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# Guillermo Rigondeaux scores first-round knockout and calls out Naoya Inoue

**Fan-favourite former super-bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is yet to walk away from the world of boxing and returned to action last night. Despite being 44-years-old, the slick Cuban technician scored an impressive first-round knockout.**

A two-time Olympic and world champion, Rigondeaux turned professional back in 2009 and did so with a heap of expectation on his shoulders, expected to emulate his success as an amateur in the professional scene.

In just his ninth professional bout, ‘El Chacal’ claimed the WBA super-bantamweight title with a knockout win against Rico Ramos and would defend that title on two occasions before jumping into a unification clash with legendary Filipino Nonito Donaire.

In a career-best display, Rigondeaux became the unified WBA, WBO & The Ring champion with a unanimous-decision victory in New York and five further wins would follow for ‘Rigo’ until he jumped up in weight.

Rigondeaux moved up two weight divisions to take on pound-for-pound number one Vasyl Lomachenko in 2017 for the WBO super-featherweight title but found himself outclassed for the first time in his career and was [halted in six rounds as he suffered a first career defeat](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/lomachenko-reigns-supreme-rigondeaux-quits-on-his-stool-after-round-6/).

Since then, he has dropped down three weight-classes to try his hand in the bantamweight division but [fell short in a title challenge against John Riel Casimero](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/casimero-trumps-rigondeaux-on-the-cards/) and then lost a unanimous-decision to Vincent Astrolabio.

However, last year Rigondeaux bounced back with consecutive wins as a super-bantamweight before a 17-month spell of inactivity ensued.

Last night, the 122lb veteran returned to action and faced Dannis Aguero Arias (20-2), who was a late notice replacement of Ionut Baluta, and it took just one-round for Rigondeaux to dismantle the Dominican.

> The 44-year-old former world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (23-3) ?? makes a successful comeback with a first-round KO over Dannis Aguero Arias (20-3) ?? and is the new WBC International Super Bantamweight titleholder in Miami, Florida ??. [pic.twitter.com/hiCllpIOu8](https://t.co/hiCllpIOu8)
>
> — Permante (@PermantexG) [November 13, 2024](https://twitter.com/PermantexG/status/1856544505924571407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

That victory saw Rigondeaux claim the WBC international super-bantamweight title and he is likely to return to into the top 15 rankings as a result.

The ageing Santiago de Cuba phenomenon also laid down the gauntlet to pound-for-pound number one and current undisputed super-bantamweight champion, Naoya Inoue, in an ambitious call-out during his post-fight interview, as Inoue searches for an well-known opponent [ahead of his return to fighting in the United States](https://wp.boxing-social.com/news/naoya-inoue-three-fight-plan/).

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