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Donaire's 115-pound title bout with Rafael Concepcion to be announced

June 29, 2:27 PMSF Boxing ExaminerColin Seymour
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Nonito Donaire’s Aug. 15 super-flyweight bout with Rafael Concepcion in Las Vegas will be announced officially Wednesday as promoter Bob Arum pumps his pay-per-view card at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Donaire (21-1, 14 knockouts) and the Panamanian Concepcion (13-3-1, 8 knockouts) will be battling for the WBA interim title (a confusing term I’ll try to clear up soon). Earlier attempts to pair Donaire with WBO super-flyweight titleholder Jose “Carita” Lopez, possibly at San Francisco’s AT&T Park, fell through, as did talks with Hugo Cazares. This bout was the best Arum could do.

Wednesday’s media event also will feature Steven Luevano, the featherweight champion, who will appear in the Aug. 15 co-feature against Bernabe Concepcion of the Philippines. Like Donaire, Luevano is managed by Cameron Dunkin.

I of course will take part in the telephone press conference Wednesday, but it turns out the event has scuttled plans for me to visit Donaire that day at the Undisputed Gym in San Carlos. I should have made that trip last week, yeah?

 

 

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