You can bet your life that Bob Arum will not throw Nonito in there with Rigo, no way. Both are Top Rank, but Nonito is a future face of boxing perhaps, and has potential fights with Lopez, Gamboa, Garcia, and others down the line.
I honestly do NOT see Donaire beating Rigo. Yes, Rigo was tentative against Cordoba, but he's looked solid against Casey and Ramos. He made Ramos, a pretty solid pro fighter, look like the amateur.
If Donaire pressures Rigo, then Rigo will counter him and move. Yes, Nonito is fast, but Rigo matches him in speed. And if Nontio tries to box Rigo, well it's going to turn into a one-sided affair like rounds 2-5 with Rigo winning the rounds.
Skill wise I think Rigo and Donaire are about equal, but i think i'll give the edge to Rigo. Donaire is the bigger puncher I think, and I think slightly faster.
Arum better make this fight happen, if he learned from the Lopez./Gamboa debacle.
You can bet your life that Bob Arum will not throw Nonito in there with Rigo, no way. Both are Top Rank, but Nonito is a future face of boxing perhaps, and has potential fights with Lopez, Gamboa, Garcia, and others down the line.
I honestly do NOT see Donaire beating Rigo. Yes, Rigo was tentative against Cordoba, but he's looked solid against Casey and Ramos. He made Ramos, a pretty solid pro fighter, look like the amateur.
If Donaire pressures Rigo, then Rigo will counter him and move. Yes, Nonito is fast, but Rigo matches him in speed. And if Nontio tries to box Rigo, well it's going to turn into a one-sided affair like rounds 2-5 with Rigo winning the rounds.
Yes, I have for awhile now. I like Donaire, more so than Manny, but I gotta go with Rigo. Of course you will pick Donaire, you are his fan, and I will pick Rigo, I am a huge Rigo and Lara fan.
Donaire fought Narvaez, a crap fight really/stay busy fight, and couldn't manage to get him out of their. And Narvaez did NOTHING that fight, and Nonito still couldn't really land anything effective at all. Imagine Rigo, who is as fast as Donaire, and who counter punches almost at will, and who still packs a punch.
If Bob learned anything from Lopez getting KO'd by Salido, it's that he better make this Rigo-Donaire in the Summer or Fall 2012. No excuses from Arum or Nonito, and I think Donaire will fight him.
Yes, Rigo didn't throw a ton against Ramos, but he wasn't being engaged AT ALL. He still landed over 30% of his power punches, against a fighter that got a taste the first round, and never engaged at all. Ramos looked worse than Mosley did against Pacquiao last May, unwilling to fight.
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