Guillermo Rigondeaux

Guillermo Rigondeaux
Rigondeaux in 2012
Personal information
Nickname(s)
El Chacal (The Jackal)
Rigo
BornGuillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz
(1980-09-30) 30 September 1980
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight
Boxing career
Reach67+12 in (171 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights27
Wins23
Win by KO16
Losses3
No contests1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Bantamweight
2004 Athens Bantamweight
World Championships
2001 Belfast Bantamweight
2005 Mianyang Bantamweight
World Cup
2002 Astana Bantamweight
2005 Moscow Bantamweight
2006 Baku Bantamweight
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo Bantamweight
Central American and Caribbean Games
2006 Cartagena Bantamweight
Goodwill Games
2001 Brisbane Bantamweight
Representing Santiago de Cuba
Cuban National Championships
2000 Guantanamo Bantamweight
2001 Santiago de Cuba Bantamweight
2002 Las Tunas Bantamweight
2003 Holguin Bantamweight
2004 Camagüey Bantamweight
2005 Pinar del Rio Bantamweight
2006 Bayamo Bantamweight

Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎeɾmo riɣonˈdo oɾˈtiθ]; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer, who held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and Ring magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and 2017, and the WBA (Regular) bantamweight title from 2020 to 2021.

As amateur Rigondeaux won consecutive gold medals in the bantamweight division at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is also a seven-time Cuban national champion at bantamweight (2000–2006), finishing his amateur career with a record of about 475 fights with 12 losses.

Rigondeaux has been lauded by boxing trainer Freddie Roach as being "probably the greatest talent I've ever seen." He is known for his exceptionally fast hand speed, punching power, counterpunching abilities, athleticism, reflexes and footwork. He is widely considered one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time.