On April 29, 2023, a 36-year-old Nordine Oubaali (17-1, 12 KOs) and Ricardo Martinez met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Oubaali came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 11 months.
Nordine Oubaali lost to Ricardo Martinez via split decision in the 8-round bantamweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 17-2.
On May 29, 2021, the 34-year-old WBC bantamweight world champion, Nordine Oubaali (17-0, 12 KOs), faced a 38-year-old Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire (40-6, 26 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Oubaali came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 6 months, and 22 days. Donaire was on a -1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 6 months, and 22 days.
Nonito Donaire stopped the champion via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC bantamweight champion. Donaire improves his record to 41-6 (27 KOs), while Oubaali adds a loss to his record at 17-1.