moreDonaire TKO 9 Darchinyan II live round-by-round updates
RingTV.com has a live round-by-round update of tonight’s featherweight rematch during which former RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire scored a ninth-round TKO over ex- flyweight and 115-pound beltholder Vic Darchinyan.
read morePhoto gallery: Donaire-Darchinyan weigh-in
Fighters on the scales: Nonito Donaire-Vic Darchinyan, Roman Martinez-Mikey Garcia, and Demetrius Andrade-Vanes Martirosyan. Photos by Chris Farina-Top Rank.
read moreDonaire 125.25, Darchinyan 125.75
The weights are in for Saturday’s card featuring Nonito Donaire-Vic Darchinyan, Roman Martinez-Mikey Garcia, and Demetrius Andrade-Vanes Martirosyan.
read morePhoto gallery: Tripleheader final press conference
The fighters line up for this weekend’s show in Texas, which will include Nonito Donaire-Vic Darchinyan, Roman Martinez-Mikey Garcia, and Demetrius Andrade-Vanes Martirosyan. Photos by Chris Farina-Top Rank.
read moreLem’s latest: Schaefer touts welters
Golden Boy’s Dec. 7 and Dec. 14 shows will feature what Richard Schaefer calls “the best fights that you can make at 147,” including Adrien Broner-Marcos Maidana, Devon Alexander-Shawn Porter, Keith Thurman-Jesus Soto Karass, and Paulie Malignaggi-Zab Judah.
read morePhoto gallery: Donaire-Darchinyan media day
Nonito Donaire and Vic Darchinyan in Corpus Christi, Texas, just three days before their rematch. Six years ago, Donaire’s star rose dramatically after he KO’d the feared Raging Bull with a single left hook. Photos by Chris Farina-Top Rank.
read moreWho wins Martirosyan-Andrade? Ask the experts
Unbeaten U.S. Olympians Demetrius Andrade and Vanes Martirosyan will fight for the WBO’s vacant junior middleweight belt on Saturday.
read moreLem’s latest: Darchinyan plans to ‘demolish’ Donaire
Vic Darchinyan on Nonito Donaire: “I’m going to come and expose him and show to all of the world that I can beat him, and not only just beat him, but I can beat him easily.”
read moreDonaire: From bullied child to champion boxer
Nonito Donaire shared about his childhood and the fear he had during his early boxing experiences on an HBO-produced video for the Boxing After Dark series. “Walking into the ring,” he said. “I literally pissed in my pants I was so scared.”
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