Casey happy with preparations as title date nears

WILLIE “Big Bang” Casey and Guillermo Rigondeaux came face to face at the Montenotte Hotel in Cork for the first time on Saturday ahead of their world title fight in March.

A championship ring was erected at the venue and a large crowd watched Rigondeaux, who won two Olympic and two world titles as an amateur, as he danced through a light workout under veteran trainer Tony Dunlop.

Lord Mayor of Cork, Councillor Michael O’Sullivan, was first in to face Rigondeaux, who beat Ricardo Cordoba for the WBA world interim title in just his seventh professional fight.