Nonito Donaire & Kelly Pavlik - Boxing Update - The Home Depot Center
 By Media Report (June 22, 2012) Doghouse Boxing (Photo © German Villasenor, Doghouse Boxing)
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LOS ANGELES – Top-Five pound-for pound fighter and
four-division world champion NONITO “The Filipino Flash” DONAIRE and former
world middleweight champion KELLY "The Ghost"
PAVLIK will
headline a spectacular all-action doubleheader, Saturday, July 7, under the stars at The Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. Donaire, the
reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior featherweight champion, will
rumble with International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion JEFFREY
“Marvelous Mongoose” MATHEBULA in a world title unification fight to determine the division’s
top dog. Pavlik will battle contender WILL "Power"
ROSINSKY of New York in a 10-round super middleweight
bout. The fights will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Promoted by Top Rank, tickets at The
Home Depot Center are priced at $100, $50 and $25, can be purchased online at AXS.com or by phone at 888-929-7849 as well as The Home Depot Center Box Office (open
Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Suites are available by
calling 1-877-604-8777. For information of group discounts, please call
1-877-234-8425.
"The event at the Home Depot Center has two very good fights. Nonito Donaire, the 122-pound world champion, will take
on the IBF champion, Jeffrey Mathebula from South Africa. In the other battle, Kelly Pavlik will take on Will Rosinsky of
New York in what should be a hard-hitting action fight," said Hall of Fame
promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.
Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs), a native of
General Santos City, Philippines, now living in the Bay Area of San Leandro,
Calif., is a consensus top-five pound-for-pound fighter. He enters this
fight riding an 11-year, 27-bout winning streak, which includes an IBF/IBO
flyweight title knockout victory of defending champion Vic Darchinyan, and a fourth-round blasting of
former WBA bantamweight champion Wladimir Sidorenko, December 4, 2010. However, Donaire’s
most impressive victory occurred on February 19, 2011, when he knocked out
defending WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel in the second round, ending Montiel’s
25-bout winning streak while also claiming his third world title in as many
weight divisions. That victory was named the 2011 Knockout of the
Year. Ten of Donaire’s last 12 victories have come by way of knockout. He
successfully defended his World Bantamweight Championship last year by blitzing
undefeated Omar Narvaez, winning virtually every round en route to a unanimous
decision victory. In his last fight, which took place February 4, Donaire
captured the vacant WBO 122-pound title, winning a gritty split-decision battle
over former world champion Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.
Mathebula (26-3-2, 14 KOs), of
Johannesburg, South Africa, returns to the ring on the heels of his biggest
victory where he captured the IBF junior featherweight title by dethroning
defending champion Takalani Ndlovu on March 24. The split decision
victory was sweet revenge for the split decision loss he suffered in a title
elimination bout to his fellow countryman in 2010. Nearly six-feet tall,
Mathebula has proven to be a formidable opponent in the junior featherweight
division. Mathebula’s resume boasts title elimination bout victories over
Julio Zarate and Oscar Chauke.
A 2000 Olympian, Mathebula built an outstanding amateur record of
101-4 before making his professional debut in 2001.
Pavlik (39-2, 34 KOs) from
Youngstown, Ohio, has won two straight bouts with his new trainer Robert Garcia
of Oxnard, California. Rosinksy (16-1, 9 KOs) from Queens, NY, is a former
U.S. National Champion and a three-time New York Golden Gloves champion.
He is trained by Felipe Gomez.
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