Manny Pacquiao deservedly takes all the spotlight as the best boxer to ever come out of The Philippines, and obviously one of the best boxers of all-time. But this week’s Sunday Punch is focused on another Filipino legend who was absolutely among the top pound-for-pound in the world in his prime.
On July 7th, 2007 in Connecticut, Nonito Donaire took on IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan in a fight that figured to be Darchinyan’s. At the time, Darchinyan was undefeated and one of his title defenses came against Nonito’s older brother Glenn. Nonito was 17-1 but he only had two scheduled 12-rounders to his name, several of his opponents didn’t even have winning record, and as such was a heavy underdog against the Armenian powerhouse.