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On January 13, Los Angeles (United States) will return to the ring of legendary former Cuban world champion Guillermo Rigondo. It was the last time that Rigondo was released in the ring in December 2017 against Ukrainian Vasyl Lomachenko. After crossing two weight classes, the Cuban could not resist the Ukrainians by going to the 6th round – refused to continue the meeting.
In an interview with a correspondent of BoxingTalk, Rigondo admitted that the fight against Lomachenko was a mistake.
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"Of course, it was a mistake, I did not have to jump over twice – the category in the interest of fight, especially considering the price I paid, and what I had as a training camp, but I do not want to justify it now. "Lomachenko is a great champion, but this fight has probably been a mistake, "- says Rigondo.
" It's normal, that's life. People make mistakes. "It's important to know how to handle the consequences of mistakes made before, whether you're a champion or not, I'm going back to the ring and I'm ready to fight the best fighters of the second lightest weight (up to 55.3 kg) or of a low weight. (up to 57.2 kg), goals for 2019, and become again world champion ", – said the veteran 38 years old.
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