On November 5, 2016, Nonito Donaire (37-3, 24 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against American challenger, Jessie Magdaleno (23-0, 17 KOs).
Nonito Donaire is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate; his last fight was a 3rd round TKO victory over Zsolt Bedák, 6 months and 13 days ago. Jessie Magdaleno is on a 23-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round KO win over Rey Perez, 8 months and 15 days ago.
The winning odds are at 70.9-29.1 in favor of Jessie Magdaleno, but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Nonito Donaire will put on a really good performance, Magdaleno will be required to be at his best.
Jessie Magdaleno defeated Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Magdaleno improves his record to 24-0, while Donaire adds a loss to his record at 37-4.