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CompuBox punch-counter Lee Groves relives fight night in Carson, Calif., where Nonito Donaire unified two 122-pound belts against Jeffrey Mathebula. Groves, who had strong opinions on Donaire's margin of victory, tries to bridge the gap between the numbers and the scorecards.

Images from Carson, Calif., of Nonito Donaire's unanimous decision win against Jeffrey Mathebula and Kelly Pavlik's one-sided victory over Will Rosinsky.

Nonito Donaire made a July 4 guest appearance on the Spanish-language sports show Nación ESPN to promote his title-unification matchup with Jeffrey Mathebula this weekend in Carson, Calif.

Junior featherweights Nonito Donaire and Jeffrey Mathebula, and super middleweights Kelly Pavlik and Will Rosinsky met the press at Fortune Gym in Hollywood, Calif.

Junior featherweight titleholders Nonito Donaire and Jeffrey Mathebula talk about their HBO-televised unification bout on Saturday. Donaire says he's ready for the best of 122-pound division. Mathebula says Donaire won't get past him.

Former middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik and trainer Robert Garcia talk about his HBO-televised fight with Will Rosinsky on Saturday, training Oxnard, Calif., and future plans in the super middleweight and middleweight divisions.

Nonito Donaire says if fellow 122-pound titleholders Guillermo Rigondeaux and Abner Mares really want to fight him, those showdowns will happen, but his first junior featherweight unification bout will come against towering IBF beltholder Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday. 

This Saturday against Nonito Donaire, Jeffrey Mathebula will have a chance to do something no South African fighter has ever done.

Nonito Donaire training in San Carlos, Calif., to face IBF junior featherweight titleholder Jeffrey Mathebula on July 7, in what he says will be the first step towards unifying the division.