Donaire, Rigondeaux make weight ahead of bout
- 5 years ago
NEW YORK -- Nonito "the Filipino Flash" Donaire and Cuban opponent Guillermo Rigondeaux make weight ahead of their mega fight. Donaire, the WBO junior featherweight champion, weighs 121.6 pounds, while Rigondeaux, the undefeated WBA super bantamweight champ and two-time Olympic gold medalist, weighs 121.5 pounds Donaire, who was just honored by the Boxing Writers Association of America as Fighter of the Year for 2012, says he is ready for the match. The world title unification fight will determine the division's best boxer and it will be held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. It will be aired 10:15 a.m. on Sunday on ABS-CBN. ANC Headlines, April 13, 2013.