When last seen in the ring, Edwin Rodriguez had the worst performance of his career.

It was last November, when Rodriguez was supposed to challenge super middleweight champion Andre Ward in an HBO main event. But first Rodriguez missed the 168-pound limit -- by two pounds -- and then looked positively horrible in losing a lopsided decision to Ward.

Rodriguez has not fought since, and neither has Ward, who is wrapped up in a never-ending battle with promoter Dan Goossen and wasting his best days.

But back to Rodriguez. As part of the deal Rodriguez got from HBO to fight Ward (for around $1 million!) he was given a contractually obligated comeback fight by HBO even if he lost. Now it's time for HBO to pay the piper.

Rodriguez, now fighting at light heavyweight, will appear on the Gennady Golovkin-Marco Antonio Rubio undercard on Oct. 18 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The fight, however, will not be part of HBO's "World Championship Boxing" telecast. Instead, it will air on HBO Latino, HBO's Spanish-language channel.

Rodriguez (24-1, 16 KOs), 29, of the Dominican Republic, who grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, will face Azea Augustama (17-1, 9 KOs), 31, a native of Haiti based in South Florida. The one time Augustama faced a remotely notable opponent he lost an eight-round decision to Denis Grachev in 2011.

"This is his contract comeback fight. HBO wanted to put it on HBO Latino and we were OK with that," said Lou DiBella, Rodriguez's promoter. "Edwin is fighting at 175 now and we didn't want to fight a stooge. We wanted a solid guy to see where he is and to assess it pretty quickly. Augustama is a guy we can do that with. I don't think this is a walk-in-the-park kind of fight."