Nonito Donaire (now 28-1, 18 KO's) moved up to Super Bantamweight and won the vacant WBO title with another less than thrilling split decision victory over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. While Donaire appeared to have the edge through the majority of the fight, Donaire still had a hard time figuring out Vazquez in the mid rounds, and could not finish him after stunning him once and dropping him in the 9th.

Vazquez's game plan looked to turn things up in the mid to late rounds as he was hesitant to get right to work as Donaire did, who swept the first 4 rounds. In rounds 5 through 7, Vazquez began to land straight right hands as Donaire began to tire.

Donaire regained control through the remainder of the fight, but there was very little "flash" to his style, but more "one-and-done", power punches that Vazquez was mostly blocking with his guard.

In round 9, a left uppercut followed by a grazing left hook sent Vazquez down for the first time in the fight. Donaire could not finish the fight with a knockout, thus going the full 12. Final scores were 115-112 for Vazquez, and two 117-1110 scores for Donaire. Vazquez falls to 21-2-1 with 18 KO's.

After the fight, Donaire blamed a compound fracture in his right hand for his lackluster performance.