By Chris Williams: The HBO PPV September 15th card headlined by WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez took a major hit earlier today when it was learned that the the best fight on the undercard between WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Robert Marroquin was blocked by a Circuit court ruling in Miami, who forbid the fight from taking place because it hadn’t been approved by Rigondeaux’s manager Gary Hyde.
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Rigondeaux can raise his stock with impressive victory over Marroquin
By Dan Ambrose: Although WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) would like to get bigger fights against the likes of IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire and/or WBC super bantamweight champion Abner Mares, he’s going to have to settle for facing 2nd tier fighter Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KO’s) on September 15th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rigondeaux getting ready to smash Arum’s stable fighter Marroquin on September 15th
By Chris Williams: Bob Arum is sending prospect Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KO’s) out to what could be the equivalent of him walking the plank above a hungry shark in the deep ocean against unbeaten WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) on September 15th at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rigondeaux will need to obliterate Marroquin
By Dan Ambrose: WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) has the bad luck of being matched against a prospect instead of an actual contender for his next fight on September 15th against Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KO’s) of Top Rank at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rigondeaux-Marroquin: Guillermo needs to get this mismatch over with fast
By Dan Ambrose: WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) is being fed a prospect instead of an actual contender in his next fight against 22-year-old Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KO’s) on September 15th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Rigondeaux-Marroquin fight will be the co-feature bout on the Sergio Martinez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. HBO televised pay-per-view card.
Rigondeaux vs. Marroquin mismatch set for Chavez Jr-Martinez undercard on September 15th
By Dan Ambrose: It looks like Bob Arum was able to get WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) on board to face one of his 2nd tier Top Rank stable fighters Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KO’s) on the undercard of the fight between WBC middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez on September 15th at the Thomas & Mack Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Rigondeaux won’t get much from Marroquin bout on September 15th
By Dan Ambrose: WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) is penciled in to fight Top Rank 2nd tier prospect Robert Marroquin (22-1, 15 KO’s) on September 15th on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez bout on HBO pay-per-view at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Is Donaire too valuable to Arum as a moneymaker to let him fight Rigondeaux?
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is in a bind. On one hand he’s got a fighter that many boxing fans feel is the best super bantamweight in the division in WBA champ Guillermo Rigondeaux, but he’s not a big money maker. And then on the other Arum has a fighter that is probably a couple of steps below Rigondeaux in talent in IBF/WBA super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, but he’s a proven moneymaker due to the large amount of Filipino fans that he attracts when he fights.
Roach gushing over how good Rigondeaux is
By Chris Williams: IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonnito Donaire may not be interested in fighting WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux because he doesn’t feel that he’s an appealing fighter to get in the ring with. But the rest of the boxing world is quickly discovering the 31-year-old Cuban Rigondeaux and are becoming believers.
Rigondeaux says he’ll follow Donaire up in weight to continue chasing him
By Dan Ambrose: WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) plans on keeping the pressure on IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KO’s) to try and goad him into a fight. Hearing the news that Donaire may soon move up in weight to try his hand at fighting as a featherweight, Rigondeaux says he’ll follow right after Donaire after he captures all the titles at super bantamweight.