Soon after Nonito Donaire’s historic win that made him bantamweight world champion again, “The Filipino Flash” was quickly booked and set for a quick turnaround on August 14. His next bout will be a title unification against fellow Filipino champ John Riel Casimero.
The Philippines has had a long and storied history of boxing greats, but this will somehow be the very first time two Filipino world champions will go up against each other.
Donaire and Casimero acknowledged the awkward nature of fighting a countryman to unify titles, but ultimately, both fighters feel like this is actually a good thing.