On July 7, 2007, Vic Darchinyan (28-0, 22 KOs), the flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against Filipino challenger, Nonito Donaire (17-1, 10 KOs).
Vic Darchinyan is coming in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO victory over Victor Burgos, 4 months and 4 days ago. Nonito Donaire is on a 16-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Kevin Hudgins, 1 month and 25 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.9-2.1 in favor of Nonito Donaire. Vic Darchinyan won't be able to do much against Donaire.
Nonito Donaire stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF flyweight champion. Donaire improves his record to 18-1 (11 KOs), while Darchinyan adds a loss to his record at 28-1.