WBA "regular" bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is waiting to get a concrete date and location for his next ring appearance, for a card being presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Rigondeaux (20-1, 13 KOs) was in action back in February, when he won a twelve round split decision over Liborio Solis in Allentown.
The boxer has continued to stay in shape, getting himself in top form under the tutelage of trainer Pedro Díaz at Tropical Park in Florida.
The two-time Olympic gold medal winner may return in the month of August.
Rigondeaux explains that his hard workouts inspire the younger boxers in his gym.
"You know I'm always doing something. I stay a hundred percent ready for whatever comes. Boxing is already starting to move," Rigondeaux told George Ebro.
"You can see it now. Look at these [younger] guys, the day I don't come [to train], they miss me. I'm the one who pushes them. I always train to support myself, because this is a very hard sport. So I go to the extreme in my workouts.
"I've already been warned [that I might return by] the end of August, August 8th or 21st. Already Luis De Cubas, my manager, warned me. He asked me if I was ready. I replied that today I'm ready to start fighting in the backyard of the house. That's how big the urge is to get back in the ring. Luis tells me where to fight and I'm going. I'm a 118-pound champion. Anyone who wants to fight me knows where they can find me. It's always been that way and that's never going to change.''
Two potential big name opponents, for the future, include Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire.
"Let's see if they want to fight me. In the end it's all about that... it's not what I want, it's if they want to fight me. I don't know why it's so complicated to do the fights that everyone wants to see sometimes," Rigondeaux said.
