I hear Pacquiao camp brought in Rigo as a sparring partner which I find weird that he brought in a southpaw. I'm going to try and find a source real quick. But I just heard the news on facebook.
It sounds like a BS story and I don't believe it. Rigo is a great champion and not likely to work for anyone as a sparring partner unless it was a personal favor. Rigo is the fastest and most skilled fighter around but using a southpaw 122 pounder for sparring doesn't make sense when you will be fighting a 147 pound orthodox right handed fighter.
He will if he's paid 1 million dollars
It sounds like a BS story and I don't believe it. Rigo is a great champion and not likely to work for anyone as a sparring partner unless it was a personal favor. Rigo is the fastest and most skilled fighter around but using a southpaw 122 pounder for sparring doesn't make sense when you will be fighting a 147 pound orthodox right handed fighter.
Fat Dan seems to be spot on (For this fight anyways), and he said thats not true.. Rigo would discourage Pac.. + hes southpaw and fights nothing like floyd.. Would love to see footage of that if it does goes down
Not true. There's no point sparring a guy 25 lbs. lighter than you at that weight anyway. People say to get used to speed lol It's not like they can go hard. What's pac going to learn? Practice pulling and missing his shots?
I remember de la hoya brought in calderon to prepare for pacquiao and read he couldn't hit calderon. And guess what he couldn't land **** on pacquiao LOL. That's absolutely pointless sparring IMO unless pac and rigo are close in weight to where they can go atleast 80%. Nothing to gain for pac.
rigo is not 25 lbs lighter than pac. he's in a 25 lb. lighter division. difference.
you're not really suppose to go hard on sparring.
sparring is for conditioning, sharpening reflexes, working on technique, getting rust off, practicihg gameplan.
they should really bring in crawford since he can fight ortho
lara would be good too. but put him in orthodox stance
gotta match floyds height nd reach, not just footwork nd hand speed
I'm pretty sure they got other sparring partners for that.
its possible he can square right handed, just for reflexes and angles possibly but i doubt
guys rigo level spar to work on their gamw too
scrubs fight to IMITATE upcoming opponents
unless rigo is a PAID sparring partner?
Not true. There's no point sparring a guy 25 lbs. lighter than you at that weight anyway. People say to get used to speed lol It's not like they can go hard. What's pac going to learn? Practice pulling and missing his shots?
I remember de la hoya brought in calderon to prepare for pacquiao and read he couldn't hit calderon. And guess what he couldn't land **** on pacquiao LOL. That's absolutely pointless sparring IMO unless pac and rigo are close in weight to where they can go atleast 70%. Nothing to gain for pac except losing confidence from missing punches and getting hit while not being able to fight back because of the size difference.
he's probably not the DEDICATED SPARRING PARTNER. probably just do a few rounds.
maybe rigo wants to compare difference between a top filipino fighter in manny to a filipino bum like donaire.
its possible he can square right handed, just for reflexes and angles possibly but i doubt
they should really bring in crawford since he can fight ortho
lara would be good too. but put him in orthodox stance
gotta match floyds height nd reach, not just footwork nd hand speed
Heard this earlier. I wouldn't expect them to be sparring a whole lot given Rigo is an elite fighter with a career in front of him. I'm sure Rigo can give him some serious pointers in breaking Floyds defense. Whether he will or not I don't know. I don't even know if Rigo is one to give a sh*t about this fight let alone even knowing who Floyd is.
I hear Pacquiao camp brought in Rigo as a sparring partner which I find weird that he brought in a southpaw. I'm going to try and find a source real quick. But I just heard the news on facebook.
he's probably not the DEDICATED SPARRING PARTNER. probably just do a few rounds.
maybe rigo wants to compare difference between a top filipino fighter in manny to a filipino bum like donaire.