This is reported by the publication BoxingScene.
Rigondeaux was required to defend the title against Moises Flores, but asked the WBA permission to postpone the defense for the sake of the right to climb two categories higher and fight with Vasily Lomachenko.
The WBA leadership has set Rigondo a condition that he will retain the belt, only in case of a victory over Lomachenko.
Then he would have five days to choose which of the belts he will leave himself. The Ukrainian did not claim the belt of the Cuban.
As previously reported in URA-Inform, WBO world champion Vasily Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) was named the best boxer in the world in 2017 according to the authoritative magazine The Ring.