HeCuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux This Saturday he defeated the Venezuelan Liborio Solís by a split decision of the judges and thus obtained the title in the bantamweight category of the World Boxing Association (WBA).
With this victory,The 39-year-old boxer becomes two-division champion and the oldest fighter to win a belt at 118 pounds. In addition, the Santiago native has two Olympic gold medals in his record.
In the fight that was held at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, two of the experts saw Rigondeaux win with a score of 116-111 and 115-112, while the third gave their vote to Solís, with 115- 112.
According to the agency's reportWHICH, the fighter from the Island was severely punished in the first round, but from the second onwards he surpassed his opponent, not because he fought too much, but because he was more effective in his blows.
Rigondeaux was booed by fans for his slow pace, and for not wanting to take risks in the fight, backing away and leaving the danger zone.
However, in the seventh round he managed to get a protection count applied to Solís with an uppercut and two left hooks; In the tenth, he delivered a straight left to the Venezuelan's chin that made him stagger again.
Finally, the Cuban landed 73 of 475 blows and his opponent only 59 of 490.
Rigondeaux has resided in the United States since 2009. The boxer defected from the Cuban delegation during the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2007.
He is considered one of the best amateur boxers of all time and among his long list of titles are, in addition to the Olympic ones he won in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, two other amateur world championships, Belfast 2001 and Mianyang 2005. .
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