(UPDATE) NONITO Donaire yielded to Alexandro Santiago in his ring return, absorbing a unanimous decision loss in the battle for the previously vacated World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight title at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, July 30 (Manila time).

In his first fight since losing via second round knockout to Japanese champ Naoya Inoue last year, Donaire, also known as "The Filipino Flash," got outboxed by the Mexican Santiago and took a 115-113, 116-112, 116-112 defeat.

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