By Chris Williams: WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (14-0, 9 KOs) will be defending his titles this month against little known #5 WBC, #8 IBF, #10 WBA, #10 WBO featherweight contender Hisashi Amagasa (28-4-2, 19 KOs) on December 31st at the Bodymaker Colosseum, Osaka, in Osaka, Japan.

Rigondeaux’s contract with Top Rank recently expired with his quick 1st round knockout victory over Sod Kokietgym last July. Rigondeaux totally dominated one of Top Rank’s most popular fighters last year in beating Nonito Donaire by a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision.

Surprisingly, Rigondeaux was unable to take advantage of his big win, as he was matched against a ring rusty Joseph Agbeko last year in December, and then Kokietgym. Donaire is still with Top Rank despite the fact that he was easily handled by Rigondeaux and recently Nicholas Walters.

Rigondeaux will be getting $500,000 to fight the 5’10” Amagasa, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. Rigondeaux will be giving up six inches in height to the Japanese fighter. However, the height and reach advantage that the 29-year-old Amagasa has in this fight will likely not help him one bit, because he’s going to be well over his head in this fight in terms of talent.

Amagasa has won 13 consecutive fights since he was beaten by Ryol Li Lee by a 10 round unanimous decision in 2010. Last year, Amagasa avenged his loss to Lee by beating him by a narrow 12 round decision.

“The Japanese challenger Amagasa is very tall, just over 5-foot-10, but Rigo [who is 5-4½] is a universal fighter who can adapt to every opponent’s style,” Rigondeaux’s manager Gary Hyde said to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. “I have absolutely no worries about going to Asia again as Rigo travels very well. He will put on another sensational display to end a frustrating year.”

Rigondeaux is so talented that it really doesn’t matter where he fights. Amagasa will be lucky if he can make contact with the Cuban fighter, because this is going to be a tremendous step up in class for the Japanese fighter.

Rigondeaux will very likely take the judges and the crowd out of the fight and dominate the action. Depending on how Rigondeaux is feeling, this could either be an early night for him or a long one with him beating Amagasa with ease.