Guillermo Rigondeaux

Guillermo Rigondeaux might be the most technically gifted boxer most casual fans have never bothered to watch, and honestly that's boxing's loss. The guy won back-to-back Olympic gold medals for Cuba in 2000 and 2004 — two golds, full stop — before defecting and eventually carving out a professional career that saw him unify the super bantamweight titles and hold belts from the WBA, WBO, and The Ring magazine simultaneously. His defensive brilliance and southpaw angles make him genuinely difficult to hit, which is impressive but also why critics call him boring; I'd call it genius under a different label. The Lomachenko fight in 2017 was a humbling that even his fans have to acknowledge, but one rough night doesn't erase what is arguably the most decorated amateur pedigree of any boxer alive.

Name (English)

Guillermo Rigondeaux

Name (Japanese)

ギレルモ・リゴンドウ

Reading

ぎれるも・りごんどう

Born

September 30, 1980 (age 45)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Origin

Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba

Height

168 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• WBO World Junior Featherweight Champion
• WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion
• WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion
• WBA World Bantamweight Champion (secondary)
• The Ring World Junior Featherweight Champion

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rigoelchacal305/
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• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%82%A6

Tags

• Santiago de Cuba Province
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.