{"id":104176,"date":"2021-05-31T11:25:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T16:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104176"},"modified":"2021-05-31T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T16:28:34","slug":"nonitio-donaire-makes-history-capturing-the-wbc-bantamweight-belt-with-a-ko-over-nordine-oubaali-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104176","title":{"rendered":"Nonito Donaire Makes History Capturing the WBC Bantamweight Belt with a KO Over Nordine Oubaali &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104176\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104177 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail-1-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail-1-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/thumbnail-1-3.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Photo by Esther Lin\/SHOWTIME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nonito Donaire is champion once again. Fourteen years after he won his first world title, the \u201cFilipino Flash\u201d cemented his Hall of Fame credentials with a sensational fourth-round KO win over Nordine Oubaali to capture the WBC World Bantamweight title Saturday night in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING main event from Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. in a Premier Boxing Champions event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe king has returned,\u201d Donaire beamed afterward. \u201cI just love the crowds. All my friends, family, all the boxing fans that came out thank you so much. You guys are wonderful.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old Donaire (41-6, 27 KOs) is now the oldest world champion ever at 118-pounds. He accomplished it with the left hand that has been the calling card of his career as he dropped Oubaali (17-1, 12 KOs) three times in total.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing at this age is not the question, it\u2019s about my performance,\u201d said Donaire. \u201cAbout my ability to grow. I believe it matters not what your age is, but how mentally strong you are. What I learned from the [Naoya] Inoue fight is that I\u2019m back. I can still compete at this level. The whole time I was not fighting, I was learning. I\u2019m ready for the next one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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. Again, Oubaali struggled to his feet, dazed yet willing to fight on.<\/p>\n<p>The end came swiftly in the fourth. Donaire expertly maneuvered Oubaali around the ring, pinning him against the ropes where a left uppercut sent Oubaali crumpling to the canvas for a third and final time. Referee Jack Reiss immediately called it off. The official time of the stoppage was 1:52 of the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree decades of being world champion. Nine-time world champion. That\u2019s amazing,\u201d said Donaire. \u201cI came in here and I felt really good. Today I knew exactly what was going to happen. I knew exactly what I was going to do. I think I was just very focused in the gym. I was very, very focused. I just felt really good coming in and I was grateful to get this opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight was something that I had to prove to the world that I\u2019m back and I\u2019m stronger than ever. He was a very tough guy. I think ultimately for me, there was a level of should I be more patient? Or should I go for it? Something I learned in the Inoue fight was to go for the kill. And that\u2019s exactly what I did. I was patient, but I knew he was hurt enough that I could take him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the co-feature, Puerto Rico\u2019s Subriel Matias (17-1, 17 KOs) delivered another power-punching display, breaking down previously-unbeaten Batyr Jukembayev (18-1, 14 KOs) until Jukembayev\u2019s corner stopped the bout after eight riveting rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is what everybody expected. Everybody knew it was going to be a great war,\u201d said Matias. \u201cThis was going to end by knockout whether I was going to get knocked out or Jukembayev was going to get knocked out. I\u2019m just glad it was me who knocked him out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matias establishes himself as one of the best in a stacked division, but this latest win wasn\u2019t easy. Kazakhstan\u2019s Jukembayev came out strong, landing a right hook-right uppercut combination upstairs from his southpaw stance that got Matias\u2019 attention in the first.<\/p>\n<p>Jukembayev pushed the pace in the second. Matias began letting his hands go in the third, throwing in combination to the head and body. Both combatants were now fully warmed up, setting the stage for a fourth round that could be a candidate for \u201cRound of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It began when a hard left hook staggered Jukembayev and drove him to the canvas. Matias sought to close the show but Jukembayev held on, cleared his head and started landing his own shots. With a minute left in the stanza, Jukembayev stunned Matias with a left cross. Instead of clinching, Matias fought fire with fire, bringing the crowd out of their seats with toe-to-toe action until the bell sounded.<\/p>\n<p>Matias never stopped coming forward. Following a one-sided sixth, Jukembayev returned to his corner with both eyes swelling shut. The back and forth ensued in the seventh as Jukembayev buzzed Matias with two right hooks toward the end of the round.<\/p>\n<p>Matias returned to the driver\u2019s seat in the eighth round, pounding away at Jukembayev with both fists. In total, he out-landed Jukembayev by 100 punches (234\/608 to 134 \/409) and was more accurate (38.5% to 32.8%). The accumulation of blows was enough to convince Jukembayev\u2019s corner to request the bout be stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew he had nothing to lose. He came in and was doing everything strong,\u201d said Matias. \u201cHe knew that all he could do was knock me out to win. I would have done the same thing. That\u2019s a warrior\u2019s heart and he has all my respect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that fourth round, I mean he is a very competitive fighter, so it turned into a war after that point. My hands go up to him as well. It was a great fight. I definitely have had other opponents that were very good, but this is the one that has given me the hardest test.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the telecast opener, Gary Antuanne Russell (14-0, 14 KOs) continued his ascent up the super lightweight ranks. The undefeated Russell became the first to stop the rugged Jovanie Santiago (14-2-1, 10 KOs), dominating Santiago until referee Sharon Sands halted the contest following the sixth round at the suggestion of Santiago\u2019s corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe objective is to get the man out as soon as possible and come out unscathed,\u201d said Russell. \u201cI just want to say that Santiago was a class-A opponent. A lot of people think he beat Adrien Broner. I want Adrien Broner now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With older brother and WBC World Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr. working his corner, Gary Antuanne controlled the action from the opening bell. The 2016 Olympian worked the jab and straight left behind the southpaw stance, snapping Santiago\u2019s head back several times in the first.<\/p>\n<p>Russell, 24, continued to land the left in the second and third. Early in the fourth, he followed up a straight left to the ribs with a short right hook upstairs that dropped Santiago to a knee. Puerto Rico\u2019s Santiago gamely rose to his feet and survived the follow-up onslaught to make it out of the round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe importance to me is to execute round-by-round, and round-by-round, I was executing more and more. My father told me to go to the body, right hook upstairs. He was open to that,\u201d said Russell.<\/p>\n<p>Russell showed no signs of slowing despite being extended beyond four rounds for the first time in his pro career. The Capital Heights, Md. product battered Santiago in the sixth, landing punishing combinations throughout the frame. Moments later, the bout was stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely important to me to perform so I\u2019m not just known as Gary Russell\u2019s younger brother,\u201d said Russell, who landed 146 of 444 punches (32.9%). \u201cI come from an excellent background of fighters. We\u2019re building a dynasty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow soon do I want to get back in the ring? If I could fight on the Deontay Wilder card, that would be great.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Esther Lin\/SHOWTIME Nonito Donaire is champion once again. Fourteen years after he won his first world title, the \u201cFilipino Flash\u201d cemented his Hall of Fame credentials with a sensational fourth-round KO win over Nordine Oubaali to capture the WBC World Bantamweight title Saturday night in the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING main event from Dignity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26674],"class_list":["post-104176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-nonito-donaire-makes-history-capturing-the-wbc-bantamweight-belt-with-a-ko-over-nordine-oubaali-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104176"}],"version-history":[{"count":-2,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}