By Dan Ambrose: A fight between WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s) and featherweight contender Teon Kennedy (17-1-2, 7 KO’s) is possible for the undercard of the June 9th fight card headlined by WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao vs.Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, according to Steve Kim on his twitter.
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Donaire: I want Gamboa; he’s 100 times better than Rigondeux
By Chris Williams: Newly crowned WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) is still resistant to the idea of facing WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux for some reason and you have to what’s really behind all of Donaire’s refusals to face the Cuban two-time former Olympic Gold Medalist Rigondeaux. Donaire says he wants to face Yuriorkis Gamboa, and feels he’s a lot better than Rigondeuax.
Is Donaire running scared of Rigondeaux?
By Chris Williams: No matter how you look at it, Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) really got jacked up by Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. in winning the vacant WBO super bantamweight title on February 4th at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Donaire would be no match for Rigondeaux
By Chris Williams: Last Saturday’s win by Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KO’s) over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (21-2-1, 18 KO’s) proved conclusively that the 29-year-old Donaire isn’t in the same league as WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeux (9-0, 7 KO’s).
Shields sees Rigondeaux being too strong for Donaire
By Cris Williams: Ronnie Shields, the former trainer for WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s), feels that Rigondeaux, 31, would be too strong for former two division world champion Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) when and if they ever fight, according to examiner.com.
Arum: If Donaire beats Vazquez Jr., he’ll fight Arce, Nishioka and Rigondeaux
Photo: Adrian Hernandez – By Chris Williams: It looks like former two-division world champion Nonito Donaire (27-1, 18 KO’s) may ultimately fight WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s) after all, as Donaire and Rigondeaux’s promoter, Bob Arum, told RingTV that Donaire will get to Rigondeaux if Donaire gets by Vazquez Jr., Jorge Arce and Toshiaki Nishioka.
Rigondeaux could end up more popular than Donaire in a short period of time
By Dan Ambrose: In Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux’s last two fights, he’s already well know his way to catching up and surpassing the popularity of former two division world champion Nonito Donaire despite having been fighting as a pro for only 3 years compared to the 11 years for Donaire.
Merchant: Donaire’s management see difficulty in Rigondeaux’s style and aren’t eager to make this match
By Chris Williams: Two time world champion Nonito Donaire isn’t the only one on his team that is reluctant for him to fight WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s); Donaire’s management might also be against him fighting the former 2-time Olympic Gold medalist as well due to Rigondeaux’s difficult southpaw counter-punching style of fighting, says Larry Merchant in an interview at examiner.com.
Rigondeux needs to forget about Donaire, the fight will never happen
By Dan Ambrose WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s) badly wants to get a fight against Nonito Donaire to prove himself as one of the best fighters in boxing, but he can pretty much forget about that fight happening now or later.
Is it academic that Donaire is running from Rigondeaux?
By Chris Williams: Boxing fans want to see two time world champion Nonito Donaire to step up to the table and face WBA World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (9-0, 7 KO’s) but Donaire is stubbornly resisting the fan pressure; instead marching by the beat of a different drummer and is looking for arguably softer targets, such as Wilfredo Vazquez Jr., who Donaire faces on February 4th for the vacant WBO super bantamweight strap in San Antonio, Texas.