31, so he thought he would get away with calling me out. I would love to fight Leo Santa Cruz on Jan. Responding to Santa Cruz’s comments that he’d love the fight, Rigondeaux had this to say, per Satterfield. Rigo has been calling out fellow 122-pound titlist Leo Santa Cruz for seemingly an eternity now, and it seems that he’s taken a page out of his compatriot Erislandy Lara’s book. His style has turned off the major American cable networks, and fellow champions at and around his weight are forced to make a careful cost-benefit analysis about whether or not to fight him. The 34-year-old unified super bantamweight champion is easily one of the most purely talented boxers on the planet-perhaps the best-but he’s relegated to traveling the world in pursuit of second- and third-tier opponents willing to fight him. Guillermo Rigondeaux doesn’t have the luxuries afforded to many fighters.

When a guy as big and strong as Wilder makes those sorts of comments, you’d do well to take them seriously.Īnd that’s just some tip-of-the-iceberg type stuff from the usually jovial Wilder.īut, again, guys that big can say whatever they want, but backing it up?ĭeontay will have his chance on Saturday night. The thing about it is that I’m the most dangerous when I have something personal against you. I predict a second round knockout but I guarantee that it’s not going past four. What do you think he’s predicting for that one? 17 when he faces Bermane Stiverne for the WBC Heavyweight Championship in Las Vegas.

The Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native will get his sternest test and biggest opportunity on Jan. Wilder has knocked out every man he’s faced, with 18 coming in the first round and none surviving past the fourth, so it’s easy to understand why he’d be confident in his punching abilities. Of the 32 unfortunate souls that have stepped through the ropes to face him, can you guess the number that were still standing to hear the final bell?

You can understand Deontay Wilder’s confidence.

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