Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux was a

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match contested between

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and ''The Ring'' champion Nonito Donaire and WBA (Super) champion Guillermo Rigondeaux. The bout took place at

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in New York City on April 13, 2013 and was televised on

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. Entering the bout, Donaire had a record of 31–1 and had made three successful defenses of the WBO title he had won by defeating

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Rigondeaux, meanwhile, was undefeated in his eleven fights and was fighting for the fourth time as champion; he won the WBA

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title by defeating

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in November 2010 and defeated Rico Ramos to become official champion in January 2012. Rigondeaux defeated Donaire by unanimous decision to remain undefeated. Donaire had not lost since his second professional fight.

Background

Donaire

Donaire entered the fight on a 30-bout winning streak and had recently knocked out Jorge Arce to retain both the

(His third defense of the title) and '' ''The Ring''''

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championships.

Rigondeaux

Rigondeaux entered the fight undefeated in his professional career on an 11-bout winning streak. He had recently defeated

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to retain the WBA Super World

championship, his second defense of the title. Out of all his 11 victories, he had won 8 of them by knockout.

Undercard

Televised

* Super Bantamweight Unified Championship bout: Nonito Donaire (c) vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux (c) :Rigondeaux defeated Donaire via Unanimous Decision (116-111, 115-112, 114-113).

Preliminary card

*Welterweight bout: Mikaël Zewski vs. Daniel Sostre :Zewski defeated Sostre via KO at 0:49 of the second round. *Light Heavyweight bout:

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vs. Dion Stanley :Monaghan defeated Stanley via TKO at 1:51 of the first round. *Super Welterweight bout:

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vs. Joseph De los Santos :Tapia defeated los Santos via Unanimous Decision (80-72. 80-72, 80-72). *Super Middleweight bout:

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vs. Marlon Farr :Hart defeated Farr via TKO at 1:33 of the third round. *Super Featherweight bout: Félix Verdejo vs. Steve Gutierrez :Verdejo defeated Gutierrez via TKO at 1:51 of the first round. *Super Featherweight bout: Toka Kahn Clary vs. Gadiel Andaluz :Clary defeated Andaluz via TKO at 1:32 of the first round. *Welterweight bout: Dario Socci vs. Tyler Canning :Canning defeated Socci via Split Decision (39-37, 37-39, 39-37). *Super Featherweight bout: Erick De Leon vs. Diamond Baier :De Leon defeated Baier via Unanimous Decision (40-36, 40-34, 40-36).

Reported fight earnings

*Nonito Donaire $1,320,000 vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux $750,000

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