Rigondeaux fighting on NYE in Japan!!!!

I wonder who Rigo's next victim will be.

Yeah, 500k sounds way way off. The Japanese granita tigons are always criticized for not paying the athletes as well.

lol more like 50k

Yeah, on the undercard of Kazuto Ioka. Ryo Miyazaki and Katsunari Takayama are supposed to be on the card as well. I.B.F. Light Flyweight champ Javier Mendoza is the possible opponent for Miyazaki. From what I've read it will be in Osaka, where Ioka, Miyazaki and Takayama are all from, not Tokyo. The other card on the same day will be in Tokyo, the Uchiyama one

There u go! Guarantee rigo Is gonna make a grip of new fans. The japanese are something else. If ur skin color is different from theirs ur gonna be an attraction. .... if you've got something else that makes you interesting, then yes. Akebono and Bob Sapp are massive dudes, and everyone likes a spectacle. Bobby Olugun played things up for slapstick (miss-pronouncing common Japanese words for laughs, etc). Rampage Jackson had charisma in buckets and would execute his giant slams. Guys like "Axe Murderor" Wanderlei Silva, "Shogun" Rua and Fedor all became major stars in Japan because they were devastating and dynamic fighters. What does Guillermo Rigondeaux bring to the table that could make him a spectacle? It's not like he's standing in front of a guy, make him miss every shot (a la Floyd Mayweather). The moment that Rigo gets on his bike and runs is probably the moment that his potential dies in Japan

Rigondeaux is fighting? Finally something really exciting will happen on New Years Eve! :headbang:

There u go! Guarantee rigo Is gonna make a grip of new fans. The japanese are something else. If ur skin color is different from theirs ur gonna be an attraction.

Rigotards... unite :grouphug:

Great news for Rigo if it's true.

Is this a part of one of those K1 Dynamite New Year's Eve shows at the Tokyo Dome?

http://www.elnuevoherald.com/deportes/boxeo/article3985139.html Is expected to earn half a mill to go up to 126lbs for a stay busy fight I guess complements of Caribe Promotions. Haven't heard confirmation from Gary Hyde yet but it has been on twitter for several hours now https://twitter.com/promotioncaribe/status/534476224308183041 Somebody from Japan is going to give him half a mil? they don't even pay their fighters there that much Skeptical about that number, but at least Japanese people won't boo him... because they're either quiet or loud