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Pedro Diaz, the respected Cuban coach of Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs), says his boxer is ready for the biggest challenge of his career - a showdown with WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko. Rigondeaux vs. Lomachenko takes place on Saturday night at The Thearter in Madison Square Garden in ew York City.
WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) is a boxer who smiles often, but he smiles wide and clear when discussing how his victory over Vasyl Lomachenko will be a stake in the heart for the Ukrainian's promoter, Top Rank. Several years ago, Rigondeaux was promoted by Top Rank and had a bad falling out with the Las Vegas-based company.
WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) is planning to do a real number on Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs). Rigondeaux is moving up by two weight divisions to challenge Lomachenko for his WBO super featherweight world title. The ESPN televised main event takes place on December 9 at the Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
This past Saturday night at the Theater in Madison Square Garden in New York City, former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa secured a ten round majority decision over the always dangerous Jason Sosa. It was the first bout for Gamboa (28-2, 17 KOs) since his TKO defeat at the hands of Robinson Castillanos earlier this year. Gamboa accepted this fight on three week's notice after Castellanos withdrew with injury.
Salvadoran boxer Francisco 'Pantera' Ruiz died on Thursday at the age of 24 year in the Emergency Unit of Rosales Hospital in San Salvador, after being knocked out in the eight round by his compatriot Ricardo Cortez at the El Cifco Convention Center last Saturday.
45-year-old former world cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones (41-3-2, 30 KOs), now competing as a heavyweight, returned to the ring for the first time since last July, and won an eleven round split decision over Ytalo Perea (10-3-2, 6KOs) at Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo.
Former two divisions world champion Sergio Martinez of Argentina has advised his countryman, Brian Castano (14-0, 10 KOs), to stay away from Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) - at least for now. The World Boxing Association recently ordered Lara to make a mandatory defense against Castano.
Earlier this month, former world champion Ricardo 'Matador' Mayorga returned to the ring at the age of 44. Mayorga, who was a welterweight and super welterweight champion just over 10 years ago, traveled over to Russia to face undefeated Andrey Sirotkin. The Nicaraguan madman was hoping to win, and then move forward to a world title shot on the 3rd of February.
Jay Jimenez, manager of heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz (27-0, 23 KOs), is delighted with the World Boxing Council's decision not to suspend his boxer for a failed drug test. "We are very happy and I can say that we are working hard for Luis to return to the ring as soon as possible, not later than January," said Jimenez to George Ebro. "Justice has been done in his case, he is a clean boxer, and the WBC has proven this.''
Former world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (27-2, 17 KOs) is taking no chances for his HBO televised return on November 25th, when he steps in as a late replacement to fight Jason Sosa in an HBO televised fight from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Gamboa's career is on the ropes after suffering a TKO loss to Robinson Castellanos in May of this year in Las Vegas.