Verdejo, Donaire headline December 11th Tru TV card
Undefeated world-rated lightweight contender Felix “El Diamante” Verdejo and former five-division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire return on December 11 in Puerto Rico as part of “MetroPC Friday Night Knockout on truTV.”
Verdejo (18-0, 13 KOs) will be making his homecoming fight a 10-round defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Latino lightweight title against Josenilson Dos Santos (25-3, 15 KOs). Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs), on the cusp of another world title shot, will be challenging WBO International junior featherweight champion Cesar Juarez (17-3, 13 KOs) in a 12-round rumble.
At this time the venue in Puerto Rico has not been set.