Guillermo Rigondeaux

By Gerardo Granados: I asked a friend if he would pay one million notes to Guillermo Rigondeaux to hear the crowd boo him for 12 rounds, but I guess nobody would. Last Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, USA, former WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) defeated 33-year-old journeyman Drian Francisco (28-4-1, 22 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on HBO pay-per-view on the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Miguel Cotto card.

After having been inactive since December 2014, and having been stripped of his WBA-WBO belts, and also have stayed over two years away from the main events, Rigondeaux received another chance on the undercard of the biggest boxing event of the year but failed miserably to impress the audience with his win over Francisco.

By Tim Fletcher: Cuban two-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) won a one-sided 10 round unanimous decision over the 33-year-old Drian Francisco (28-3-1, 22 KOs) tonight in a fight that was booed from start to finish at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg and IBF belt holder Carl Frampton had better beware, because former WBA/WBO 122lb champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) says he’s going to be targeting all of those champions after he takes care of business this Saturday night against Drian Francisco (28-3-1, 22 KOs) in a fight on HBO PPV at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 35-year-old Rigondeaux recently was stripped of both of his titles by the WBA and WBO for failure to defend the belts in a timely fashion. The reason why Rigondeaux couldn’t defend his titles was due to problems with his management and promoters, according to ESPN.

By Gerardo Granados: When Guillermo Rigondeaux got stripped from his WBO super bantam strap it was obvious that it would not take long before the WBA would do the same. It is evident that the boxer goal on prize fighting is to make as much money as he can because it is considerably a brief lapse of time that he will be able to work as prize fighter, but under that premise the competitive side of Boxing many times is now been overlooked in order to obtain big revenues.

While other boxers are allowed to keep their belts without defend them according to the organization rules, the less privileged will be stripped or stepped over when the organization manufactures belts to suit a bigger name or influential promoter.

By Gerardo Granados: It has been reported that the WBO has decided to strip off Guillermo Rigondeaux from his super bantamweight belt due inactivity and according to their rules they are entitle to do so because Chacal has been inactive and not defended his WBO or WBA belts since December 31 of 2014. But why has the true super bantamweight Champion of the World been inactive for so long?

Soon the WBA could apply its own rules which are similar among the major boxing organizations and also might strip him off the belt. Does that means that Rigondeaux is no longer the best fighter in his weight division or is it possible to argue that Chacal doesn’t need any belt to prove his worth.

By Scott Gilfoid: At today’s WBO convention, Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) was stripped of his WBO title for failing to defend it in a timely manner. Rigondeaux, 35, hasn’t defended his WBO title since last December when he beat Hisashi Amagasa by an 11th round knockout.

It’s hard to blame Rigondeaux for not defending the belt, because the top fighters in the division have shown no interest in fighting him. Rigondeaux wants to face the likes of Scott Quigg, Carl Frampton and Nonito Donaire, but getting them to agree to a fight with him is like pulling teeth.