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Donaire KOs Young, retains WBA bantam title

Photos: Scott Foster

WBA bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (40-5, 26 KOs) scored a sensational one-punch knockout in round six over late sub Stephon Young (18-2-3) in a 118lb World Boxing Super Series semi-final on Saturday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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36-year-old Donaire walked down Young for five rounds, then laid him out in round six with a massive left hook. Time was 2:37.

“It was a matter of time until I figured out that distance, so I kept pressuring him, and I kept taking him down until the right moment I could counter with a left hook, and that’s what happened,” Donaire stated after the fight.

He was originally slated to face IBF champ Zolani Tete, who pulled out earlier in the week with a shoulder injury.

Donaire will face either Naoya Inoue or Emmanuel Rodriguez in the WBSS final.


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