| CORK, أيرلندا (أبريل 12, 2015) – Unified super bantamweight world champion مشروع قانون “ابن آوى” ريغونديوكس (15-0, 10 كوس), arguably the most avoided reigning world title holder in modern boxing history, will travel to London next month in order to publicly confront his mandatory challenger, سكوت QUIGG (30-0-2, 22 كوس), the World Boxing Association (رابطة الملاكمة العالمية) “منتظم” 122-الجنيه titlist تقسيم.
A month ago in an unusual move, ريغونديوكس’ مدير غاري هايد formally petitioned the WBA to enforce a mandatory title fight between his WBA Super champion and Quigg. Hyde is awaiting the WBA’s decision. Rigondeaux is also the World Boxing Organization (المنظمة العالمية للملاكمة) و الطوق سوبر بطل وزن الديك المجلة.
A reigning world champion hasn’t been avoided by other world champions and top contenders like Rigondeux has for the past two years since, ربما, المتوسط صغار سيرجيو مارتينيز, or possibly all the way back to middleweight مايك ماكالوم.
The top three super bantamweights in the world outside of Rigondeaux – International Boxing Federation (اتحاد الملاكمة العالمي) والمجلس العالمي للملاكمة (WBC) ابطال, كارل فرامبتون و ليو سانتا كروز, على التوالي, plus Quigg – have avoided the Cuban great like the plaque. Once Santa Cruz’ promoter at the time, أوسكار دي لا هويا, announced that a Rigondeaux-Santa Cruz had to happen, سانتا كروز’ powerful adviser, آل HAYMON, exercised a contract option and bought him out to avoid a fight with ‘Rigo.’ Frampton’s promoter, باري ماكجيجان, has proclaimed his fighter, not Rigondeaux, as the No. 1 super featherweight in the world. ماكجيجان, رغم أن, is interested in Frampton fighting Quigg in a U.K. مواجهة حاسمة, rather than a world mega-fight for three of the four major sanctioning world titles. كما “منتظم” WBA champion, Quigg is Rigondeaux’ المنافس إلزامية, بعد, he apparently wants no part of the two-time Olympic gold medalist because his promoter, Barry Hearn, not only hasn’t pushed the issue, he’s in negotiations with McGuigan for Frampton to fight Quigg.
Former world super bantamweight champions Nonito Doniare, after he lost a unification fight to Rigondeaux two years ago, و أبنير ماريس chose to move up one division to fight as featherweights. And now Donaire reports that his manager was contacted by a Quigg representative to discuss a Donaire-Quigg fight in England.
Another two-time Olympic gold medalist, WBO 126-pound champion فاسيل لوماتشينكو, continually insists that “خط” has to move up in weight for a fight to happen despite him having no problems making 126.
“QUIGG, Santa Cruz and Frampton have showed no desire to challenge Rigondeaux,” وقال هايد. “These three fighters are trying to fool the public into believing that fight رقم. 1 guy in the world is not important. While they are lining their pockets with ridiculous amounts of cash for fighting below par opponents, Rigondeaux is forced to wait around until some Asian opponent steps up. This is a sport in which we are accustomed to seeing the best fighting the best but, in the super bantamweight division, it’s the best versus the rest.
“Rigondeaux will travel to Manchester to fight Quigg, Belfast to fight Frampton, or Las Vegas to fight Santa Cruz. None of these so-called world champions, رغم أن, will consider fighting the acknowledged world super bantamweight champion. They’re all much more content to hold onto their belts than beating The Man in their weight class.”
Next month, Hyde reports, Rigondeaux will travel to the United Kingdom in a bold attempt to embarrass Quigg into fighting him. “I don’t like traveling overseas unless I have a fight lined up,” Rigondeaux explained, “but I will travel to England in May to publicly call out Scott Quigg. If he turns down the chance to fight our WBA mandatory, he will be remembered for that instead of being known as a great fighter. While I’m in the UK, I will also go to Belfast to checkout Carl Frampton to ask if he wants to prove himself against the best in his division.”
Understanding that the top super bantamweight action is currently in Europe, noting a record purse ($2.2 million USD) offered for a Frampton vs. Quigg fight, Rigondeaux is considering a major change in the not too distant future, moving his base from Miami to the UK, if that’s what it takes for him to get in on the action.
Hyde also manages former WBO middleweight champion and current International Boxing Federation (اتحاد الملاكمة العالمي) لا. 1 المنافس إلزامية حسن N'Dam N'Jikam (31-1, 18 كوس), former WBA Interim cruiserweight champion يوري “تورو” كالينغا (21-2, 14 كوس) and Georgian super lightweight ليفان “الذئب” Ghvamichava (14-1-1, 11 كوس) , as well as top prospects such as Cuban super bantamweight علامة الغابات (2-0, 2 كوس), الوزن الثقيل الأيرلندي مع شيهان and Bulgarian light heavyweight Blagoy نايدينوف.
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