Guillermo Rigondeaux stripped of junior featherweight title

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    Guillermo Rigondeaux has been stripped of his junior featherweight world title, even though he lost while challenging junior lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko on Dec. 9.

    Rigondeaux moved up two weight classes for the much-anticipated bout with Lomachenko in New York -- the first professional boxing match between two-time Olympic gold medalists. Rigondeaux went into that fight knowing that the WBA had issued a ruling ahead of time stating that should Rigondeaux win, he would have five days to decide whether to keep the 130-pound belt he would have won or return to the 122-pound division to defend that title.

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