"Welcome to the Future" - Co-Main Event

Fight: Nonito Donaire Jr. Donaire, 27-1, 18 KOs, Philippines vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., 21-1-1, 18 KOs, Bayamon, Puerto Rico

Division: 12 Rds., WBO Jr. Featherweight Championship

Result: Donaire Wins by Split Decision

Detail:

Vasquez Jr. went down thanks to a left hook at the end of the ninth round. Vaquez told his corner between rounds Donaire just caught him off balance, but no matter how it happened, it hurt Vasquez and despite having turned the fight into a fairly even contest at that point, there was no coming back from that blow.

The two went toe to toe in the middle of Round 10 but neither could close the deal at that point, and both made it through the entire fight despite some exciting exchanges in the final two rounds.

Donaire won in a head-scratching split decision, with judges Levi Martinez and Don Trella scoring it 117-110 for Donaire, and Dr. Ruben Garcia scoring it 115-112 for Vasquez. What fight was Garcia watching?

Donaire displayed a bloody left hand after the fight. He said the damage took place somewhere between rounds two and four. He didn’t think it was broken, but said “There’s something wrong with it, that’s for sure.” There were conflicting reports as to the level of damage, but it seems to be minor.

Despite the win, Donaire said he wasn’t happy with his performance. “We’ll go back to the drawing board, work hard, and be thankful for everything.” This is the attitude of a champion.

Donaire now has a wide range of options including fights with Jorge Arce or Toshiaki Nishioka at 122 pounds; or going up to 126 pounds to face Yuriorkis Gamboa or Juan Manuel Lopez. Fans would love to see Donaire seriously consider a bout against Gamboa (and I’m one of them), but he might be smarter to take on Nishioka in the smaller weight class for more of a sure thing before ramping back up in weight.

We have a mega-update for you right here on all of the fight week festivities for Saturday's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Marco Antonio Rubio and Nonito Donaire vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. doubleheader. We have a huge photo gallery of pictures from Donaire's and Chavez Jr's arrival in San Antonio, as well as the Filipino Flash's public workout. Then, we have a couple of videos, including an interview with Donaire, a training clip with Vazquez Jr. and much more from there. Check it all out right here.

Thank you to everyone who helped remodel UBG. A big shout out to Tyler Lobao, J.M. Lehman Construction and Big Boy Electric!!! And a very special thank you and huge shout out to Pete and Suzanne Campanile for all their hard work and dedication to making our gym the best gym possible!!! WE LOVE OUR NEW GYM!!!

Congratulations to the students of Golden State Tae Kwon Do who participated in the Super Grands World Games in Sacramento Dec. 26th-31st. Super Grands is one of the most prestigious martial arts tournaments in the United States.

Full Results:

May Martinho- 1st place Korean Forms

                      3rd Place POint Sparring

Alex Kumamoto- 3rd Place Korean Forms

Jake Kumamoto- 3rd Place Korean Forms

                         5th Place Point Sparring

Ze Martinho- 2nd Place Point Sparring

                    5th Place Korean Forms

Robert Sukhovitsky- 3rd Place Point Sparring

J.P. Rouhana- 3rd Place Point Sparring

Mei Le Keck- 6th Place Point Sparring

Thank you Prithanjan Bhattacharya and Sunil Butler for representing us!!!!

Golden State's TKD Team participated in the Shark City Nationals June 4th in San Jose. Congratualtions to everyone who participated!

Prithy Bhattacharya place 1st in Korean Forms.

Sunil Butler placed 1st in Sparring and 2nd in Korean Forms.

Matt Bates placed 2nd in Forms.

Congratualtions to everyone who tested in June. You all demonstrated great skill and precision in your tae kwon do training!

Nonito Donaire's impressive victory over Fernando Montiel Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada was not enough to dislodge undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. from his No. 2 position on the updated Ring Magazine's pound-for-pound list.

In the newly updated top-10 list, Mayweather retained his No. 2 ranking while the "Filipino Flash" snatched third place from Sergio Martinez.

Donaire was No. 5 before his knock out victory over Fernando Montiel.

Roy Jones, who is doing quite well as boxing analyst for HBO, thinks Donaire could take second place next to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

Jones mentioned Mayweather's inactive status as a possible reason for the changes in ranking.

Here's the updated list and ranking courtesy of Ring Magazine.

1. Manny Pacquaio

2. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

3. Nonito Donaire

4. Sergio Martinez

5. Juan Manuel Marquez

6. Ponsanklek Wongjonkam

7. Vladimir Klitschko

8. Timothy Bradley

9. Juan Manuel Lopez

10.Giovanni Segura

Nonito Donaire's impressive victory over Fernando Montiel Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada was not enough to dislodge undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. from his No. 2 position on the updated Ring Magazine's pound-for-pound list.

In the newly updated top-10 list, Mayweather retained his No. 2 ranking while the "Filipino Flash" snatched third place from Sergio Martinez.

Donaire was No. 5 before his knock out victory over Fernando Montiel.

Roy Jones, who is doing quite well as boxing analyst for HBO, thinks Donaire could take second place next to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.

Jones mentioned Mayweather's inactive status as a possible reason for the changes in ranking.

Here's the updated list and ranking courtesy of Ring Magazine.

1. Manny Pacquaio

2. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

3. Nonito Donaire

4. Sergio Martinez

5. Juan Manuel Marquez

6. Ponsanklek Wongjonkam

7. Vladimir Klitschko

8. Timothy Bradley

9. Juan Manuel Lopez

10.Giovanni Segura