Nonito Donaire
Filipino American professional boxer
ノニト・ドネア
- Born
- 16 November 1982, Talibon
- Citizenship
- Philippines
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- featherweight, super bantamweight, bantamweight, super flyweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
- Weight
- 55 kg (121 lb)
Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. ( Tagalog: [noˈnito gonˈsalɛs doˈnaɪre]; born November 16, 1982) is a Filipino-American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, from flyweight to featherweight, and is the oldest boxer in history to win a bantamweight world title (at age 38), as well as being the first three-time champion in that weight class. Donaire has also held world championships in three consecutive decades: the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, being the sixth boxer to do so after Evander Holyfield, Manny Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins, Erik Morales, and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
In total, Donaire has held nine world titles by the main four boxing sanctioning bodies. He has also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) flyweight title, the World Boxing Association (WBA) interim super flyweight title, and the Ring magazine and lineal super bantamweight titles.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire | ||
| Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux | ||
| Nonito Donaire vs. Omar Narváez |
Awards and honours
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2007
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2011
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2012
- Ali–Frazier Award 2019
- IBF World Flyweight Champion
- IBF World Junior Featherweight Champion
- IBO World Flyweight Champion
- The Ring World Junior Featherweight Champion
- WBA World Bantamweight Champion
- WBA World Featherweight Champion
- WBC World Bantamweight Champion
- WBO World Bantamweight Champion
- WBO World Junior Featherweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q731759 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.