Donaire dismantles Hernandez to take WBC Silver title

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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Monday. September 25, 2017
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MANILA – Nonito Donaire Jr. hardly showed any rust in his unanimous-decision victory over Mexican Ruben Garcia Hernandez to bag the WBC Silver featherweight title at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Despite being out from boxing for a while, Donaire still had the speed against Hernandez as he quickly dominated the Mexican with left jabs to the body and right straights.

It was Donaire’s first fight in nearly 10 months after his unanimous-decision loss to Jessie Magdaleno in the WBO world super bantamweight bout.

Hernandez failed to catch up with Donaire as the Filipino boxer evaded his attacks. Midway in the match, Donaire made Hernandez wobble with consecutive punches to the right side of the body.

The Mexican had his best round in the seventh with a right straight but Donaire countered with sweeping right hooks and four-punch combos in the last two rounds for a decisive 100-90, 99-91, 97-93 win.

“When I came into the sport, there was one goal: to become the undisputed champion of the world,” said Donaire. “That is, to fight all the champions.

“I almost got there but I got caught up with success. This time success will be the strategy flowing in me.”

Donaire, 34, improved his record to 38-4-0, including 24 stoppage wins, while Hernandez’s boxing slate dropped to 22-3-1, with nine stoppage victories.

Meanwhile, WBC Youth Intercontinental lightweight champion Romero Duno of the Philippines scored a unanimous-decision win over Mexican Jose Pablo Sanchez at the Forum in Inglewood.

It was Duno’s second win in the United States after his stunning knockout win over Christian Gonzales of Mexico earlier this year to capture his Youth belt./PN
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