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HOT FROM VERDEJO VS. DOS SANTOS

and

DONAIRE VS. JUAREZ

MEDIA CENTRAL!

Fight Day Edition

 

Two Title Fights Televised Live

From Roberto Clemente Coliseum on

“MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV”

Tonight  Friday, Dec. 11,

Live on truTV at 10 P.M. ET/PT

 

 

 

Mike Coppinger, USA Today:  “Nonito Donaire Knows New, Positive Mindset Will Lead to Major Comeback”

http://boxingjunkie.com/2015/12/11/nonito-donaire-knows-new-positive-mindset-will-lead-to-major-comeback/?

 

Tom Weir, Bleacher Report:  “Rejuvinated Nonito Donaire Knows Storied Career is on the Line in truTV Fight”

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2597458-rejuvenated-nonito-donaire-knows-storied-career-is-on-the-line-in-trutv-fight?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=web-des-art-top-2318

 

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com:  “Nonito Donaire: ‘I’m Ready for Anything That Comes My Way”

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14342722/ready-anything-comes-my-way

 

Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports:  “Felix Verdejo Well on the Way to Boxing Stardom”

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/felix-verdejo-well-on-the-way-to-boxing-stardom-213517298.html

 

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com:  “Nonito Donaire, Cesar Juarez to Fight for WBO Junior Featherweight Title”

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/14328931

 

Agence France-Presse:  “‘Filipino Flash’ Donaire Faces Juarez for Super Bantamweight Crown”

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/30324197/?&cmp=st

 

Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports:  “Hometown Venues Give Developing Boxers a Big Boost”

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/boxing/hometown-venues-give-developing-boxers-a-big-boost-204553010.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw

 

Dan Rafael, ESPN.com:  “Verdejo Ready to Resume Career After Hand Surgery”

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/14691/verdejo-ready-to-resume-career-after-hand-surgery

 

Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review-Journal:  “Losses Compel Donaire to Redeicate Himself”

http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/boxing/boxing-note-losses-compel-donaire-rededicate-himself

 

Steve Kim, UCNLive.com:  “Passing The Puerto Rican Baton”

http://ucnlive.com/passing-the-puerto-rican-baton/#.VmrltxMvPXc.twitter

 

Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star:  “Donaire Vows to Bring Title Back Home”

http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/12/12/1531763/donaire-vows-bring-title-back-home

 

Keith Idec, The Record:  “Nonito Donaire Has a New Attitude”

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/boxing/donaire-takes-boxing-more-seriously-now-1.1472282

 

Jake Donovan, BoxingScene:  “Felix Verdejo Braces for World Title Run in 2016”

http://www.boxingscene.com/donaire-wants-walters-rematch-not-130-pounds–99173?

 

Francisco Salazar, The Ring:  “Verdejo to Face Dos Santos – And a Hometown Crowd – On Friday”

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/406211-verdejo-to-face-dos-santos-and-a-hometown-crowd-on-friday#.VmoayM4RtQI.twitter

 

Gregory Gigney, Boxing News Online:  “Nonito Donaire Views Stoppage Loss to Nicholas Walters as a ‘Blessing'”

http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/nonito-donaire-views-stoppage-loss-to-nicholas-walters-as-a-blessing/

 

Dennis Principe, Tempo:  “Donaire Makes Up for Lost Time”

http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/12/12/1531763/donaire-vows-bring-title-back-home

 

Ryan Burton, BoxingScene:  “Felix Verdejo Pumped to Finally Get Back in the Ring”

http://www.boxingscene.com/felix-verdejo-pumped-finally-get-back-ring–99083?

 

Keith Idec, BoxingScene:  “Donaire Wants Walters Rematch, But Not at 130 Pounds”

http://www.boxingscene.com/donaire-wants-walters-rematch-not-130-pounds–99173?

 

Francisco Salazar, The Ring:  “Donaire Readies Himself for Another Title Opportunity”

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/news/406139-donaire-readies-himself-for-another-title-opportunity#.VmmZ7k9XV2w.twitter

 

Jake Donovan, BoxingScene:  “Verdejo Emerging as the Face of Puerto Rico Boxing”

http://www.boxingscene.com/verdejo-emerging-face-puerto-rico-boxing–99098?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene:  “Donaire Feels Boost From WBO Title Being at Stake”

http://www.boxingscene.com/donaire-feels-boost-from-wbo-title-being-stake–99212

 

  SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (December 11, 2015) — It’s Fight Day for the boxing gem of Puerto Rico and undefeated Top-Five world-rated lightweight contender FELIX “El Diamante” VERDEJO, and former five-division world champion and 2012 Fighter of the Year NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE!.  Both will headline, in separate title bouts, the year-end finale of MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV, which will be televised LIVE from Roberto Clemente Coliseum Tonight!  Friday, December 11, on truTV, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT .  The live boxing series is presented by truTV and Top Rank® and produced in association with HBO Sports®.  Find truTV at: http://trutvishere.com/.

 

Verdejo (18-0, 13 KOs), from San Juan, will be making his homecoming a 10-round defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Latino lightweight title against Josenilson Dos Santos (25-3, 15 KOs), of Sao Paulo, Brasil, and Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines, gets another world title shot, in a 12-round rumble with WBO International junior featherweight champion and No. 1 world-rated contender Cesar Juarez (17-3, 13 KOs), of Mexico City, for the vacant WBO junior featherweight world championship.

 

The four warriors boast a combined record of 95-9 (64 KOs) — a winning ratio of 91%, with 2/3 of their total victories coming by way of knockout.

 

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