Boxing legend Guillermo Rigondeaux has severely burned both his eyes in a cooking accident, reportedly losing 80 per cent of his vision.

Mr Rigondeax’s manager, Alex Boronte, revealed the upsetting news to ESPN. Mr Boronte said the former champion was cooking Cuban black beans when his pressure cooker exploded, splashing boiling water into his chest and both his eyes.

“They make bombs out of [pressure cookers],” Mr Boronte told ESPN. “If one of those beans clogs up where the steam is going to go out, it’s like a bomb. It could have killed him.”

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