NEW YORK (AP)—Nonito Donaire retained the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles, unanimously outpointing Omar Narvaez on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
Donaire improved to 27-1, extending his nine-year winning streak to 26 fights, with winning scores of 120-108 from the judges. He failed to record a knockout for the 10th time in his last 11 fights in a performance that had most of the 4,425 fans booing the lack of action.
Narvaez (35-1-2) lost for the first time in his 11-year professional career.
Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire(R) wins a 12-round unanimous decision over Omar Narvaez(L) of Argentina to retain his WBC & WBO World Bantamweight belts, Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. — Photo Credit : Chris Farina – Top Rank