Guillermo Rigondeaux will have to wait for another day to make his bantamweight debut.
According to multiple media outlets, the Cuban southpaw’s scheduled fight against Venezuelan Liborio Solis on the Tony Harrison-Jermell Charlo II card this Saturday in Ontario, Calif. was scrapped because Solis couldn’t get a visa in time for the fight.
Rigondeaux (19-1, 13 KOs) is coming off an unexpected slugfest against Julio Ceja at the junior featherweight limit in June, in which the Cuban won by eighth-round technical knockout. Rigondeaux hasn’t campaigned at 118 pounds since his amateur days.
Rigondeaux was a two-time Olympic champion and has won two junior featherweight titles as a professional.
Premier Boxing Champions has had bad luck with bantamweight bouts. Last month, the Luis Nery-Emmanuel Rodriguez bantamweight fight was nixed after Nery failed to make weight.