By Chris Williams: WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (11-0, 8 KO’s) will be making his best payday of his career tonight when he gets a guaranteed $750,000 for his unification fight against WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (31-1, 20 KO’s) at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York. For his part, Donaire will make $1.32 million
For Rigondeaux, he can guarantee himself a big payday if he defeats Donaire because there’s no way that Donaire’s promoter Bob Arum will let Donaire move on from this fight if he gets beaten. He almost has to put him back in with Rigondeaux because Donaire will be a tainted fighter if and when Rigondeaux knocks him out or decisions him tonight in their fight on HBO.