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Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux
Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux was a super bantamweight professional boxing match contested between WBO and The Ring champion Nonito Donaire and WBA (Super) champion Guillermo Rigondeaux.[1] The bout took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on April 13, 2013 and was televised on HBO.[2] Entering the bout, Donaire had a record of 31–1 and had made three successful defenses of the WBO title he had won by defeating Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr. Rigondeaux, meanwhile, was undefeated in his eleven fights and was fighting for the fourth time as champion; he won the WBA interim title by defeating Ricardo Cordoba in November 2010 and defeated Rico Ramos to become official champion in January 2012. Rigondeaux defeated Donaire by unanimous decision to remain undefeated. Donaire had not lost since his second professional fight.[3] BackgroundDonaireDonaire entered the fight on a 30-bout winning streak and had recently knocked out Jorge Arce to retain both the WBO (His third defense of the title) and The Ring Super Bantamweight championships.[4] RigondeauxRigondeaux entered the fight undefeated in his professional career on an 11-bout winning streak. He had recently defeated Roberto Marroquin to retain the WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship, his second defense of the title.[5] Out of all his 11 victories, he had won 8 of them by knockout. The fightDonaire scored a knockdown in the tenth with a straight left hand, but nevertheless he lost a unanimous decision with scores of 116–111, 115–112 and 114–113. HBO's unofficial scorer Harold Lederman scored it 118–109 and ESPN's Dan Rafael had it 114–113 both for Rigondeaux. UndercardTelevised
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