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José Luis Cárdenas vs Nonito Donaire — record, stats and common opponents compared

José Luis Cárdenas

🇵🇭PHILIPPINES

Nonito Donaire

José Luis Cárdenas (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Nonito Donaire (43-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Cárdenas

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Donaire

43

Wins28 KO · 65%

10

Losses

0

Draws53 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Donaire leads 1–0

José Luis Cárdenas and Nonito Donaire have met 1 time; Donaire leads 1–0.

José Luis Cárdenas and Nonito Donaire have met 1 time; Donaire leads 1–0.
Met2006Jul 29Series
José Luis CárdenasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nonito DonaireFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Cárdenas 1 · Donaire 5 of 6 measurable rows
CárdenasDonaire
Record†
0-343-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
81.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—65.12%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—65%
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 13
0
13 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.1
0.1
2.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
3
53

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
José Luis Cárdenas: No height on file
Nonito Donaire: 5′6″
Reachnot held
José Luis Cárdenas: No reach on file
Nonito Donaire: 68″
Agenot held
José Luis Cárdenas: No date of birth
Nonito Donaire: 43
Stance
José Luis Cárdenas: Not recorded
Nonito Donaire: Orthodox

José Luis Cárdenas left, Nonito Donaire right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
José Luis Cárdenas0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

José Luis Cárdenas: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cárdenas yet.

Nonito Donaire43 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Nonito Donaire: 43 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (65%), 13 on the cards (30%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 65%13 on the cards 30%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Luis Cárdenas 3, Nonito Donaire 53 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

José Luis Cárdenas last boxed on Jul 29, 2006 — 7,394 days ago. Cárdenas had lost three straight.LLL

Santana Jun 1982Salado Sep 2004Donaire Jul 20060.1 tracked bouts per year

Nonito Donaire has lost two straight, after one straight win. Donaire last boxed on Mar 15, 2026 — 225 days ago.LLWLL

Inoue Jun 2022Santiago Jul 2023Campos Jun 2025Tsutsumi Dec 2025Masuda Mar 20262.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Luis Cárdenas and Nonito Donaire ever fought each other?
Yes. José Luis Cárdenas and Nonito Donaire met once on July 29, 2006, and Nonito Donaire won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LJul 29, 2006 · Donaire · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cárdenas or Donaire?
José Luis Cárdenas is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nonito Donaire is 43-10. Nonito Donaire has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cárdenas0–30%

Donaire43–1081.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cárdenas or Donaire?
José Luis Cárdenas has 0 knockout wins and Nonito Donaire has 28. Nonito Donaire has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cárdenas0

Donaire2865.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cárdenas and Donaire have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Luis Cárdenas and Nonito Donaire have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cárdenas and Donaire?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for José Luis Cárdenas and 53 bouts tracked for Nonito Donaire. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cárdenas3bouts

Donaire53bouts

How They Win ↓

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