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In order to get his career more active, WBA super bantamweight world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) is ready to go to 126 pounds or return to 118, because he does not want to continue being harmed by a lack of opponents.

For now, the brilliant Cuban (17-0, 11 KO) will have a mandatory defense against mandatory challenger Moises Flores (25-0, 17 KO), at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on June 17.

"It has not been easy, I miss boxing. We have experience (in having little activity), we have not fought in almost a year - but we are not in any hurry because we know the moment will come and it will arrive soon," Rigondeaux told ESPN Deportes.

"I would love to have more fights, I'm a little guy. I'm want to fight three times a year, but I do not know what's going on. I think things are going to be resolved and we're going to be fighting a lot more. But I am focused on what we know that we have to do - to win."

"Moisés is a good fighter, a Mexican, and all Mexicans come out to fight and we are prepared for whatever comes. We're going to fight him, and put on a show that people want to see. Discipline is the main thing that will get the win on June 17."

As far as going up to 126, Rigondeaux has no problem with fighting Leo Santa Cruz, Carl Frampton, Abner Mares or Oscar Valdez.

"I'm ready for anyone at 118, 122 and 126 pounds. I do not have any problems, I can fight with anyone in those divisions. Of course we are ready to fight with anyone, we'll fight with whoever they put in front of us," said Rigondeaux.

Meh

Mexi-Box wrote:Meh

That's what I was thinking

It's tragic a fighter of his capabilities has had only 17 bouts

A perfect example of why Rigondeaux's career has gone basically nowhere is sh*t like what we're seeing today.

James "Jazza" Dickens is fighting on a card in a few short hours. His last fight was against Rigondeaux. Rigondeaux broke the jaw of Dickens forcing a stoppage of the fight...yet even with a broken jaw Dickens is returning to the ring sooner than Rigondeaux is.

Rigo sits around for a year in between pretty much every fight, and wonders why nobody has any interest in him?

Rigo is a moron.

Horse wrote:Rigo is a moron.

I was a fan of his originally. But it seemed he was unwilling to leave his best weight behind in search of glory like Lomachenko did. On the bright side for Rigondeux he will have less wear and tear on him for when he retires probably in better health. I would think though he needs a couple of cash out fights so he doesn't have to retire as a security guard in Florida.

I sure would love to see him fight Santa Cruz so that, win or lose, his hype doesn't continue exceeding the degree with which he is tested. People be elevating him to God status based on a win over Nonito Donaire, which non-Gods Nicholas Walters and Jessie Magdaleno also have. In the last 3.5 years, his best opponent has been Hisashi Yamagasa. A year from now, we'll probably still be able to say that Hisashi Yamagasa has been his best opponent since the start of 2014. Rigondeaux is 36. Rigondeaux is a guy who people always thought was capable of much more than a win over Donaire, and was going to keep achieving bigger things. But he's 36, and his prime is basically going to be over before it's even really started.

Lackeos wrote:I sure would love to see him fight Santa Cruz so that, win or lose, his hype doesn't continue exceeding the degree with which he is tested. People be elevating him to God status based on a win over Nonito Donaire, which non-Gods Nicholas Walters and Jessie Magdaleno also have. In the last 3.5 years, his best opponent has been Hisashi Yamagasa. A year from now, we'll probably still be able to say that Hisashi Yamagasa has been his best opponent since the start of 2014. Rigondeaux is 36. Rigondeaux is a guy who people always thought was capable of much more than a win over Donaire, and was going to keep achieving bigger things. But he's 36, and his prime is basically going to be over before it's even really started.

This

A lot of people seem to ignore the years of meaningless fights (James Dickens ffs!) and lackluster showings, and I still often see him way up there in P4P rankings.

Rigo's not the boxing god he's made out to be.

Lackeos wrote:I sure would love to see him fight Santa Cruz so that, win or lose, his hype doesn't continue exceeding the degree with which he is tested. People be elevating him to God status based on a win over Nonito Donaire, which non-Gods Nicholas Walters and Jessie Magdaleno also have. In the last 3.5 years, his best opponent has been Hisashi Yamagasa. A year from now, we'll probably still be able to say that Hisashi Yamagasa has been his best opponent since the start of 2014. Rigondeaux is 36. Rigondeaux is a guy who people always thought was capable of much more than a win over Donaire, and was going to keep achieving bigger things. But he's 36, and his prime is basically going to be over before it's even really started.

Considering the weight he fights at, and his age, in all likelihood he's already past his prime.

Why is he saying "we" all the time speaking about himself? Does he have multiple personalities?

Ossyrules wrote:It's tragic a fighter of his capabilities has had only 17 bouts

I always plan on getting to sleep nice and early when Rigo fights. I havent been able to sleep good lately. A few Rigo fghts anytime soon would do me some good.

Look, I understand how technical Rigo is. But I'm a human too. I need some drama and risk involved with technical proficiency. So with that said, when it comes to Rigo and like fighters, I'm out.

Didn't he get knocked down back in the day, he went pure defensive shortly after that.

Still gets knocked down

Impractical Poster wrote:

Ossyrules wrote:It's tragic a fighter of his capabilities has had only 17 bouts

I always plan on getting to sleep nice and early when Rigo fights. I havent been able to sleep good lately. A few Rigo fghts anytime soon would do me some good.

Look, I understand how technical Rigo is. But I'm a human too. I need some drama and risk involved with technical proficiency. So with that said, when it comes to Rigo and like fighters, I'm out.

I'd take a Pacquaio, Roy Jones or frampton over mayweather, Hopkins or rigo type fighters too. Defensive spoilers are boring.

But they're still excellent boxers and 17 fights for a guy his age... come on

Ruthless-RKO wrote:"I'm ready for anyone at 118, 122 and 126 pounds. I do not have any problems, I can fight with anyone in those divisions. Of course we are ready to fight with anyone, we'll fight with whoever they put in front of us," said Rigondeaux.

The translation -- "Damn...I'll be 37 in September... I'd better get some gawd dam fights and get them fast"

After starting his career with 7 fights in 17 months -- He's had 5 fights in the last 4 years since he fought Donaire. There was a time in Boxing History when if you were a great boxer, and you held a World Title, you could get about as many fights as you wanted.

Duran was a dangerous puncher as a Lightweight, but he still got tons of fights.. He was 28-0 when he challenged Buchanan for the Lightweight Title and 72-1 after he beat Leonard for the Welterweight Title 8 years later to the month.. That's 45 fights in 8 years or 5.6 fights a year when he had a World Title.. I think a lot of boxers like Lomachenko would love to fight more often, but the way the business is being run today they can't.