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{{Infobox boxing match
| Fight Name   = Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux
| image        = [[File:Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux.jpg|230px]]
| caption      =
| fight date   = April 13, 2013
| location     = [[Radio City Music Hall]], [[New York, New York]], U.S.
| titles       = [[World Boxing Association#Fragmented championships|WBA (Super)]], [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]], [[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']] and [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]] super bantamweight titles
| fighter1     = Nonito Donaire
| nickname1    = The Filipino Flash
| hometown1    = [[Talibon]], [[Bohol]], Philippines
| purse1       = $1,320,000
| record1      = 31–1 (20 KO)
| age1         = {{age in years and months |November 16, 1982 |13 April 2013}}
| height1      = 5 ft 5+1/2 in
| weight1      = 121+1/2 lb
| style1       = [[Orthodox Stance|Orthodox]]
| recognition1 = [[List of WBO world champions#Junior featherweight|WBO]], [[List of The Ring world champions#Junior featherweight|''The Ring'']] and [[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]]<br>Super Bantamweight Champion<br>[[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']] No. 5 ranked [[Pound for pound|pound-for-pound]] fighter<br>[[triple champion|3-division world champion]]
| fighter2     = Guillermo Rigondeaux
| nickname2    = ''El Chacal'' ("The Jackal")
| hometown2    = [[Santiago de Cuba]], Cuba
| purse2       = $750,000
| record2      = 11–0 (8 KO)
| age2         = {{age in years and months |30 September 1980 |13 April 2013}}
| height2      = 5 ft 4+1/2 in
| weight2      = 121+1/2 lb
| style2       = [[Southpaw stance|Southpaw]]
| recognition2 = [[List of WBA world champions#Super bantamweight|WBA (Super)]]<br>Super Bantamweight Champion<br>[[List of The Ring world champions#Junior featherweight|''The Ring'']]/[[Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|TBRB]]<br>No. 1 Ranked Junior Featherweight
| result       = Rigondeaux wins via 12-round [[unanimous decision]] (114-113, 115-112, 116-111)
}}
'''Nonito Donaire vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux''' was a [[super bantamweight]] [[professional boxing]] match contested between [[WBO]] and [[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']] champion [[Nonito Donaire]] and [[WBA (Super)]] champion [[Guillermo Rigondeaux]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Nonito Donaire |url=https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Guillermo_Rigondeaux_vs._Nonito_Donaire |website=boxrec.com |publisher=BoxRec |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref> The bout took place at [[Radio City Music Hall]] in [[New York City]] on April 13, 2013 and was televised on [[HBO]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/story/_/id/8965078/nonito-donaire-guillermo-rigondeaux-unification-fight-set-april-13|title = Donaire-Rigondeaux unification tilt set for April|date = 20 February 2013}}</ref> 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 [[Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.]] Rigondeaux, meanwhile, was undefeated in his eleven fights and was fighting for the fourth time as champion; he won the WBA [[Interim championship|interim]] title by defeating [[Ricardo Cordoba]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Fight:1773760|title = Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Nonito Donaire - BoxRec}}</ref>
==Background==
===Donaire===
Donaire entered the fight on a 30-bout winning streak and had recently knocked out [[Jorge Arce]] to retain both the [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] (His third defense of the title) and ''[[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']]'' [[Super Bantamweight]] championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8751136/nonito-donaire-blasts-friend-jorge-arce-retirement|title = Donaire blasts Arce into retirement|date = 16 December 2012}}</ref>
===Rigondeaux===
Rigondeaux entered the fight undefeated in his professional career on an 11-bout winning streak. He had recently defeated [[Roberto Marroquin]] to retain the [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] Super World [[Super Bantamweight]] championship, his second defense of the title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/8382599/guillermo-rigondeaux-cruises-roberto-marroquin|title = Rigondeaux cruises to win against Marroquin|date = 15 September 2012}}</ref> Out of all his 11 victories, he had won 8 of them by knockout.
==The fight==
Donaire scored a knockdown in the tenth with a straight left hand, but nevertheless he lost a unanimous decision with scores of 116–111, 115–112 and 114–113. HBO's unofficial scorer [[Harold Lederman]] scored it 118–109 and [[ESPN]]'s [[Dan Rafael]] had it 114–113 both for Rigondeaux.
==Undercard==
===Televised===
*'''[[List of current world boxing champions#Super Bantamweight|Super Bantamweight Unified Championship]] bout:''' {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Nonito Donaire]] '''(c)'''   vs. {{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Guillermo Rigondeaux]] '''(c)'''
:Rigondeaux defeated Donaire via Unanimous Decision (116-111, 115-112, 114-113).
===Preliminary card===
Confirmed bouts:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/event/664541|title=BoxRec - event|publisher=}}</ref>
*'''Welterweight bout:''' {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Mikaël Zewski]] vs. {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Daniel Sostre
:Zewski defeated Sostre via KO at 0:49 of the second round.
*'''Light Heavyweight bout:''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sean Monaghan]] vs. {{flagicon|USA}} Dion Stanley
:Monaghan defeated Stanley via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.
*'''Super Welterweight bout:''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[Glen Tapia]] vs. {{flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Joseph De los Santos
:Tapia defeated los Santos via Unanimous Decision (80-72. 80-72, 80-72).
*'''Super Middleweight bout:''' {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jesse Hart]] vs. {{flagicon|USA}} Marlon Farr
:Hart defeated Farr via TKO at 1:33 of the third round.
*'''Super Featherweight bout:''' {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Félix Verdejo]] vs. {{flagicon|USA}} Steve Gutierrez
:Verdejo defeated Gutierrez via TKO at 1:51 of the first round.
*'''Super Featherweight bout:''' {{flagicon|USA}} Toka Kahn Clary vs. {{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Gadiel Andaluz
:Clary defeated Andaluz via TKO at 1:32 of the first round.
*'''Welterweight bout:''' {{flagicon|USA}} Dario Socci vs. {{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Canning
:Canning defeated Socci via Split Decision (39-37, 37-39, 39-37).
*'''Super Featherweight bout:''' {{flagicon|USA}} Erick De Leon vs. {{flagicon|USA}} 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
==International Broadcasting==
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
! Country / Region !! Broadcaster
|-
| {{flag|Australia}} || [[Main Event (TV channel)|Main Event]]
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}} || [[Sport1 (Eastern Europe)|Sport 1]]
|-
| {{flag|Norway}} || [[Viasat Sport]]
|-
| {{Flag|Philippines}} || [[ABS-CBN]] and [[Studio 23]]
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}} || [[TV10 (Swedish TV channel)|TV 10]]
|-
| {{Flag|USA}} || [[HBO]]
|}
==References==
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{{s-bef | before=vs. [[Jorge Arce]]}}
{{s-ttl | title=[[Nonito Donaire]]'s bouts |years=April 13, 2013}}
{{s-aft | after=vs. [[Vic Darchinyan]]}}
{{s-bef | before=vs. [[Roberto Marroquin]]}}
{{s-ttl | title=[[Guillermo Rigondeaux]]'s bouts |years=April 13, 2013}}
{{s-aft | after=vs. [[Joseph Agbeko]]}}
{{s-end}}
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