8x World Champion Nonito Donaire Interviewed by Peter Maniatis of KO Boxing Show Australia!

Nonito Donaire is also known as “The Filipino Flash” is a Filipino professional boxer with 46 Bouts (40 Win, 6 Lost, 26 KOs). He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, including the IBF flyweight title from 2007 to 2009; the unified WBC and WBO bantamweight titles in 2011; the IBF super-bantamweight title in 2012; the WBO super bantamweight title twice between 2012 and 2016; the WBA (Super) featherweight title in 2014; and the WBA (Super) bantamweight title from 2018 to 2019.

In total, Donaire has held eight world titles by the main four boxing sanctioning bodies, as well as the IBO flyweight title from 2007 to 2009, the WBA interim super flyweight title from 2009 to 2010, and The Ring magazine and lineal super bantamweight titles from 2012 to 2013.

In this interview, he remembers his fight against Vic Darchinyan, his feeling and his focus; The difficult fight with Rafael Concepcion; A competitive fight with Fernando Montiel; the only presscon that he got a fight with Wilfredo Vazquez Jr; he’s taught on losing with Guillermo Rigondeaux; and fighting Simpiwe Vetyeka;

Also, his comparison with Manny Pacquiao, and his fight with Naoya Inoue realizing that he lost his killer instinct.

Running thru his mind when he has a false-positive covid test result.

And his funny boxing story.

Here’s the link to the interview:

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