By Adrian Stewart Co

Nonito Donaire, Jr. is scheduled to face Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue on November 7 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan in a bantamweight unification title fight comprised of both World Boxing Association (WBA) super world bantamweight and International Boxing Federation world bantamweight belts.
“I know that Naoya Inoue is the favorite due to his youth but I have a lot of determination to reverse the odds and, for that, I will fully dedicate myself to the maximum level with my physical preparations,” said the ‘Filipino Flash.’ “We are both gifted fighters with speed and power and intelligence.”
“The one who commits the first mistake in the ring, he will lose,” he added. “I can tell you that this fight could be long, like a game of chess.”
Donaire previously faced American boxer Stephon Young last April at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana in the United States. The two fought for the WBA super world bantamweight title with the Filipino fighter winning via knockout.
The Pinoy boxer enters the bout with a 40-5-0 win-loss-draw record, including 26 stoppage wins; while Inoue carries an untarnished 18-0-0 card with 16 knockout wins./ASC, WDJ