Guillermo Rigondeaux: record, next fight and profile →
At the second time of asking, with a UK visa firmly affixed in his passport, Guillermo Rigondeaux will land in Britain in July with the mission of taking on Liverpool’s Jazza Dickens with the WBA world super bantamweight title at stake.
Mexican banger Moises Flores (25-0, 17KOs) is hoping to get his hand on WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba Flores, who is currently the mandatory challenger to the title, retained his WBA-interim/IBO belts last Friday when he traveled over to Namibia and dominated hometown hero Paulus Ambunda over twelve rounds.
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA - Last night at the Ramatex Factory in Windhoek, Namibia, Mexico's super-bantamweight standout, Moises "Chucky" Flores (25-0, 17 KOs) remained undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision over hometown hero, Paulus Ambunda (24-2, 10 KOs). With the victory Flores captured the IBO championship and retained his WBA interim title.
One of the world’s top pound-for-pound boxing stars Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) will fight in Britain for the first time on Saturday 16th July at the Cardiff Ice Arena when he defends his WBA Super-Bantamweight World Championship against Merseyside hero and number 13 rated WBA super-bantamweight Jazza Dickens (22-1, 7 KOs), live and exclusive on BoxNation.
Guillermo Rigondeaux will fight in the UK next month. The Cuban sensation had been due to grace these shores with his presence in March, but he failed to obtain a visa allowing him to enter the country.
A few days ago, Jamie McDonnell expressed his desire to move up in weight to challenge one of the most avoided fighters in the sport, two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.
Eddie Hearn on Brook vs. Vargas - Chris Eubank Jr will defend his British Middleweight title against Tom Doran at The O2 in London on June 25, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
Jamie McDonnell is hoping to take his career to the next level, by heading to the super bantamweight division and knocking off two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux.
The World Boxing Association has reinstated Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10KOs) as the 'super champion' at super bantamweight and they will allow him to make a defense against Jamie McDonnell or James 'Jazza' Dickens before being forcing to confront the interim champion, Moses 'Chucky' Flores.
Scott Quigg (31-1-2, 23KOs) is looking to resume his career in a major way. In February he suffered his first career at the hands of domestic rival Carl Frampton, who walked away with the IBF/WBA super bantamweight world titles. Quigg suffered a broken jaw in the fight.