How Rigondeaux is ruining his career and shouldn't be on the P4P list.

for f sakes even his interviews are boring. Some people say he is the best trash talker in boxing right now.

He's very talented. Like most Cuban fighters they are extremely talented amateurs. But that is it! They're amateurs. Been saying this for years, and have gotten a lot of backlash here from people who think I'm anti Cuban but it bears repeating. Cuban fighters aren't good professionals. They don't take risk, they don't entertain, and they don't belong on TV. Even when you happen to have an entertaining Cuban fighter like Gamboa they find a way to ruin their own career. Some fighters make the most of big opportunities. Rigo does the opposite. He should get a flat with Billy Dib. Rigo shouldn't even box professionally. Professional fighting exists solely for the sake of entertainment. If the fans are not entertained, the fighter isn't doing his job. The bests fights are always at an equilibrium point when highly skilled fighters go to war with one another. Too much of one extreme (unskilled cavemen sluggers) or the other (Guillermo Rigondeaux) is a bad thing. Great posts. That's exactly it.

That fight was a technical masterpiece. You dumbasses obviously have no understanding of the sweet science and don't realize the skills on display. On the real, Rigondeaux looked very rusty.

for f sakes even his interviews are boring.

Many missed opportunities for that counter left and he just couldn't pull the trigger. Rigondeaux looked shot.

Last night was god awful, literally one of the worst fights I have ever seen. His opponent had a record of 28-3-1, two fights before he got knocked out in 2 minutes at a weightclass below. Rigondeaux is complaining he never gets any recognition, and people want him in their top 10 or even 5 P4P. This was a guy he should destroy. I'm not saying he should knock the guy out every time to be popular. But he should win in spectacular fashion, showing his brilliant skills and being explosive. He even got tagged pretty hard a few times by right hands. Last night he was on a PPV card of one of the biggest fights in recent time and had a huge audience watching him. This was his chance to shine and get new fans and by getting more fans getting more money which he thinks he deserves. He failed on every account proving he only cares about himself, has no ability to change it up, has no desire to please the fans and be exciting. If I never see him fight again I would be OK with that. There is no doubt he is supremely skilled but he doesn't really use it as much as he should. You could argue it was ring rust, but IMHO i don't think it was, he had a lot of opportunities but he never took them. Where do you rank him P4P after last night? IMO, honestly he is HIGHLY SKILLED, but he is not in my top 10 anymore. No risk, no reward. I agree with your post for the most part, he didn't do himself any favors at all with that performance and he chose probably the worst possible night to look mortal. He was dull and super reticent for some reason like he was waiting for something even though his fvcking opponent was right in front of him. He needs a miracle match and performance if he wants to save his career, because he lost a lot of eyes with that last night....

I'm over him - my house was FILLED with 30 people and food for 60. About 15 of those were boxing heads - we spent the build up talking about Rigo this and Rigo that He killed all the fun we were having - we just ended up turning on Spotify and taking shots, eating and goof off playing cards of humanity (best game ever with alcohol btw). I was never a big fan of Rigo, but I respected his craft. But I'm over him Objectively speaking, he can't be on p4p list - no notable win in years and no quality performances since then.

Some fighters make the most of big opportunities. Rigo does the opposite. He should get a flat with Billy Dib. Rigo shouldn't even box professionally. Professional fighting exists solely for the sake of entertainment. If the fans are not entertained, the fighter isn't doing his job. The bests fights are always at an equilibrium point when highly skilled fighters go to war with one another. Too much of one extreme (unskilled cavemen sluggers) or the other (Guillermo Rigondeaux) is a bad thing.

He's very talented. Like most Cuban fighters they are extremely talented amateurs. But that is it! They're amateurs. Been saying this for years, and have gotten a lot of backlash here from people who think I'm anti Cuban but it bears repeating. Cuban fighters aren't good professionals. They don't take risk, they don't entertain, and they don't belong on TV. Even when you happen to have an entertaining Cuban fighter like Gamboa they find a way to ruin their own career.

I've pretty much given up on him. Waste of talent imo.

I'm not putting too much stock in it. It was a really poor performance but given he's been inactive and had only a weeks notice...somewhat understandable. The concern is he's getting old. At those weight classes, 35+ is ancient. How much is rust and how much is decline? I agree with this post, Rigo needs to get back into the ring ASAP.

Rigonduck should stop hiding from Loma but I guess he's happy fighting handpicked bums and still stinking out the joint, like he did last night

I'm not putting too much stock in it. It was a really poor performance but given he's been inactive and had only a weeks notice...somewhat understandable. The concern is he's getting old. At those weight classes, 35+ is ancient. How much is rust and how much is decline? good post. Agree with all of this

I'm not putting too much stock in it. It was a really poor performance but given he's been inactive and had only a weeks notice...somewhat understandable. The concern is he's getting old. At those weight classes, 35+ is ancient. How much is rust and how much is decline? Yes good point, i somewhat agree.. but the thing is, it didn't even look like he tried or wanted to look good...

I'm not putting too much stock in it. It was a really poor performance but given he's been inactive and had only a weeks notice...somewhat understandable. The concern is he's getting old. At those weight classes, 35+ is ancient. How much is rust and how much is decline?

I missed his fight, I walked in towards the end of the last under card fight. I kind of thought he was going to be the last under card fight. His last fight vs that Japanese fighter wasn't bad, so what was wrong with this fight? What was he doing? no you didnt. You missed wasting 30 minutes of your life

I missed his fight, I walked in towards the end of the last under card fight. I kind of thought he was going to be the last under card fight. His last fight vs that Japanese fighter wasn't bad, so what was wrong with this fight? What was he doing? He waited (as he usually does) but this time when his opponent gave him an opening he didn't do anything. At one point after pressing the entire fight the opponent stopped and told Rigo to attack, lowered his hands and waited for 20-30 seconds, Rigo didn't even step towards him. At many points his opponent missed so bad Rigo could have KO'd him easily but instead he didn't even jab him, he stepped away. I've heard his fight against the japanese dude wasnt bad, thats the only fight of his I have not seen. The best word to describe it was frustrating, you know he is skilled enough to crush the guy but he is content to baaarely winning each round by barely throwing a punch and literally never leading..

I missed his fight, I walked in towards the end of the last under card fight. I kind of thought he was going to be the last under card fight. His last fight vs that Japanese fighter wasn't bad, so what was wrong with this fight? What was he doing?