On July 29, 2023, 40-year-old Nonito Donaire (42-7, 28 KOs) and 27-year-old Alexandro Santiago (27-3-5, 14 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC bantamweight title.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 22 days. Santiago was on a 3-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months.
Alexandro Santiago defeated Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision . Santiago improves his record to 28-3-5, while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 42-8.
On June 7, 2022, Nonito Donaire and Naoya Inoue met again in a rematch.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 27 days. Inoue was on a 22-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 24 days.
Naoya Inoue made very easy work of Nonito Donaire in the rematch, stopping Donaire via TKO in the 2nd. Inoue improves his record to 23-0 (20 KOs), while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 42-7.
On November 7, 2019, the 36-year-old WBA (Super) bantamweight champion, Nonito Donaire (40-5, 26 KOs), and the 26-year-old IBF and The Ring bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (18-0, 16 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 11 days. Inoue was on a 18-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 20 days.
Naoya Inoue defeated Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision and unifies the WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles. Inoue improves his record to 19-0, while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 40-6.
On April 21, 2018, a 35-year-old Nonito Donaire (38-4, 24 KOs) and a 31-year-old Irish boxer Carl Frampton (24-1, 14 KOs) met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 29 days. Frampton was on a 1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 3 days.
Carl Frampton defeated Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision in the 12-round featherweight fight. Frampton improves his record to 25-1, while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 38-5.
On November 5, 2016, the 33-year-old WBO super-bantamweight world champion, Nonito Donaire (37-3, 24 KOs), faced a 24-year-old American boxer Jessie Magdaleno (23-0, 17 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 13 days. Magdaleno was on a 23-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 15 days.
Jessie Magdaleno defeated Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Magdaleno improves his record to 24-0, while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 37-4.
On October 18, 2014, the 31-year-old WBA (Undisputed) featherweight world champion, Nonito Donaire (33-2, 21 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Jamaican boxer Nicholas Walters (24-0, 20 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Walters was on a 24-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Nicholas Walters stopped the champion via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA (Super) featherweight champion. Walters improves his record to 25-0 (21 KOs), while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 33-3.
On April 13, 2013, the 30-year-old WBO and The Ring super-bantamweight champion, Nonito Donaire (31-1, 20 KOs), and the 32-year-old WBA (Super) super-bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 29 days. Rigondeaux was on a 11-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 29 days.
Guillermo Rigondeaux defeated Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision and unifies the WBO, The Ring, and WBA (Super) super-bantamweight titles. Rigondeaux improves his record to 12-0, while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 31-2.
On March 10, 2001, an 18-year-old Nonito Donaire (1-0, 1 KO) and Rosendo Sanchez met in the ring.
Donaire came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 16 days.
Nonito Donaire lost to Rosendo Sanchez via unanimous decision in the 5-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 1-1.