On April 27, 2019, Nonito Donaire (39-5, 25 KOs), the bantamweight WBA (Super) champion, defends his title against American challenger, Stephon Young (18-1-3, 7 KOs).
Nonito Donaire is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round RTD victory over Ryan Burnett, 5 months and 24 days ago. Stephon Young is on a 1-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Wilner Soto, 6 months and 7 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Nonito Donaire at 99-1 winning odds. Stephon Young really doesn't have much to present against Donaire.
Nonito Donaire stopped Stephon Young via KO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super) bantamweight title. Donaire improves his record to 40-5 (26 KOs), while Young adds a loss to his record at 18-2-3.