Rigondeaux Vs. Donaire - this has the potential to be great

I was really surprised by how quick Rigo is. First time seeing him fight.

 

LMAO the only comparison would be one guy is Filipino and the other guy is dark skinned. That's it.

Rigo did his thing. Outfoxed Donaire for 12 rounds. It was actually a bit better than I thought it would be. Never thought it was going to be a "great fight", because it had a high chance of stinkability. Rigo ran a little, but for the most part he stayed in the box and was slipping punches and not clinching. That's boxing.

Huge win for Rigo but I still don't find him exciting. He won't put butts in seats and it'll take an Abner Mares for me to want to see him fight again.

 

Or Leo Santa Cruz. Too bad their both Golden Boy and GBP and TR don't get along like high school kids SMH

 

What are you talking about? Say what? All I did was give my review of the fight. Something you can do until after the fight. I've never been a fan of Rigo. I believed you called me out before for calling him "boring". Never said he sucked or anything.

What did I say where I was going out on a limb?

 

Looks like we have our own internet fight right here, ding/ding/ding!!!

 

LOL the only thing I quoted was the may vs pac tidbit. And then I went on to talk about what I saw in the fight. I can't do that? I have to check in with you first? Lmao

Also, please tell me where I said "SEE! I TOLD YOU SO"? I was actually wrong. I expected a boring fight but like I initially said, it was a lil better than I thought. How was that an "I told you so"? All I said was I never thought it would be a great fight, like most fights that include two counter punchers. That's not going out on a limb at all.

Calm down, bro. And I wasn't basing my "review" off you're pre fight assessment, I didn't even read it, to be honest.

 

both of these guys were counter punchers which made the fight boring for some

 

rigo straight schooled donaire

 

I think Rigo's style is very similar to Mayweather. Defensive fighter that the average fan will never really appreciate. Quick as lightning.

 

I found it a very entertaining fight, but my friends who also watched did not. Punch count was low and all that. But man, it was tense to me. I really felt it could have gone either way, and thought it was closer than most are saying here, but not as close as a couple of the cards had it.

I thought Nonito should have been more aggressive earlier, and maybe he could have won on the cards. Then again, as he got more aggressive, he got touched up even more especially in the 12th when he had his right glove basically glued to his eye when it got jacked up.

I really found the fight entertaining to about the halfway point and was on the edge of my seat. When I thought Donaire should have gotten more aggressive and he didn't, I was let down. Then the knockdown in which Rig got RIGHT back up. I knew it meant little.

Donaire underestimated Rigondeaux, plain and simple. It was like they had no game plan. That is inexcusable. Rig knew what he was doing, was in control the entire time, and won.

Oh yeah, we have Canelo and Trout this weekend to look forward to.

 

Nonito got chin like a mutha*****er, rigo tagged his ass hard too, every-time nonito walked in rigo with the straight flush on the jaw...

 

Similar as in quick, defensive first fighters, sure. But still different defensize styles. Remember, Floyd has never been knocked down and is rarely seen hurt in a fight. Rigo has been knocked down before and hurt. He has a questionable jaw, it's just hard to find lol

I disagreed with that comparison because it just wasn't fair to Rigo-Donaire to hype it like that. First off, Pacman-Floyd was suppose to be the biggest fight ever, where everyone wanted to watch. This wasn't even the biggest fight in that weight class and was held in a music hall. Not to mention that Pac vs Floyd is a classic boxer vs brawler matchup and Rigo vs Donaire is a boxer vs boxer fight.

I just didn't think it was right to put those type of high expectations on this fight. what was not the only dude making this comparison. Could be a reason why many people felt this fight was boring.

 

I'm with you...I don't think Rigo is a Floyd Mayweather. I'm not sure anyone ever has been a Floyd Mayweather other than Floyd, himself. Just a similar fighting style.