By Elisinio Castillo
Two-Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0, 10KOs) was not impressed by today's super bantamweight unification at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
IBF champion Carl Frampton added Scott Quigg's WBA super bantamweight belt by winning their unification fight by split decision on Saturday.
Frampton, from Northern Ireland, was only a slight favorite against local fighter Quigg, and the fight between the unbeaten pair also played out closely over 12 mainly cagey rounds before a sellout crowd of 20,000.
A good final round by Frampton, who frustrated Quigg and came off the ropes with uppercuts, may have decided it for the judges, two of whom scored it 116-112 for Frampton. The third gave it to Quigg by 115-113.
Frampton improved his record to 22-0, having owned the IBF belt for a year.
Quigg's record dropped to 31-1-2, having lost the WBA "regular" version he's owned for three years.
Rigondeaux has been chasing both fighters for several years. The two-time Olympic gold medal winner, who was stripped of his WBO/WBA super titles for inactivity, returns on March 12th against Jazza Dickens in Liverpool.
"Just so Frampton and Quigg know, I still want to fight both of you. So stop thinking about a rematch and fight me first. No wonder [Quigg has] been running away from me 4 years. He can't even box. Do you guys remember what happen toNonito? Wait until I get this guy. I will be arriving in Liverpool in a few days. If Al Haymon doesn't let [Frampton] fight me, [then]come see me. We can do a few rounds of sparring. The only of these guys that got my absolute respect today is Jazza Dickens. He made no excuses. Hope these guys learn something from him," Rigondeaux stated on social media.
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