Boxing- Donaire defeated Narvaez via UD

Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire defeated Omar Narvaez of Argentina via Unanimous Decision.The judges scored it, 120-108 times three for Donaire, who will now exit the bantamweight class, and move to junior feather.

The WBC and WBO bantam champ Donaire (living in California; now 27-1 with 19 KOs) was 116 1/4 pounds on Friday, while Narvaez (from Argentina; 35-1-2 just 19 KOs) was 117. The attendance was 4,425.

It was a bore of a fight, the kind that leaves a sour taste in boxing fans' mouths and makes future fights difficult to sell.

It was not Donaire's fault, however. "The Filipino Flash" (now 27-1, 18 KO) of San Leandro, Calif., by way of Bohol, Philippines, punched and punched at the awkward Narvaez (35-1-2, 19 KO), who was content to just survive the 12-round distance.

By the final round, restless fans were chanting expletives as Donaire dropped his hands in an attempt to bait Narvaez into engaging.

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