By Chris Williams: WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (10-0, 8 KO’s) won’t be fighting this Saturday night on the undercard of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez undercard in Las Vegas, Nevada in the expensive $49.99 pay per view card on HBO.
According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the 31-year-old Rigondeaux’s appeal to have his injunction lifted against him was denied this past week.
By Dan Ambrose: According to Dan Rafael, the Florida counts have denied WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux’s emergency motion for a stay in his injunction against him. As such, Rigondeaux will not be fighting on September 15th against Top Rank fringe contender Robert Marroquin.
By Chris Williams: Right now it’s unclear whether WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux will be staying with Top Rank or signing with Golden Boy. Rigondeaux’s manager Gary Hyde wants him to sign with Golden Boy Promotions and supposedly they made a bigger offer than Top Rank’s in trying to sign him up with them.
By Chris Williams: The loss of Guillermo Rigondeaux from the September 15th pay per view fight card headed by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez was a critical blow for the card especially given the lack of appealing fights and big time stars on the undercard.
By Chris Williams: IBF/WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (29-1, 18 KO’s) says he might move up to the featherweight division after his fight with 36-year-old former WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka in October of this year if he can’t get a big fight.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.