Undefeated prospect Brandun Lee will meet Juan Heraldez at pounds in another bout on the Showtime tripleheader, sources said. Donaire , 27 KOs regained the pound title with a fourth-round KO of Nordine Oubaali in May, nearly nine years after his last pound bout. The future Hall of Famer will be 39 when he faces Gaballo, a fellow native of the Philippines. In between pound title reigns, Donaire claimed titles at pounds and and suffered a loss to Naoya Inoue in ESPN's fight of the year. He's currently ranked No.
Gaballo , 20 KOs , 25, will be stepping up to the biggest challenge of his career. He is coming off a controversial decision win over Emmanuel Rodriguez in December. Lee , 21 KOs was ranked No. The year-old Southern Californian has shown immense power in his way up the ranks, with many of those devastating knockouts televised on Showtime's prospect-oriented series, "ShoBox.
Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Donaire, Gaballo agree to title fight, sources say. We cannot excuse the disgusting trolling memes created of my wife as 'just for entertainment'. I don't want other pro athletes to cross this line and think this type of behavior is acceptable. Donaire continued his explanation of his decision to cancel the fight, again citing Casimero's delays in turning in drug testing paperwork.
Donaire ended by saying that he refused to give Casimero "the stage or payday" that would come with the unification bout. That being said, as we've stated before, we canceled this fight when they delayed turning in the VADA paperwork for five days. We have proof that the opposing side was neither honest nor forthcoming in providing the proper information to begin VADA drug testing. I do what I say. And as much as I want to knock him out, I'm going to take the high road and instead of highlighting his misbehaviors, I'm not going to give his example the stage or the payday that comes with it.
Donaire also captured the International Junior Olympics gold medal,. A natural right-hander with the ability to fight out of the southpaw stance, Donaire fought thrice more in with round split- and round unanimous decisions over Kahren Harutyunyan January and Oscar Andrade October flanking a second-round stoppage of Jose Luis Cardenas July.
Darchinynan was two bouts removed from a sixth round technical decision over Glenn Donaire and had stopped eight of his previous nine opponents. Donaire controlled the battle of southpaws. A massive counter left hook in the fifth round flattened Darchinyan. He rose on unsteady legs only to stumble against the ropes.
Referee Eddie Claudio waved an end to the bout, crowning a new champion as Donaire earned revenge for his family against a 7-to-1 favorite. I took the bully out of him. It was for my family and the Filipino people, too. I could feel their energy tonight. In February , Donaire stopped former champion Manuel Vargas by third-round knockout in a non-title fight.
That December, Donaire would rise in weight yet again, moving up to pounds and delivering a fourth-round KO of Volodymyr Sodrenko. Montiel, 34 KOs was riding an unbeaten streak that included nine knockouts. Instead, it turned into one the finest clips on his long highlight reel.
Donaire stopped Montiel for the first time in his career, lowering the boom as a head-swiveling left hook temple shot flattened the Mexican in the second round. I want to be the undisputed champion in this weight class. Donaire climbed to pounds to go with a pair of knockouts in But Donaire was dethroned in his next bout via sixth-round TKO in October, being floored twice by Jamaican slugger Nicholas Walters, who rose to 21 KOs with his fifth straight stoppage.
But Donaire was dethroned following a unanimous decision loss to southpaw Jessie Magdelano in November. Donaire rose yet again into the pound division for his next two bouts, one a victory over Ruben Garcia Hernandez in September and the other a loss to Carl Frampton.
Fighting at for the first time since November , Donaire became the WBA champion in November as Ryan Burnett was forced to retire on his stool between the fourth and fifth rounds. Inoue won a hard-fought unanimous decision over Donaire in their November clash, one of the best that year. But Donaire , 26 KOs had proven himself, against Inoue, who was a heavy favorite and considered one of the very best fighters in the world.
On May 29, , 14 years after he won his first world title, Donaire became champion once again. All my friends, family, all the boxing fans that came out thank you so much. You guys are wonderful. The year-old Donaire , 27 KOs is now the oldest world champion ever at pounds. He accomplished it with the left hand that has been the calling card of his career as he dropped Oubaali , 12 KOs three times in total. I believe it matters not what your age is, but how mentally strong you are.
I can still compete at this level. The whole time I was not fighting, I was learning. Following a feel-out first round, Donaire went to work in the second, walking Oubaali down and countering with thudding effect. Donaire scored the first knockdown early in the third, dropping Oubaali with his trademark counter left hook. The Frenchman rose on unsteady legs and Donaire pounced, landing more big shots until another left hook floored Oubaali just a split second before the round ended.
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