Guillermo Rigondeaux

Rigondeaux still wants Frampton-Quigg winner

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rigondeaux5By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten Cuban star Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) will be anxiously waiting on the outcome of this month’s unification fight between WBA 122lb champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) and IBF champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) in hopes that he can face the winner of the contest.

However, it’s quite likely that Rigondeaux will be ignored by the winner of that fight, as they both seem more interested in fighting guys that they match up better against rather signing on for a fight that they would surely lose and lose badly.

Rigondeaux has a fight next month against UK domestic level fighter Jazza Dickens (21-, 6 KOs) on March 12 at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK. It’s kind of a stay busy fight for Rigondeaux rather than a meaningful. Rigondeaux’s last two opponents Drian Francisco and Hisashi Amagasa would likely wipe the deck with Dickens with ease.

Rigondeaux: Frampton and Quigg are cowards!

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Image: Rigondeaux: Frampton and Quigg are cowards!By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) has a nice little mismatch scheduled next month on March 12 against British fighter Jazza Dickens (21-1, 6 KOs) in a 10 round but on the undercard of the lightweight contest between WBO champion Terry Flanagan and Derry Mathews at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, UK.

Rigondeaux is hoping to get the winner of the February 27 fight between IBF 122lb champion Carl Frampton and WBA “regular” super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg. Rigondeux sees both of them as cowards for choosing not to fight him all this time, and he’s hoping that he’ll finally get a chance to fight the winner of that fight.

Who can be the man to defeat Golovkin? Rating the contenders – Erislandy Lara

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lara000(Photo credit: Lucas Noonan/Premier Boxing Champions) By Al Classico: Following on from my previous article on rating the potential opponents at middleweight who are capable of testing and perhaps even defeating Golovkin, we now take a look at a man who by many is seen as an undefeated fighter and also someone who has vocally expressed their interest in fighting GGG at the full 160 middleweight limit.

That man is Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) who has often received the short end of the stick for a fighter of his calibre and someone who struggles to get the big names into the ring with him. He has already called out Golovkin and assuming that GGG accepts the challenge, what chance would Lara have at knocking of the middleweight king pin?

Rigondeaux not likely to get Frampton-Quigg winner

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Image: Rigondeaux not likely to get Frampton-Quigg winnerBy Scott Gilfoid: The WBA recently announced that the winner of the February 27th fight between Carl Frampton and Scott Quigg will need to fight the unbeaten WBA Champion in Recess Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) by July 27th of this year. While that may have sounded nice initially if you are a Rigondeaux fan, it doesn’t mean that the Quigg vs. Frampton winner will wind up facing Rigondeaux.

What it means unfortunately is that the winner of the Frampton-Quigg fight will likely hastily vacate the WBA title after their fight so that they do not need to face Rigondeux. Since the Frampton vs. Quigg fight will have both the IBF and WBA titles on the line, the winner of the fight will be able to keep the IBF title and give up the WBA strap in order not to have to face Rigondeaux.

Rigondeaux could face Frampton-Quigg winner

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rigondeaux5By Scott Gilfoid: The winner of the February 27th fight between WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) and IBF 122lb champion Carl Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) must face WBA “Champion in recess” Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) by July 27th of this year or else their WBA belt will be stripped from them. Quigg and Frampton will be fighting a unification bout on 2/27 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK.

The winner of the Frampton-Quigg fight will hold both the IBF and WBA titles. By having the WBA belt, it will create a heavy burden on the winner of the fight because they’ll need to face arguably the best fighter in the 122lb division in Rigondeaux if they want to keep the title.

The World Boxing Association are saying that the winner must face Rigondeaux. The only way they can escape the fight is to vacate the WBA belt, which I see a likely scenario unfortunately.

Donaire wants to avenge his defeat by Rigondeaux

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donaire344By Chris Williams: Nonito Donaire’s win over #1 WBO Cesar Juarez earlier this month has given him some ideas to try and avenge his loss from two years ago against Guillermo Rigondeaux. Donaire won back the WBO super bantamweight title on December 11th this month with his 12 round decision victory over Juarez.

This is the same WBO title that Donaire lost to Rigondeaux in 2013. Rigondeaux was stripped of the WBO title after he was unable to get an opponent for 11 months. It was interesting that Donaire was able to win back the WBO title by facing a lesser fighter in Juarez instead of having to go through Rigondeaux to try and win back that title.

The question is if Donaire really wanted the WBO title, then why didn’t he try and win back the title against Rigondeaux instead of waiting for him to be stripped of the title by the World Boxing Organization?

Donaire-Juarez to fight for Rigondeaux’s WBO 122lb title

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donaire6666By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Organization recently stripped their unbeaten super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux for him having failed to defend the belt in 11 months.

The vacant WBO 122lb title will be on the line this Friday night for the clash between #1 WBO Cesar Juarez (17-3, 13 KOs) and #2 WBO Nonito Donaire (35-3, 23 KOs) at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Donaire, 33, has lost 2 out of his last 6 fights, and is a very poor option to be fighting for a world title after his defeats to Rigondeaux and Nicholas Walters. By stripping Rigondeaux and letting the guy that he easily beat just two years ago, the WBO is putting their organization in the position where they could wind up with a much weaker champion than the one they had when Rigondeaux was holding the title.

Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux: Needs to improve

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1-cotto-canelo-results (2)By J Caldwell: Caveat emptor: If you’re not a serious diehard fan of the pugilist sport, then paying to watch Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) do his thing in the ring might be hazardous to your health.

Conversely, to the average diehard fan of the sport of boxing, what Rigondeaux does in the ring isn’t that hard to understand: Mainly what the Cuban star has mastered in the ring appears to be more along the lines of boxing with a bit too much caution, (aka, a tactician of sort) “the Jackal” understands the sweet science at its purest level.

Cotto-Canelo Entertains, Rigondeaux Bores, Miura-Vargas Steals the Show!

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By Michael Montero – A raucous crowd of 11,274 fans from all over the world packed the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Saturday night to watch Saul “Canelo” Alvarez challenge Miguel Cotto for the lineal middleweight championship. The entire card featured boxers from seven different countries with four marquee bouts televised on a special HBO Boxing PPV broadcast. There were cheers, there were boos, there were tears, there was blood – but in the end, everyone in the arena felt they had got their money’s worth.