Nonito Donaire COVID-19 test result
NONITO DONAIRE – The test result of the four-division world champion and the Filipino Flash has been revealed.
Nonito Donaire was supposed to fight Emmanuel Rodriguez on Saturday, December 19 (US Time) at Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.
However, according to BoxingScene.com, the bout between them will not push through after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Instead, Rodriguez will face another Filipino boxer named Reymart Gaballo.
The undefeated Pinoy boxer was supposed to fight Chilean Jose Velasquez in the interim bantamweight division of the World Boxing Association.
But since Nonito Donaire tested positive for COVID-19, he was tasked to replace the Filipino Flash.
It was just last year when Nonito Donaire suffered a loss to Naoya Inoue in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series.
On the other hand, Rodriguez got his first-ever defeat with Inoue in the same year which made him vacate the IBF bantamweight title.
Meanwhile, as of posting, the country has already registered 444,164 cases of the novel coronavirus.
COVID-19 is characterized by flu-like symptoms such as fever, difficulty in breathing, cough, and other respiratory problems but a patient may also be positive for the disease even without showing any signs.
With the rapid increase of coronavirus disease 2019 cases, leaders of different nations are doing their all in order to combat the spread of the deadly virus which started in Wuhan, China in 2019.
Among the safety protocols that everyone must observe are the following; social/physical distancing, wearing masks especially in public places, and using disinfectant from time to time if possible.
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