On November 1, 2008, Nonito Donaire (19-1, 12 KOs), the flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against South African challenger, Moruti Mthalane (23-1, 15 KOs).
Nonito Donaire is coming in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate; his last fight was a 8th round TKO victory over Luis Maldonado, 11 months ago. Moruti Mthalane is on a 9-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Hussein Hussein, 3 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nonito Donaire at 99-1 winning odds. Moruti Mthalane really doesn't have much to present against Donaire.
Nonito Donaire stopped Moruti Mthalane via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF flyweight title. Donaire improves his record to 20-1 (13 KOs), while Mthalane adds a loss to his record at 23-2.