Guillermo Rigondeaux: record, next fight and profile →
According to WBO featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (5-1, 3KOs), he might return to the ring on April 16th. Lomachenko made a defense of his title last November in a one-sided fight where he knocked out Romulo Koasicha in ten rounds on the Tim Bradley-Brandon Rios undercard at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
South African superstar Zolani Tete, the former IBF World Super-Flyweight Champion, will face menacing Mexican Jose Santos Gonzalez for the Vacant IBF International Bantamweight title in his eagerly anticipated return to the UK on Saturday 12th March, live and exclusive on BoxNation.
Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) will use a well-known training facility when he touches down on Merseyside ahead of his UK debut next month. The Cuban, who is a two-time Olympic champion as well as a former WBO and WBA Super super bantamweight world ruler, is set to use the Derry ABC gym in the city centre, which is the home of WBO lightweight title challenger Derry Mathews.
Merseyside hero James ‘Jazza’ Dickens says he’s happy to be labelled as the underdog heading into his massive David versus Goliath showdown with pound-for-pound star Guillermo Rigondeaux but insists he won’t be there to make up the numbers. Dickens takes on the Cuban superstar over ten rounds on the title-packed undercard of Terry Flanagan’s world title defence against Derry Mathews on Saturday 12th March, exclusively live on BoxNation. ‘Jazza’, who’ll be fighting Rigondeaux in front of his home crowd at the Liverpool Echo Arena, has already been written off by many people in the boxing world but the chirpy Scouser remains fully-focused on causing one of the biggest upsets in recent boxing history.
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux continues to train with his coach Pedro Diaz. The pair reunited last month. Rigondeaux's next fight was announced a few days ago. He will travel to the UK on March 12th, where he's going to face Jazza Dickens at the Liverpool Echo Arena in England.
The prize acquisition of the fabulous Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux, one of the world's finest boxers, as well as the power-punching South African superstar Zolani Tete to the line-up of the 'Tale of Two Cities' bill now on March 12 at the Liverpool Echo Arena, underlines our determination to bring the world's best to Britain and why BoxNation truly is the Channel of Champions.
Carl Frampton considers Guillermo Rigondeaux the best super bantamweight in boxing and has sympathy for the former champion. As Northern Ireland's Frampton (21-0, 14 KOs) prepares for his 122-pound championship unification fight against England’s Scott Quigg (31-0-2, 23 KOs) on Feb. 27 in Manchester, England, the IBF champion can't help but feel as though Quigg hasn't earned the WBA super bantamweight title.
There was a time when Scott Quigg and Carl Frampton both had the opportunity to face World super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux. The pair of unbeaten UK-based titlists have instead opted to face each other, with their unification bout taking place on February 27 in front of a sold-out Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
As previously reported, one of the world’s top pound-for-pound boxing stars Guillermo Rigondeaux will fight in Britain for the first time on Saturday 12th March at the Liverpool Echo Arena when he faces Merseyside hero Jazza Dickens.
Frank Warren's office has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that the promoter has mad a deal for a March 12th fight between Cuban sensation Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 early) and Liverpool’s James "Jazza" Dickens (21-1, 6 KOs) at Liverpool's Echo Arena and expects to make an announcement soon.