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Dan Rafael is reporting that the bantamweight WBO title bout between John Riel Casimero and challenger Guillermo Rigondeaux will officially take place on August 14 in Carson, California. Joining this excellent matchup are two additional bantamweight fights with several of the division’s top contenders.
Casimero (30-4, 21 KO) was all set for a historic title unification with fellow Pinoy and WBC champion Nonito Donaire, before ill-advised and misogynistic comments directed at Donaire’s wife, manager, and trainer, Rachel Donaire, compelled Nonito to call it off. So now Casimero is back where he started before that fiasco, scheduled to take on the slippery Rigondeaux in what is surely a less lucrative fight for him.
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