Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire
Date | February 19, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC and WBO bantamweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Donaire wins via 2nd–round TKO |
Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire, billed as Think Fast!, was a bantamweight world title fight, which pitted 2 fighters both on The Ring's Top 10 pound-for-pound list.[1]
The fight
Donaire rocked Montiel with a left hook that sent the champion to the canvas. He was able to make it to his feet and allowed to continue, but after two more punches from Donaire, the referee stepped in and waved an end to the bout at 2:25 of Round 2. Donaire controlled most of the first round, landing a left hook that briefly stunned Montiel and came out swinging in the second round, landing a few combinations before stunning the champion with a solid hook that all but ended the fight.[2]
Undercard
Televised
- Bantamweight Unified Championship bout: Fernando Montiel (c) vs. Nonito Donaire
- Donaire defeats Montiel by TKO at 2:25 in round 2.
- Welterweight bout: Mike Jones vs. Jesús Soto Karass
- Jones defeats Karass by unanimous decision.
- Welterweight bout: Mark Jason Melligen vs. Gabriel Martinez
- Melligen defeats Martinez by unanimous decision.
- Welterweight bout: Mike Alvarado vs. Dean Harrison
- Alvarado defeats Harrison via RTD at 3:00 of round 4.
- Light Welterweight bout: Mickey Bey, Jr. vs. Jose Hernandez
- Fight ends in a draw
- Welterweight bout: Yordenis Ugás vs. Carlos Musquez
- Ugas defeats Musquez by unanimous decision.
- Welterweight bout: Rodrigo García vs. Gerald Jordan
- Garcia defeats Jordan by unanimous decision.
- Welterweight bout: Ignacio Garcia vs. Armando Dorantes
- Garcia defeats Majority by unanimous decision.
References
- ^ Donovan, Jake (2011-02-16). "Montiel-Donaire A Fighting Benefit of the B.A.D old days". BoxingScene. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
- ^ Rafael, Dan (2011-02-20). "Nonito Donaire stops Fernando Montiel days". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-02-20.