Jazza Dickens has undergone a successful operation of his broken jaw. The Liverpool super-bantamweight sustained the injury in the second round of his Super WBA world title challenge against Guillermo Rigondeaux on Saturday. Dickens, who slipped to 22-2 (7 KOs), faced the feared Cuban superstar at the Ice Arena in Cardiff, exclusively live on BoxNation.
The eagerly-anticipated UK appearance of WBA super-bantamweight king Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11KOs) lasted just two rounds as James Dickens was forced to retire with a broken jaw.
Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff, Wales - WBA super bantamweight “super” champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) retained his title with a second round knockout of overmatched Jazza Dickens (22-2, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the . In round two, Rigondeaux connected with a big left hand that broke Dickens’ jaw and the fight was stopped in the corner after the round.
Forget, for now, all the shenanigans and posturing by the Eubanks over a date with middleweight great Gennady Golovkin and Kell Brook stepping up to the September plate, this Saturday another pucker pound-for-pound puncher will strut his stuff for the first time in the UK.
There were no surprises on the scales in Cardiff today when the title fighters on tomorrow night’s Frank Warren-promoted bill at the city’s Ice Arena weighed-in ahead of their bouts.
Christian crusader ‘Jazza’ Dickens claims he’ll be entering his WBA Super-Bantam battle with unbeaten Cuban great Guillermo Rigondeaux next weekend armed with the greatest chief second in the business.....The Lord Almighty!
Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs), Jazza Dickens (22-1, 7 early), Terry Flanagan (30-0, 12 KOs) and Mzonke Fana (38-9, 16 stoppages) appeared before the assembled press in Cardiff earlier today to discuss this weekend’s bill of boxing at the city’s Ice Arena, a show that will be broadcast live on BoxNation here in the U.K.
Unbeaten Filipino Harmonito “Hammer”‘ Dela Torre is now the sparring mate of reigning world super bantamweight champion Guillermo “The Jackal” Rigondeaux who is prepared to defend one of his three world titles- The WBA super bantamweight crown against James Dickens in the Ice Arena in Cardiff, Wales on July16.
Ready for his first fight since November 2015, Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10 KOs) is in the final days of his training camp in Miami before his team switches to Europe to prepare for the July 16 clash against James ‘Jazza’ Dickens (22-1, 7 KOs).
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.