Former world champion Guillermo Rigdondeaux will return to the ring on a Premier Boxing Champions card in January, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
PBC has three cards scheduled in January: a Jan. 13 card on Fox Sports 1 in Los Angeles headlined by Jose Uzcategui’s mandatory super middleweight title defense against Caleb Plant; the Jan. 19 Showtime PPV card headlined by Manny Pacquiao defending his welterweight belt against Adrien Broner; and a Jan. 26 Fox card at Barclays Center headlined by welterweight titlist Keith Thurman against Josesito Lopez.
“Rigo is training and he will be on one of those January shows,” manager ALex Bornote said.
He added that although Rigondeaux fought as a junior lightweight in his last fight, he is returning to the 122-pound junior featherweight division.
