I think Oscar knew that Haymon was going to exercise the buyout clause in his contract and was just talking to the media/Rigo's promoters about making a Rigondeaux fight as a way of getting back at Haymon because he knew what was coming.

Haymon would never in a million years want to match Santa Cruz with Rigondeaux especially with Rigondeaux potentially signing with this new rapper. And I think if Haymon didn't exist and Oscar still had full control over Santa Cruz then Oscar would never in a million years want to make the Rigo fight either. Same thing goes for Frampton or Quigg or anybody else at 122.

It's not like the networks even want to show more Rigo fights. HBO don't want anything to do with him anymore and Showtime aren't going to pay serious money to show somebody who is definitely not a TV fighter.

Rigo is going to have to go to 126 and take the very short end of any purse to get back on the big networks and even then it might not happen. Imagine if they put him in with Walters and he makes Walters look stupid while boring the collective arse off HBO's subscribers. HBO seriously tarnish one of their top TV knockout fighters and are stuck with a boring Cuban their subscribers don't want to watch. I can see Rigo's options being more fights against Japanese nobodies or some undercard fight on a big US promotion where he's told if you don't look good it doesn't get broadcast and you don't get back on the network.