Donaire vs Tete

When is Donaire vs Tete?

Nonito Donaire could face Zolani Tete in Early 2024 in the United States.

The fight would be contested over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which means the weight limit would be 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

Donaire vs Tete stats

Nonito Donaire would step into the ring with a record of 42 wins, 8 loses and 0 draws, 28 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Zolani Tete would make his way to the ring with a record of 30 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 23 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Tete would have a slight advantage in power over Donaire, with a 77% knock out percentage over Donaire's 67%.

Nonito Donaire is the older man by 6 years, at 41 years old.

Tete has a height advantage of 4 inches over Donaire. This also extends to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Nonito Donaire fights out of the orthodox stance, while Zolani Tete is a southpaw.

Donaire is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 16 more fights, and made his debut in 2001, 5 years and 3 months earlier than Tete, whose first professional fight was in 2006. He has fought 122 more professional rounds, 311 to Tete's 189.

Nonito Donaire goes into the fight ranked number 11 by the WBC and 5 by the RING at bantamweight.

Donaire vs Tete form

Nonito Donaire has stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he lost to Alejandro Santiago on 29th July 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Naoya Inoue on 7th June 2022 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBC World Bantamweight, WBA Super World Bantamweight and IBF World Bantamweight championship fight at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beat Reymart Gaballo on 11th December 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, United States.

Before that, he had won against Nordine Oubaali on 29th May 2021 by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Bantamweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson.

He had lost to Naoya Inoue on 7th November 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Bantamweight, IBF World Bantamweight and The Ring Bantamweight championship fight at Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.

Tete has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight, he beat Jason Cunningham on 2nd July 2022 by knockout in the 4th round in their CBC Commonwealth Super Bantamweight championship fight at Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by John Riel Casimero on 30th November 2019 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at Arena Birmingham, West Midlands.

Going into that contest, he had beat Mikhail Aloyan on 13th October 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at Ekaterinburg Expo, Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Before that, he had defeated Omar Andres Narvaez on 21st April 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at The SSE Arena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

He had won against Siboniso Gonya on 18th November 2017 by knockout in the 1st round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at The SSE Arena, Belfast.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Nonito Donaire has been fighting more than Zolani Tete.

Nonito Donaire last fought 5 months and 30 days ago, while Zolani Tete's last outing was 1 year, 6 months and 26 days ago.

Donaire's last 5 fights have come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 10 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 6.8 rounds on average.

Tete's last 5 fights have come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 10 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

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