CARSON, CALIFORNIA – MAY 29: Nonito Donaire (L) punches Nordine Oubaali within the fourth spherical throughout their WBC World Bantamweight Championship bout at Dignity Well being Sports activities Park on Could 29, 2021 in Carson, California. (Photograph by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Photos)
Nonito Donaire will make the primary protection of his WBC bantamweight title towards fellow Filipino boxer Reymart Gaballo on Dec. 11 on the Dignity Well being Sports activities Park in Carson, California.
The struggle will headline a Showtime Championship Boxing triple header, as was first reported by Keith Idec.
Donaire (41-6, 27 knockouts) is coming off a crushing knockout of the beforehand unbeaten Nordine Oubaali in Could to elevate the title, whereas Gaballo (24-0, 20 KOs) was much less convincing in profitable the interim title by cut up resolution towards Emmanuel Rodriguez final December.
Gaballo, who’s co-promoted by Sanman Promotions and MP Promotions, hails from Common Santos Metropolis, Philippines, the identical hometown as Donaire’s father Nonito Sr. Gaballo, 25, is way youthful than Donaire, who turns 39 subsequent month, however has not almost fought almost as troublesome competitors as the long run Corridor of Famer Donaire.
“That is gonna be massive for Reymart and I’m very assured he’ll beat Donaire,” says Jim Claude Manangquil, CEO of Sanman Promotions. “It’s his time now.”
Donaire, who was born in Bohol province within the Philippines, had beforehand agreed to struggle one other Filipino with a belt, WBO bantamweight titleholder John Riel Casimero, earlier than that bout fell aside as a result of disagreements over pre-fight drug testing and different private slights. The 2 have returned to talking phrases since then, after Donaire’s promoter, Probellum, received the purse bid for Casimero’s subsequent title protection, slated towards obligatory challenger Paul Butler of the UK.
Probellum, which is headed by Richard Schaefer, additionally promotes Butler. That bout can also be anticipated to happen on Dec. 11, both in the UK or Dubai.
Schaefer tells The Ring that, ought to Donaire beat Gaballo, he’s open to unifying towards the winner of the Casimero-Butler struggle, or pursuing a rematch with Naoya Inoue, who defeated Donaire in an exhilarating first bout in 2019, and even transferring right down to junior bantamweight to win a world title in a fifth completely different weight class.
“Who is aware of who’s going to win that struggle [Casimero-Butler], however the truth is that Nonito Donaire would struggle both one,” stated Schaefer.
“We might additionally ask the WBC particular permission to maneuver down and struggle at 115 towards whoever would be the WBC champion at the moment. That is one thing that may really be historic as a result of that’s the one weight the place Nonito hasn’t received a belt so he can be very motivated for that as nicely. He could make 115, he informed me.”
