Zahir Raheem is best known for upsetting Eric Morales a few years back. For his biggest career win as a professional he was punished rather than rewarded. It has been well documented that Arum just didnt try to get him any quality fights. Truth be told Raheem wasnt an all out action fighter. He had the skills to make great fighters look ordinary but in Arums mind it didnt translate well to making money in his pockets. In todays boxing arena its all about action fights rather than skilled fighters. People rather see a Gotti fight rather than a skilled pugilist applying his craft of hit but not get hit. The sweet science has always been about applying such a skill until it became an entertainment entity rather than a skillful trade. I feel Rigo is the next Arum victim to sit on a shelf collecting dust for the remainder of his career! How is it that Arum has already lined up Juanma for Donaires comeback but states how difficult its gonna be ro promote rigo? Whats everyones opinion on shelving outstanding talent in favor of slugfests?
Im not comparing resumes beteen rigo and rahir but only making an observation as what is to come or not come if he stays with Arum. Arum isnt to keen on promoting this guy. You would think after a win like this your promoter would be taking up a storm hyping you up. Being that he beat his other pino cash cow he rather down play the achievement. If this would have been a victory over Mares he would be singing a different tune. You heard it from me first. Arum will not do the same multimillion dollar paydays for rigo like he does donaire and hes not going to get any significant fights for him to make that happen!
I see what you mean but if Rigo keeps winning Arum has no choice but to adequately promote him.
As for Zaheer Raheem, I remember watching him outbox Morrales and think to myself "WTF is wrong with El Terrible?" If he would've won his next fight vs Freitas, he might have received a different approach from Bob 'POS' Arum.
Im not comparing resumes beteen rigo and rahir but only making an observation as what is to come or not come if he stays with Arum. Arum isnt to keen on promoting this guy. You would think after a win like this your promoter would be taking up a storm hyping you up. Being that he beat his other pino cash cow he rather down play the achievement. If this would have been a victory over Mares he would be singing a different tune. You heard it from me first. Arum will not do the same multimillion dollar paydays for rigo like he does donaire and hes not going to get any significant fights for him to make that happen!
For starters, Raheem was not a 2 time Olympic Gold Medalist with 400 amateur fights and he was not champion by his 9th pro fight, and Ring champion by his 12th pro fight and a couple of wins over top 10 fighters.
Raheem came out of nowhere with that win and he was just a tune up for Morales for the Pacquiao rematch.
So there's no way Rigondeaux can be the next Raheem. He's already far more accomplished both as an amateur and as a pro.
Maybe. Raheem didn't have much pop or was as brash as Floyd could be. Top Rank didn't do much Floyd either even though Floyd was for real right out of the Amateurs.
Yeah, but they treated him like their #1. Raheem was probably the last thing on their minds.
That's a tremendous insult to Guillermo Rigondeaux. He was better than Raheem before Donaire, let alone after.
Raheem was dead average. His career after Morales proved that without doubt.
^^^^this....****ty comparison...
Morales was not elite anymore when he lost or in his prime. Rigo beat a Prime Donaire, top 5 p4p fighter, totally different. Rigo is gonna keep doing work and build a legacy.
The difference is Rigo has 2 belts and is #1 in the division and top 10 pound for pound. People are going to be gunning for him and don't have the option to avoid him at 122 unlike Raheem.
If Rigo loses to Mares or someone like that like Raheem did to Freitas in his follow up fight, then yes.
This. Arum could've marketed Raheem just like Floyd, but Raheem wasn't the truth.
That's a tremendous insult to Guillermo Rigondeaux. He was better than Raheem before Donaire, let alone after.
Raheem was dead average. His career after Morales proved that without doubt.
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