In a battle for the lightest weight champion that ended on the afternoon of December 12, the current WBC lightest weight champion/quasi-five-level world champion "Philippine Lightning" Nonito Donary (42-6, 28KO), 4 rounds KO WBC's lightest transitional boxing champion Philippine unbeaten rookie Remat Gabalo (24-1, 20KO), won the defending title.
The tournament was held at the Carson Electronic Health Sports Center in California, which was also the headline main game of yesterday's SHOWTIME live broadcast. Although Donary is 39 years old, he is still in quite good shape, especially after dropping to 118 pounds, his physical condition has a great advantage, and his fists are heavy and hard. In the 4th round, Donary's ferocious left-handed punch hit Gabalo's liver, and Gabalo immediately fell to the ground. The referee counted to eight, and Gabalo stood up, but the pain was unbearable and he squatted down, and the game ended.
Beating opponents, the 39-year-old Donary's professional record rose to 42-6, 28 ko opponents, and now boxrec-118 pounds overall ranked second, behind IBF/WBA super boxer Inoue Shoya (21-0, 18KO). In the past two years, Donary's performance in boxing has been remarkable, and when he was young, he sought to constantly upgrade, and reached the limit of 126 pounds, suffered a heavy blow, and lost to the "axe bearer" Waters. After dropping back to 118 pounds, Donary's physical superiority combined with his left-handed style of play and deadly left-handed punches ushered in the second spring of his boxing career.