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Nonito Donaire on his staredown with Rigondeaux: "I felt like he just couldn't look at me in the eyes for that long. It's just one of those things."

In accepting his award for Fighter of the Year, an emotional Nonito Donaire spoke of coming a long way since being the "small, frail, asthmatic little boy" of his childhood.

RING junior featherweight champ Nonito Donaire on clash with Guillermo Rigondeaux on Saturday: "When it comes down to the title fights, we're both aggressive and we can both be offensive guys."

Nonito Donaire on Saturday's clash with Guillermo Rigondeaux at New York's Radio City Music Hall:  "I owe New York a good fight. I know that my fans want a good fight, they're expecting a good fight, and that's what I want to give them."

Former WBC 122-pound titleholder Abner Mares on the Nonito Donaire-Guillermo Rigondeaux junior featherwieght championship bout: "I see Nonito winning by knockout. I estimate a seven-round knockout by Nonito if Rigondeaux doesn't just run and box all night."

HBO has released a video of Nonito Donaire's greatest performances in advance of his April 13 fight with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire takes on unbeaten WBA counterpart Guillermo Rigondeaux on April 13.

RING champion Nonito Donaire will face WBA junior featherweight counter part Guillermo Rigondeaux on April 13 at Radio City Musical Hall in New York.

RING 122-pound champion Nonito Donaire will meet undefeated WBA counterpart Guillermo Rigondeaux in a highly-anticipated clash on April 13 at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

Frank Espinoza, who manages two-division beltholder Abner Mares and WBC featherweight titleholder Daniel Ponce de Leon, says that a Mares-Ponce de Leon clash at 126 pounds could happen if Ponce de Leon defeats Jayson Velez on March 2.

Abner Mares is vacating his WBC 122-pound belt in order to campaign at 126 pounds. The former bantamweight beltholder had hoped to unify junior featherweight titles with RING/IBF/WBO 122-pound champ Nonito Donaire.

Nonito Donaire on vulnerability: "You can be the best guy in a sport or the best athlete or whoever it is. We're still human, and that's what it all comes down to is that we're human."

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares calls a clash with RING, IBF and WBO champion Nonito Donaire "the only fight for me."

Nonito Donaire  will face Jorge Arce on Dec. 15, with Guillermo Rigondeaux slated for the undercard at the Toyota Center in Houston.

Unbeaten junior welterweight Brandon Rios is an ambassador for  the non-profit organization, Padres Contra El Cancer, or, Parents Against Cancer.

Bob Arum says Brandon Rios could get a shot at the WBO junior welterweight title against Ruslan Provodnikov, and a futer showdown with Manny Pacquiao is possible if the Filipino icon wins his fourth fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.

Micky Ward on referee Pat Russell's stoppage of Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado: "You'd rather be a punch too early than a punch too late, so I think that the referee did a good job of stopping it."

Photographer Naoki Fukuda's action shots from the fight between new RING junior featherweight champion Nonito Donaire and Toshiaki Nishioka.

Brandon Rios on facing either Manny Pacquiao or Juan Manuel Marquez: "You see what happened to Mike Alvarado? I think I could do the same thing to them to too."

THE RING's No.-1 rated-junior featherweight Toshiaki Nishioka on what it would mean to defeat WBO/IBF titleholder Nonito Donaire for the vacant RING belt: "I want to be the world champion, not just a Japanese champion."

Everyone is anticipating violence in the junior welterweight clash between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado. As far as who wins, RingTV.com sought the opinions of several boxing insiders.

Micky Ward on Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado: "It has the makings of being a fight like the ones between me and Arturo Gatti...People should tune in to watch it, because it's going to be a classic."

Tickets are going fast for the fourth bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez that is scheduled for Dec. 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Advisor Leonard Ellerbe: "Manny Pacquiao can’t tell Floyd Mayweather [expletive]."

Nonito Donaire and trainer Robert Garcia hosted the media at Undisputed Boxing Gym in San Carlos, Calif., ahead of the junior featherweight championship fight against Toshiaki Nishioka on Oct. 13.

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Abner Mares calls Leo Santa Cruz a smaller version of Antonio Margarito and considers Anselmo Moreno to be one of the sport's premiere fighters.

A fan who is unhappy with what he calls the "Golovkin craze" rudely vents his venom upon Dougie, while others share their questions and opinions on Ward-Dawson, Matthysse-Ajose, Toshiaki Nishoka and more in this week's Friday mailbag.

WBC junior featherweight belt-holder Abner Mares has a defense against Anselmo Moreno on Oct. 27.

Watch highlights from the kick-off press conference for the anticipated Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka/Brandon Rios-Mike Alvarado doubleheader that takes place on Oct. 13 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.

RingTV's Dominic Verdin interviewed Nonito Donaire and Toshiaki Nishioka at the recent press conference for thier anticipated HBO-televised RING junior featherweight championship showdown on Oct. 13 in Carson, Calif.

Respected Japanese veteran Toshiaki Nishioka relishes the opportunity to win universal recognition as the junior featherweight champ, as well as the admiration of American fans, when he challenges Nonito Donaire on HBO on Oct. 13.

Manny Pacquiao is apparently no closer to deciding from among at least two dates or among three opponents for his return to the ring. 

Nonito Donaire on facing Toshiaki Nishioka: "You have to find the fighters who can challenge you and who will put you at risk. You put yourself at risk of losing, at risk of getting hurt, at risk of losing your life. That's all part of boxing."

IBF and WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire portrays a poor man driven by love in the movie Palad Ta Ang Nagbuot, which he recently completed filming in his native Philippines.

Nonito Donaire on his year-round random drug testing commitment: "I try to write down anything and everything that I might be in contact with. Even with the food that I'm eating and where I'm at, or where I've been."

Birthday knockouts have become a tradition for WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez, and this Sept. 15 -- Gonzalez's 31st birthday -- he'll be looking to collect a $100,000 bonus against Daniel Ponce de Leon.

Showtime's Stephen Espinoza once said of co-existing with HBO that "there is room for two very successful, very active networks in boxing."  

Unbeaten former lightweight titleholder Brandon Rios on his Oct. 13 clash with undefeated 140-pound contender Mike Alvarado: "It's going to be a very violent, very bloody fight. It's going to be a can't-miss fight."

Nonito Donaire will face junior featherweight Toshiaki Nishioka after former lightweight beltholder Brandon Rios makes his junior welterweight debut in a clash of unbeatens with Mike Alvarado on Oct. 13.

Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado believes he will prove himself to be the bigger, stronger fighter -- as well as the superior boxer -- when he and Brandon Rios both put their undefeated records on the line, Oct. 13.

Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado has signed to face former lightweight beltholder Brandon Rios in an HBO-televised bout on Oct. 13. 

Junior welterweight Mike Alvarado has agreed in principle to a clash with former WBA lightweight titleholder Brandon Rios on Oct. 13 at The Home Depot Center on the Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka undercard.

WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire will defend his crown against former titleholder Toshiaki Nishioka on Oct. 13 at Home Depot Center. Brandon Rios makes his junior welterweight debut against Mike Alvarado on the undercard.

Ringtv.com asked a panel of boxing insiders what will happen when WBO junior featherweight beltholder Nonito Donaire faces his tallest opponent yet in IBF counterpart Jeffrey Mathebula on Saturday.

Nonito Donaire's manager, Cameron Dunkin, calls the WBO junior featherweight titleholder "pound-for-pound, maybe the best fighter in the world."

Trainer Freddie Roach says he had a bad feeling as soon as he heard the first scorecard being read after Manny Pacquiao's fight against Tim Bradley.

WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez will pursue his 12th knockout and 13 straight wins against Daniel Ponce de Leon on Sept. 15.

Nonito Donaire has targeted the first defense of his WBO junior featherweight belt on HBO on June 16.

If he gets past Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. on Saturday, Nonito Donaire's promoter sees bouts against Jorge Arce, Toshiaki Nishioka and Guillermo Rigondeaux in the former bantamweight titleholder's immediate future.