Showtime Boxing announced on April 16 its upcoming schedule, which included the Casimero vs. Rigondeaux fight. } By Barry Holbrook: Bantamweight champions John Riel Casimero and Guillermo Rigondeaux are in negotiations for a unification fight in March or April. ]]>, See More: Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Guillermo Rigondeaux fought only one time in 2020, but he has not despaired. Boxing schedule for 2021: Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders, Andy Ruiz vs. Chris Arreola on tap There's plenty of big fights coming soon as boxing gets back in the groove jQuery('.scrim.open .email-signup-module .module-wrapper button').trigger('click'); John Riel Casimero vs Guillermo Rigondeaux. He would finally get the major fight he long craved, a unification bout with pound-for-pound candidate Naoya Inoue. Two of the best bantamweights in the world will meet as former unified world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux faces John Riel Casimero for Casimero’s WBO bantamweight world title in a headlining showdown. © 2021 ABS-CBN Corporation. "Pero 'pag matamaan 'yan sa atin isang beses lang tulog 'yan. Speaking to Memo Heredia, coach of Casimero, a proposed bout between his world champ and Rigondeaux could take place in either March or April of 2021 and is a fight that his team wants. Gibbons says that, despite taking some time off from the gym when the Inoue fight was cancelled, Casimero is in far better shape than he was for his last fight, when he knocked out Tete in three rounds. Casimero had arrived for camp in early October of 2019 weighing 144 pounds, cutting down in weight before focusing on strategy.