On October 13, 2012, Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Toshiaki Nishioka (39-4-3, 24 KOs). The vacant The Ring super-bantamweight title is also on the line.
Nonito Donaire is coming in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Jeffrey Mathebula, 3 months and 6 days ago. Toshiaki Nishioka is on a 16-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Rafael Márquez, 1 year and 12 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nonito Donaire at 99-1 winning odds. Toshiaki Nishioka really doesn't have much to present against Donaire.
Nonito Donaire stopped Toshiaki Nishioka via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-bantamweight title. Donaire improves his record to 30-1 (19 KOs), while Nishioka adds a loss to his record at 39-5-3.