At the age of 39, Nonito Donaire seems to have felt the pressure of age placed on her shoulder. In the battle of the Thong Nhat championship with Japanese puncher Naoya Inoue, Nonito Donaire almost had no time to attack the opponent. He lost TKO in the second minute of the second half in the 12 -round match.
The turning point of the match took place in the beginning of the second half, when Nonito Donaire received a very strong punch from Inoue. Filipino fist collapsed on the stage. He still stood up, but the referee was forced to stop the match because he saw Donaire no longer awake to stand on the radio.
“When I received the blow, I didn't even know that I fell,” Donaire admitted at the interview after the match with the media. He added: “I could not observe Inoue's punch because I was trying to counterattack, but he was catching and receiving the blow. That blow was very painful.”
“Filipino play” also confirmed that the punch from Inoue was one of the heaviest attacks he ever encountered in the career of the professional boxing. Donaire was not even aware of what was happening to himself, even when the referee helped him wake up and decided to stop the match.
The defeat of Inoue was the 7th defeat in Donaire's career. As for Japanese boxers, he won Donaire and extended his overall achievement to 23 matches. At the age of 28, Japanese puncher has acquired 3 Bantamweight weighing belts, WBC, WBA (Super), IBF.
In the Bantamweight weighing class that Inoue is holding the belt, he only lacks the WBO championship to become the absolute champion at this weight class. Vietnam has a boxing boxing boxing in Bantamweight, Tran Van Thao (29th in the world).