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Donaire, foe make weight for title fight

Philstar.com
December 11, 2015 | 12:04am

MANILA, Philippines – Nonito Donaire Jr.  and Puerto Rican Cesar Juarez both made weight Friday for their super bantamweight championship bout at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Saturday.

Donaire (35-3-0, 23 KOs) and Juarez (17-3-0, 13 KOs) each tipped the scales at the bantamweight limit of 122 pounds during the official weigh-in ceremony.

The two fighters will clash for the vacant WBO super bantamweight title.

BANTAMWEIGHT

COLISEO ROBERTO CLEMENTE

DONAIRE

JUAREZ

KOS

NONITO DONAIRE JR.

PUERTO

PUERTO RICAN CESAR JUAREZ

PUERTO RICO

SAN JUAN

SUPER
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