Comments Thread For: Merchant Responds To Rigondeaux's Complaints on HBO

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This past weekend, HBO presented a solid card from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. defended his WBC middleweight crown against worthy challenger Marco Antonio Rubio while Nonito Donaire captured the vacant WBO junior featherweight crown with an eventful unanimous decision over former champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.

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BIGBOXINGFAN

LOL Larry Merchant the promoter

thuggery

Please retire.

Twako

he's got a point.

C E L L

merchant is absolutely correct. Donaire is top 10 p4p in the entire sport, a 4 division champion with two wins vs two other top 10 p4p fighters.

Who the flying F*ck is rigondeaux, a guy with 9 professional fights and whose best win is ricardo cordoba, trying to dictate what fights should take place?

Know your place rignodeaux and more importantly, earn your place.

DTanc

To answer Merchant's question, I'd rather see Donaire against Rigondeaux. If those are my only 2 choices, Arce or Rigo, then yeah Rigo. Arce is a great all action fighter, but I don't give him a shot in hell against Donaire

terror_tim

I would agree but there isn't anyone more deserving than Rigo for the fight at this moment. No one was clamoring to see Donaire fight WV2 so why is it so crazy he fights Rigo? I do see fans wanting to see this fight, more so than the Arce fight.

Ray*

Merchant is a moron, He cant have it both ways, this was the same scenario with Mayweather and Margarito, Mayweather was moving to 147 just like Nonito was moving up, Margarito was a beltholder just like rigo is a beltholder, So he cant be saying this while he was saying the opposite when it involves floyd.

terror_tim

If no one is clamoring for this fight that why does it keep getting mentioned? Sorry but they are looking for excuses. Rigo might only have 9 fights but lets not pretend he is like your normal fighters coming into the pros. Make the fight.

PBFP4P

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Originally Posted by Ray*

Merchant is a moron, He cant have it both ways, this was the same scenario with Mayweather and Margarito, Mayweather was moving to 147 just like Nonito was moving up, Margarito was a beltholder just like rigo is a beltholder, So he cant be saying this while he was saying the opposite when it involves floyd.

Wouldn't Nishioka be more like Margarito than Rigo?

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Twako Undisputed Champion Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 2,041 Rep Power: 9 Points: 100,015,529.14 Bank: 183,750,578,046.58 Total Points: 183,850,593,575.72 Donate	he's got a point.

C E L L Perfection Join Date: May 2010 Location: The Other World Posts: 5,376 Rep Power: 21 Points: 340,557.01 Bank: 794,470,395.46 Total Points: 794,810,952.47 Donate	merchant is absolutely correct. Donaire is top 10 p4p in the entire sport, a 4 division champion with two wins vs two other top 10 p4p fighters. Who the flying F*ck is rigondeaux, a guy with 9 professional fights and whose best win is ricardo cordoba, trying to dictate what fights should take place? Know your place rignodeaux and more importantly, earn your place.

DTanc Contender Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Manchester, NH Posts: 324 Rep Power: 0 Points: 357,527.00 Bank: 2,845,692.32 Total Points: 3,203,219.32 Donate	To answer Merchant's question, I'd rather see Donaire against Rigondeaux. If those are my only 2 choices, Arce or Rigo, then yeah Rigo. Arce is a great all action fighter, but I don't give him a shot in hell against Donaire

terror_tim Amateur Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 0 Points: 756.34 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 756.34 Donate	I would agree but there isn't anyone more deserving than Rigo for the fight at this moment. No one was clamoring to see Donaire fight WV2 so why is it so crazy he fights Rigo? I do see fans wanting to see this fight, more so than the Arce fight.

Ray* Raycorey Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London,England Age: 34 Posts: 20,889 Rep Power: 52 Points: 32,178.76 Bank: 1,832,409,990,125.64 Total Points: 1,832,410,022,304.40 Donate	Merchant is a moron, He cant have it both ways, this was the same scenario with Mayweather and Margarito, Mayweather was moving to 147 just like Nonito was moving up, Margarito was a beltholder just like rigo is a beltholder, So he cant be saying this while he was saying the opposite when it involves floyd.