Rigondeaux after loss to Casimero: Filipino fans have a great champion, his name is Pacquiao

Guillermo Rigondeaux took the gloves off on Twitter after his split decision loss against Filipino boxer John Riel Casimero for the WBO bantamweight title on Sunday morning.

"'He won' according to the judges, that is fine by me," Rigondeaux said in a tweet. "Boxing has never been fair to me at the professional level. But he is no Pacquiao and my chin is still on my head."

“He won” according to the judges, that is fine by me. Boxing has never been fair to me at the professional level.
But he is no Pacquiao and my chin is still on my head.

— Guillermo Rigondeaux (@RigoElChacal305) August 15, 2021

"Congratulations to the Filipino fans. You have a great champion, his name is Pacquiao," Rigondeaux said, referring to eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao.

Congratulations to the Filipino fans. You have a great champion, his name is Pacquiao.

— Guillermo Rigondeaux (@RigoElChacal305) August 15, 2021

Prior to these tweets, Rigondeaux also said he was "not going to make excuses for anything" and "was expecting a guy ready to blow my chin away and sent me to retirement."

"No one has to make me a champion or give me anything. You can point fingers at my style all you want but everything I got I fought for it. Nothing was given," said Rigondeaux.

Earlier, Casimero successfully defended his title, with two judges siding on the Filipino boxer, 116-112 and 117-111, while the third judge gave it to Rigondeaux, 115-113.

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA News