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According to sources in Argentina, the World Boxing Council has named Lucas Matthysse (37-3, 34KOs) as the mandatory challenger to the WBC junior welterweight title. Matthysse returned to form two weeks ago, winning a twelve round majority decision over dangerous Ruslan Provodnikov in Verona, New York. Matthysse had challenged champion Danny Garcia for the title in 2013 and
WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux has returned fire, responding to a series of statements that were recently made by his current manager Gary Hyde. Rigondeaux was not the only party to respond, as his co-promoter, Caribe Promotions, also had something to say in response to Hyde's statements. A few days ago, Rigondeaux (15-0, 10KO) made it known that his contract with Hyde was set expire in September and he also rejected Hyde's plan to have the Cuban boxer travel over to the UK to publicly challenge Scott Quigg. The Olympic two-time gold medal winner is looking forward to what he believes to be a new dawn in his career, but is not revealing any information regarding what changes are going to take place. Hyde responded after reading his statements with a very long outline of their relationship from start to finish.
WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and his current manager Gary Hyde have had their fair share of ups and downs over the years. A few days ago, Rigondeauxs denied the information contained in a recent press release which stated he would be traveling over to the UK to confront 'regular' WBA champion Scott Quigg. He denied making any of the statements that were contained in the press release. Rigondeaux says his contract with Hyde is set expire in September. The Olympic two-time gold medal winner is looking forward to what he believes to be a new dawn in his career, but is not revealing any information regarding what changes are going to take place. Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KO) seems to be looking to sit out until contract with Hyde expires.
WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux has denied the information contained in a recent press release which stated he would be traveling over to the UK to confront 'regular' WBA champion Scott Quigg. He denied making any of the statements that were contained in the press release. Rigondeaux says his contract with manager Gary Hyde is set expire in September. The Olympic two-time gold medal winner is looking forward to what he believes to be a new dawn in his career, but is not revealing any information regarding what changes are going to take place. Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KO) seems to be looking to sit out until contract with Hyde expires.
According to sources with knowledge of the details, BoxingScene.com has been advised that WBA lightweight champion Richar Abril (19-3-1, 8KOs) will not go forward with his scheduled fight against Derry Mathews (37-9-2, 20KOs) on April 18th at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. This would mark the second time where Abril withdrew from the Mathews fight and the Cuban fighter has withdrawn from other scheduled contests as well. The WBA is reportedly going to strip Abril and make him a "champion in recess" for inactivity. Abril has barely been averaging one fight per year.
Lucas Matthysse (36-3, 34KOs) is still hoping to lure WBC/WBA 140-pound champion Danny Garcia back in the ring. Matthysse faced him in September 2013 as part of the Floyd Mayweather-Saul Alvarez pay-per-view undercard. It was a tough fight early on for the champion but the tide completely changed after Matthysse's right eye began to swell shut. From that point on, Garcia took over the contest and won a twelve round unanimous decision.
Another fighter and another rumor has been rejected. A few weeks ago, Cuban gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux was reported by several outlets as being enlisted as a sparring partner for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, who is currently preparing for his May 2nd unification with WBC/WBA champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. The Rigondeaux rumor was shot down by Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach. Now another Cuban fighter, WBA 'regular' junior middleweight champion Erislandy Lara, is being reported as being a sparring partner for Pacquiao.
Cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones (39-3-2, 31KOs) will have to wait before getting a fight with former WBO world heavyweight champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs (58-6-1, 51 KOs). This past Friday night in Panama City, Jones confronted Briggs in ring, following the former champ's first round knockout of Hungarian journeyman Zoltan Petranyi (51-22-1, 16 KOs) at the Hotel Sortis. Jones has been inactive since testing positive for a banned substance before an early 2014 rematch with Denis Lebedev. He was suspended afterwards and then legally appealed that decision. He claims a deal has been reached to lift that suspension and he plans to compete as a heavyweight upon his ring return.
Cruiserweight champion Guillermo Jones (39-3-2, 31KOs) says his suspension will be lifted and he will be ready at any time to face former WBO world heavyweight champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs (58-6-1, 51 KOs). This past Friday night in Panama City, Jones confronted Briggs in ring, following the former champ's first round knockout of Hungarian journeyman Zoltan Petranyi (51-22-1, 16 KOs) at the Hotel Sortis. Jones has been inactive since testing positive for a banned substance before an early 2014 rematch with Denis Lebedev. He was suspended afterwards and then legally appealed that decision. He claims a deal has been reached to lift that suspension and he plans to compete as a heavyweight upon his ring return.
Former WBO world heavyweight champion Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs (58-6-1, 51 KOs) had his first fight of 2015 and knocked out Hungarian journeyman Zoltan Petranyi (51-22-1, 16 KOs) with bodyshots at the Hotel Sortis in Panama City, Panama. Briggs fought six times in 2014 and stopped five of those opponents in the first round. Raphael Zumbano Love took Briggs the entire twelve round distance to lose a lopsided decision. Petranyu, 48-years-old and coming off a third round knockout loss in December, was on the verge of retirement before accepting this late opportunity to face Briggs. It is likely he will move forward with his plans to call it a day.