On November 3, 2018, the 26-year-old WBA (Super) bantamweight world champion, Ryan Burnett (19-0, 9 KOs), faced a 35-year-old Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire (38-5, 24 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Burnett came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 3 days. Donaire was on a -1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 13 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 4th round, and Nonito Donaire is crowned the new WBA (Super) bantamweight world champion. Donaire improves his record to 39-5 (25 KOs), while Burnett adds a loss to his record at 19-1.