On December 1, 2007, Nonito Donaire (18-1, 11 KOs), the flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Luis Maldonado (35-2-1, 26 KOs).
Nonito Donaire is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over Vic Darchinyan, 4 months and 24 days ago. Luis Maldonado is on a 4-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Sergio Espinoza, 1 month and 26 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nonito Donaire at 99-1 winning odds. Luis Maldonado really doesn't have much to present against Donaire.
Nonito Donaire stopped Luis Maldonado via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF flyweight title. Donaire improves his record to 19-1 (12 KOs), while Maldonado adds a loss to his record at 35-3-1.