Two New Filipino Boxing Champs
Yesterday, 07-07-07 will surely be an unforgettable day for two Filipino boxers. Despite being huge underdogs, Florante Condes and Nonito Donaire wrested the belts from the title holders. Strawweight Florante Condes (22-3-1, 20 KOs) who is from Romblon dethroned IBF champion Muhammad Rachman (61-6-5, 31 KOs) by split decision in Jakarta, Indonesia. According to reports, Rachman went down twice and the fight was an all-out war. It was a split decision with the Indonesian judge giving the fight to Rachman.
Now the fight between Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire and Vic 'The Raging Bull" Darchinyan came to an end on the fifith round. I was able to watch the fight via livestream from the internet. It was not a super action packed fight but it was very clear from round 1 up to the end, Donaire was giving the then champion a boxing lesson. Donaire came out to be a masterful ring tactician, not wasting too many movements. His footwork is very good and indeed he is very fast. Darchinyan was undefeated at 28-0 with 22 KOs before the fight but Donaire was never intimidated.
I haven't found a video of the whole fight but the video from youtube below shows the final round. If you can just watch the whole event and the post fight interviews, Darchinyan looked liked he was a sore loser. Anyway, watch and enjoy!
Skywire
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What a glorious time for Philippine boxing! Nonito Donaire showed what Pinoy boxing is all about in his bout against Darchinyan. He proved that Vic is not as invincible as he believes himself to be. Nonito has a great future ahead of him.
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