Donaire confident of brother's win in WBA title fight

By RONNIE NATHANIELSZ IBF and IBO flyweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire is confident that elder brother Glenn would win the IBF light flyweight title from Ulises “Archie” Solis when they clash in Sonora, Mexico on July 12. Donaire, in an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports, said he was “doing very well, is really in shape and ready to make things happen.” The IBF flyweight champion said that despite Solis' record of 20 knockouts in 26 wins with only 1 loss and 2 draws including TKO wins last year over Rodel Mayol (8th round TKO) and Bert Batawang (9th round TKO), the Mexican “is not tough." "He doesn’t want to get hit but every time that he gets hit, he gets rocked," he said. Nonito said his brother has a lot of power."...and if he can knock guys out at 115, 112 before, 108 is very tiny." "It's... [read full story]