Background
He was born in General Santos City, Philippines. He moved to the United States at a young age and grew up in the Bay Area where he still lives.
He was born in General Santos City, Philippines. He moved to the United States at a young age and grew up in the Bay Area where he still lives.
Glenn is very proud to be a Filipino boxer and has worn the Philippine flag on his trunks his entire career. The scores were 115-112, 116-111 and 117-110. Lopez was docked a point for low blows.
October 7, 2006, Donaire got a shot at Vic Darchinyan"s IBF flyweight title.
However, he lost to Darchinyan by a sixth round technical decision. The fight was stopped in the 4th round due to a broken/locked jaw suffered by Donaire from an alleged elbow attack.
Replays show no evidence of an elbow, and Darchinyan"s camp has always claimed this should have been a legitimate knockout. The scores were 60-53 on all three cards for Darchinyan.
Foreign 1 year, 4 months and 15 days, Donaire had been inactive.
After the long hiatus Glenn Donaire took on Jose Albuquerque on February 22, 2008.
He is also the older brother of four-division world champion Nonito Donaire. Originally a bus driver, Glenn Donaire compiled a 52-8 amateur record and earning various local and regional titles made it to the semi-finals of the United States Olympic Trials in 2000 and lost a highly disputed decision to former world champion Brian Viloria. November 22, 2002 Glenn Donaire won his first professional title by defeating Wangpanom Vor Saktawee by a 12 round decision in Guam for the WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title. May 5, 2006, Glenn won the NABO and NABA flyweight titles by defeating Cesar Lopez by a 12 round decision. Donaire won the bout by unanimous decision. Subsequently, Donaire moved up a weight class and defeated Omar Salado in Mexico City to win the vacant WBC Latino super flyweight title by unanimous decision on March 16, 2012.
