Rigondeaux defeats Casey, looks impressive

By Eric Thomas: In a fight that perhaps shouldn’t have never been made in the first place, undefeated interim WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KO’s) destroyed Ireland’s Willie Casey (11-1, 7 KO’s) in the 1st round on Saturday night after knocking him down three separate times in a fight at the West Hotel in Dublin, Ireland. Casey, ranked #11 by the WBA, used the wrong approach to fighting the 30-year-old Rigondeaux.

Instead of using movement and a hit and run style of fighting that Ricardo Cardoba used so effectively against Rigondeaux last November, Casey went straight at him and quickly paid for it. Rigondeaux dropped Casey with a powerful uppercut to the head, catching Casey as he was plodding forward. Rigondeaux then went after the hurt Casey, landing a series of powerful combinations and then sending him to the canvas with a chopping left hand to the head.

Casey staggered badly as he got to to his feet and incredibly the referee let him continue to fight. Rigondeaux calmly took him out with a few quick shots that caused to go down briefly for the 3rd time. The referee didn’t give Casey another chance and stopped the fight at 2:28 of the 1st round.

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