Former two-time world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux, with an expert document of 20-3-1 (13 KOs), will return to the ring for the primary time in virtually one 12 months when he headlines the combat card at Hialeah Park on Friday, February 24.
Rigondeaux, whose final bout was a unanimous resolution defeat by the hands of Vincent Astrolabio on February 26 of final 12 months in Dubai, has been sidelined since struggling extreme facial burns and eye accidents in a freak kitchen accident at his house in Miami 9 months in the past.
Now 42 years of age, the previous WBO/WBA tremendous bantamweight and WBA bantamweight world champion will try and faucet the fountain of youth in his twenty fifth skilled combat as he appears to be like to win for the primary time since defeating Liborio Solis in February of 2020.
Rigondeaux tasted defeat in 2021, when he misplaced a twelve spherical cut up resolution by the hands of then WBO bantamnweight champion John Reil Casimero.
He tried to bounce again the next 12 months in opposition to Astrolabio, in what many noticed as a really winnable combat, however the Cuban veteran was dropped within the eight spherical – which made the large distinction on the scorecards, with Astrolabio securing a rating of 95-94 from all three of the official judges.
