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He applied for special permission to move up in weight for crack at Lomachenko's world title.

The sanctioning body approved his request, but it came with a price.

If Rigondeaux wins, he would then have five days to decide if he intends to remain at 130 or plans to return to 122 to defend his WBA belt. If he loses against Lomachenko, then he would lose his recognition as the WBA champion. The sanctioning body would then order Flores to fight for the vacant WBA belt against the winner of Danny Roman vs. an opponent to determined.

"The special permission was requested, and he was given the opportunity because it is an important fight for boxing. But if he wins he has five days to decide and if he loses, he would then have to lose the recognition [of being WBA champion] because it is what corresponds [to agreement of allowing him to move up] and in this event we would have to order that Moises Flores goes against the winner of Daniel Román and an opponent to be supplied to us," stated WBA President Gilberto Mendoza Jr.

Rigondeaux: WBA Wouldn't Do This to Canelo, Floyd, Joshua, GGG

Guillermo Rigondeaux can’t believe how the WBA is treating one of its champions.

The WBA 122-pound champion is “very, very disappointed” that he could lose his title December 9, despite that he is moving up two weight classes to challenge WBO 130-pound champion Vasyl Lomachenko.

Rigondeaux took to Twitter on Tuesday to express his displeasure with that odd decision.

He Tweeted: Very very disappointed of this decision made by @WBABoxing. I wonder if they would act the same way if my name was @Canelo, @FloydMayweather, @anthonyjoshua or even @GGGBoxing …. I bet NOT!

The two-time Olympic gold medalist also Tweeted: If [it] was ok for [Kell] Brook to fight GGG [at middleweight] and then return and defend his [IBF welterweight] title vs. [Errol] Spence Jr. Why isn’t the same case with me? Oh I know…. [inserted five emojis for money bags] Maybe I have to include @realDonaldTrump on this thread since [inserted heart emoji] #boxing so much. @WBABoxing

He shouldn't have it anyway. He lost it for inactivity and then they just gave it back to them.