On February 19, 2011, Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KOs) gets a shot at the bantamweight WBC and WBO titles held by Fernando Montiel (44-2-2, 34 KOs).
Fernando Montiel is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Jovanny Soto, 2 months and 9 days ago. Nonito Donaire is on a 24-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Volodymyr Sydorenko, 2 months and 15 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.3-6.7 in favor of Nonito Donaire. It is going to be very difficult for Fernando Montiel to win this fight.
Nonito Donaire made very easy work of Fernando Montiel, stopping the champion via TKO in the 2nd. Donaire improves his record to 26-1 (18 KOs), while Montiel adds a loss to his record at 44-3-2.