{"id":188300,"date":"2018-11-05T00:48:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T05:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=188300"},"modified":"2018-11-05T00:49:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T05:49:05","slug":"the-filipino-flash-now-wba-super-world-bantamweight-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/11\/05\/the-filipino-flash-now-wba-super-world-bantamweight-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Filipino Flash&#8217; now WBA Super World Bantamweight Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_188301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188301\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-05-at-12.54.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-188301 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-05-at-12.54.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-05-at-12.54.54-PM.png 422w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-05-at-12.54.54-PM-267x300.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;To my fans, thank you for your unwavering support and love. Back to the school of boxing when we get back home&#8230;but for now I&#8217;m going to spend time with my boys and family in wonderful Scotland. God Bless everyone and good night.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BpvLTuIFG-o\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nonitodonaire\/\">@nonitodonaire<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was an unforgettable night for the Philippine boxing community as Nonito Donaire dethroned the undefeated Ryan Burnett for the title of World Boxing Association (WBA) Super World bantamweight champion. \u201cThe Filipino Flash\u201d knocked out Burnett in five rounds during the event that happened at the SSE Hydro in Glasglow, Scotland last Sunday, November 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donaire was pegged as the underdog due to his record of 39-5, 25 knockouts (KOs) as compared to Burnett\u2019s 19-1, with nine KOs. However, during the fourth round, the audience witnessed Burnett taking a knee and clutching onto his back signalling a pulled muscle. As soon as Burnett got back on his knees, Donaire gave a striking right hand to his opponent\u2019s injury debilitating him from fighting back. Reacting to the situation, Donaire shared, \u201cI didn\u2019t know what was going on. When he got up, I went straight in, I wasn\u2019t going to stop. It\u2019s possible he got hurt with a body shot in the previous round. Starting the fourth, I fought differently. He couldn\u2019t catch me.\u201d When it came to his edge, he reported: \u201cYou can\u2019t fabricate power.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the fight, Donaire shared, \u201cA win is a win and it wasn&#8217;t the way I would like to win but he&#8217;s an amazing fighter. He was fast, strong, and caught me with some good punches. I came into this fight as the bigger guy and my coaches snapped me out of it and told me to box.\u201d He added that he \u201cwould like to send prayers of healing to Ryan Burnett and thank him for sharing the ring,\u201d saying, \u201cI told Ryan he\u2019s a great fighter, not to take it as a loss. I know he\u2019ll heal up and be back in the ring soon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last time Donaire reigned victorious in the bantamweight division was seven years ago. Now, at age 35 defeating his 26-year-old opponent from Northern Ireland, he has one message. Triumphant, he stated, \u201cAge ain\u2019t nothing but a number.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was an unforgettable night for the Philippine boxing community as Nonito Donaire dethroned the undefeated Ryan Burnett for the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":188301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[54115,9398],"class_list":["post-188300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gianna-llanes","tag-philippine-canadian-inquirer","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}