On July 7, 2012, Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBO champion, and the super-bantamweight IBF champion Jeffrey Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KOs), meet in a title-unification fight.
Nonito Donaire is coming in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Wilfredo Vázquez Jr., 5 months and 3 days ago. Jeffrey Mathebula is on a 3-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Takalani Ndlovu, 3 months and 13 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nonito Donaire at 99-1 winning odds. Jeffrey Mathebula really doesn't have much to present against Donaire.
Nonito Donaire defeated Jeffrey Mathebula via unanimous decision and unifies the WBO and IBF super-bantamweight titles. Donaire improves his record to 29-1, while Mathebula adds a loss to his record at 26-4-2.