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Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Liborio Solis canceled because of Solis visa issues

The Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Liborio Solis bantamweight bout is no longer a go after Solis was not able to get a valid visa.

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.

Jermell Charlo: Tony Harrison was dropped in sparring, ‘faked injury’

Jermell Charlo accused Tony Harrison of getting dropped during sparring and then faking an ankle injury to avoid their rematch in July.

Bad blood continues to brew between Tony Harrison and Jermell Charlo.

The junior middleweights went back and forth during a testy, expletive-laden press conference Thursday in Los Angeles to announce their December 21 rematch in nearby Ontario. The rematch of their hotly disputed fight last year, in which Harrison took Charlo’s title by a split decision, was postponed after Harrison suffered an ankle injury in training camp.

Charlo, however, was never sold on that explanation. On Thursday, he insisted that Harrison “faked his injury” as a cover up for a sparring session that had gone wrong.

“DeAndre Ware was one of your sparring partners out in Detroit,” Charlo said. “He clipped you. Dropped you. You were out. And then you had to regroup in your mind. Keep it real.”

Charlo (32-1, 16 knockouts) suggested that the alleged knockdown left Harrison too rattled to go on with the rematch in the summer.

“You faked the injury,” Charlo continued. “Thank you for being honest. He wasn’t ready. He wasn’t ready for what I was getting ready to deliver to him.”Harrison (28-2, 21 KOs) chuckled and responded, “I’m here, aren’t I?”

But Charlo didn’t stop there.

“You didn’t have surgery,” he said. “June 3rd you were supposed to be having surgery on your ankle. He cleared himself. He didn’t have a doctor clear his ankle. … All of a sudden, you postpone the fight. Yeah, you faked it.”

 

Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Liborio Solis added to Harrison-Charlo II card

Cuban slickster Guillermo Rigondeaux will face Liborio Solis on the undercard of the Tony Harrison-Jermell Charlo rematch on December 21.

We’ll see soon whether  Guillermo Rigondeaux has really turned into a slugger.

The noted Cuban slickster will move down in weight to face Panamanian Liborio Solis in a 12-round bantamweight contest on the Tony Harrison-Jermell Charlo II card Dec. 21 in Ontario, California, it was announced today in a press release.

Rigondeaux (19-1, 13 knockouts) has been roundly criticized for putting on dull performances. However, in his last fight, he surprised viewers by staying in the pocket and trading punches with Julio Ceja, who was stopped by a whistling left hand in the eighth round of a junior featherweight fight he was winning on the cards.

After the bout, the victor seemed to suggest that his tactics were a response to his critics. It could be that at age 39, Rigondeaux no longer has the legs to evade his opponents for 12 rounds.

As for the 37-year-old Solis (30-5-1, 14 KOs), this will be his first fight on U.S. soil. He has dropped decisions to former titleholders Shinsuke Yamanka and Jamie McDonnell but is riding a five-fight win streak.

The card will also feature hard-hitting Nigerian heavyweight prospect Efe Ajagba (11-0, 9 KOs) in a 10-rounder against Iago Kiladze (26-4-1, 18 KOs).