Saturday, July 12, 2008
Glenn Donaire, brother of flyweight king Nonito, vies for immortality today when he battles defending International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-fly champion Archie Solis in Hermosillo, Mexico.
In the event Glenn dethrones the heavily-favored Solis in their scheduled 12-rounder at the Palenque De La Expo, the Donaire fighting family will become a rarity as they’ll join the Penalosa family as the other pedigree that produced world champion brothers in Dodie Boy and Gerry.
During yesterday’s official weigh-in, Solis and Donaire both came in at a shade below the 108-lb limit.
Working the corner of Glenn will be his father Nonito Sr. and brother Nonito Jr., who currently reigns as the IBF 112-lb titleholder.
Glenn, according to Nonito Sr. trained like hell for his second crack at the world crown.
"Glenn worked on his stamina and I have a feeling he will be able to get the job done," said Nonito in an interview earlier in the week from their residence in San Leandro, California.
Holder of a 26-1-2 win-loss-draw card with 20 knockouts, two of Solis’ title defense victims were Filipinos – Rodel Mayol and Bert Batawang – who both got stopped by the muscular Mexican. Donaire shoots for history.
Glenn parades a 17-3-1 mark with nine stoppages.
