By Chris Williams: Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) had zero problems making weight for his contest for Saturday night against WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rigondeaux weighed in well under the limit for the division in weighing 128.4 pounds. His opponent Lomachenko weighed a little bit more at 129 lbs.
By Stanley White: Guillermo Rigondeaux revealed on Friday that he no longer has his 2 Olympic gold medals from the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Rigondeaux says he sold his gold medals for $10,000 so he could feed his family in Cuba.
By Chris Williams: Super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux took a shot at his opponent Vasyl Lomachenko today in their final press conference by telling his promoter Bob Arum that the best fighter he has in his Top Rank stable is former light welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. Arum, not missing a beat, asked Rigondeaux if he wants to fight him next.
– History will be made on December 9th. For the first time ever two-time Olympic gold medalists will meet as professionals when WBO junior lightweight champion Vasily “Hi-Tech” Lomachenko and WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux square off at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux met for their final press conference on Thursday in New York head of their fight this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jeff Aranow: 2-time Irish Olympian Michael Conlan is interested in facing and beating Guillermo Rigondeaux and Vasyl Lomachenko in the near future. The 26-year-old Conlan (4-0, 4 KOs) is fighting in the co-feature bout on the Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux card this Saturday night against 29-year-old Argentinian Luis Fernando Molina (7-3-1, 2 KOs) in 6-round fight on ESPN at Madison Square Garden, in New York.
By Gav Duthie: Since the contest was made between amateur stars Vasyl ‘Matrix’ Lomachenko 9-1 (7) and Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux 17-0-0-1 (11) I have been racking my brain trying to think of a better fight ever made from a technical point of view. It is a fact that they are the first ever double Olympic champions to meet each other as professionals and they are two of the best pound for pound fighters around.
By Chris Williams: Super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux reveals that he wanted to fight Vasyl Lomachenko when he was fighting at featherweight, but he couldn’t get him to agree to fight him. Now that Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) is fighting at super featherweight at 130, he suddenly has changed his tune and is willing to fight him.
By Chris Williams: With three days to go before this Saturday’s huge match-up, Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) says he’s ready to find out what 2-time Olympic medalist Vasyl ‘Hi-Tech’ Lomachenko has got.
By Chris Williams: Vasyl Lomachenko says he’s not promising to knockout unbeaten Guillermo ‘The Jackal’ Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) this Saturday night, but he is promising to “squash him.”
Lomachenko-Rigondeaux fight on ESPN this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.