Two days before his unification bout versus Cuban Guillermo "El Chacal" Rigondeaux, Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire was named Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America.
This is the latest addition to Donaire's string of awards after his successful bouts in 2012 where he defeated Wilfrido Vasquez Jr. (February), Jeffrey Mathebula (July), Toshiaki Nishioka (October), and Jorge Arce (December).
The Filipino Flash was also named Fighter of the Year by Yahoo! and the RING Magazine. Meanwhile, he was named Boxer of the Year by the ESPN.
Donaire received the Sugar Ray trophy in an annual ceremonial dinner by the BWAA.
“Wow. I am very emotional right now, cutting down weight and fighting. It is an overwhelming thing to be in front of everybody here in attendance, people that I look up to,” he said in a report by PhilBoxing.
He thanked Top Rank and TV networks HBO and ABS-CBN and wife Rachel who's pregnant with their first son.
This Sunday, Donaire will risk his WBO and RING superbantamweight titles while Rigondeaux will put his WBA belt on the line in a unification bout that will be held at the Radio Music Hall in New York City.
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June 19, 2019 at 7:19 AM