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The Filipino Flash, aka Nonito Donaire, Boxing Champion


Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer and a former world champion in four weight classes. In total, he has held seven world titles by the main four boxing sanctioning bodies.

Donaire is popularly known as "The Filipino Flash" due to his exceptionally fast hand speed and formidable punching power, and is a two-time winner of The Ring's Knockout of the Year award, in 2007 and 2011. He reached a peak pound for pound ranking of third by The Ring in 2011, and was named Fighter of the Year in 2012 by the Boxing Writers Association of America.