ASEANews HEADLINES: SPORTS-BOXING: CARSON, CALIFORNIA – Donaire makes history, back as world champ with KO win over Oubaali

May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Contributor 0 Comment ASEANews HEADLINES: BOXING: CARSON, back as world champ with KO win over Oubaali, CALIFORNIA - Donaire makes history

CARSON, CALIFORNIA – MAY 29: Nonito Donaire (C) celebrates his fourth round KO win against Nordine Oubaali during their WBC World Bantamweight Championship bout at Dignity Health Sports Park on May 29, 2021 in Carson, California. Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

MANILA, Philippines — Nonito Donaire defied Father Time with a vintage performance, knocking out Nordine Oubaali to win the WBC bantamweight champion Sunday (Manila time) in Carson, California.

The 38-year-old Donaire became the oldest bantamweight champion in boxing history and dealt the French-Moroccan his first loss.

“Father time is on my side,” said Donaire in a story on Agence France-Presse. “I believe the human body is an incredible machine if we take care of it. Mentally you are only as strong as your mind can be.

“Being at this age is not the question. It is my ability to grow. It is not what age you are, but how strong you are mentally,” he added. “I am back. The whole time I was not fighting I was learning. I am ready for the next one.”

Donaire decked Oubaali thrice—with the last knockdown coming in the fourth round—prompting the referee to stop the fight as “The Filipino Flash” dominated from start to finish.

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Country/Region	New Cases	Total Cases	Recovered	Deaths
India	174,041	27,893,472	25,446,820	325,998
Malaysia	9,020	558,534	479,666	2,650
Turkey	7,656	5,235,978	5,094,279	47,271
Philippines	7,430	1,216,569	1,142,158	20,721
Iran	7,107	2,893,218	2,425,033	79,741
Indonesia	6,565	1,809,926	1,659,974	50,262
Thailand	4,803	149,779	102,311	988
Nepal	4,311	553,422	434,750	7,163
Japan	3,738	738,075	666,942	12,819
Bahrain	3,273	235,698	205,962	939
Iraq	3,257	1,193,608	1,107,101	16,334
Sri Lanka	2,882	180,593	148,391	1,405
Pakistan	2,455	916,239	836,702	20,680
UAE	1,812	567,263	547,008	1,673
Kazakhstan	1,688	383,595	351,086	3,914
Kuwait	1,134	306,717	291,521	1,764
Saudi Arabia	1,106	448,284	430,937	7,334
Maldives	1,062	62,906	38,233	157
Bangladesh	1,043	797,386	737,408	12,549
Georgia	986	342,880	325,016	4,739
Mongolia	769	56,621	49,320	268
Oman	735	215,366	197,080	2,321
Afghanistan	651	70,762	57,281	2,919
Cambodia	588	28,825	21,315	203
S. Korea	533	139,431	129,739	1,951
Jordan	480	735,139	713,902	9,443
Kyrgyzstan	356	104,222	98,000	1,797
Taiwan	342	7,894	1,133	99
Vietnam	286	6,856	2,896	47
Palestine	269	307,838	300,524	3,492
Uzbekistan	264	99,844	95,529	688
Lebanon	244	540,132	517,859	7,718
Azerbaijan	164	333,723	323,617	4,903
Qatar	156	217,041	212,716	554
Timor-Leste	130	6,752	3,915	16
Bhutan	100	1,603	1,241	1
Cyprus	56	72,363	68,409	360
Armenia	42	222,555	212,752	4,428
Myanmar	40	143,526	132,297	3,216
Singapore	33	62,003	61,423	32
Syrian Arab Republic	30	24,440	21,593	1,763
Israel	20	839,453	832,648	6,407
China	16	91,061	86,107	4,636
Yemen	8	6,731	3,399	1,319
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	3	1,908	1,402	3
Hong Kong	1	11,838	11,571	210
Brunei	0	241	228	3
Macao	0	51	49	0
Tajikistan	0	13,308	13,218