Donaire has looked like **** in his fights since the Walters beat down. Zolt Bedak, is similar to his win against Sydorenko. He was an overmatched opponent. Rigs would embarrass Donaire like he did the first time. I'd prefer to see Rigs fight other opponents.
since being KOd by walters donaire moved back to 122 won 4, 3 by ko.. he also has rigos WBO belt which he got stripped of..
I'll watch it if it has to happen for unification/mandatory reasons, but would I look forward to it from a matchup standpoint? Heck no. I would rather watch Pac/Bradley IV. Rigo gave Nonito a boxing lesson and nothing Nonito can learn in the rest of his lifetime could change the outcome if they stepped into the same ring 1000 times.
A rematch between two counterpunchers is almost never warranted. Who wants to see a Lara-Trout rematch?
I think Rigo pretty much ended his own career against Agbeko anyway.
No. Rigo doesn't deserve to be involved in televised fights.
Professional boxing exists solely for entertainment. If the fighter is not entertaining, he is not doing his job. Putting him on television hurts boxing's image and is detrimental to the sport. And it's a waste of HBO or whoevers budget when there are entertaining guys we could be seeing instead. The fans don't owe his ass a living, he needs to find a job.
Perfectly put. I'll add that sometimes fighters get away with being boring by facing popular opposition and beating them. That's the route Mayweather took. He's always been a boring fighter, but he became the sports greatest draw and top earner simply by facing popular fighters and getting wins.
Rigo thought he got there before he actually did, and no one cares about any of his fights now. After the Donaire fight, he needed to be more flexible about how and where to go next.
No because Nonito lost and lost badly, and has only regressed. Its to the point i wanna see ND retire because he clearly lost confidence and has nothing left to give the sport.
I respect Rigo's skills but even then, he does not entertain.
In any sport skills are important, but we want goals, points, home runs or whatever it is.
In boxing we want activity, hard clean shots etc... being too defensive isn't good.
Na guys like rigo should be ducked to teach us boxing fans a lessen , donaire stepped up and fought rigo when he really didn't , when he loss fans turned on him and disrespected ,now donaire back looking good and has a belt His belt lol
Donair stepped up when no one else didn't and still hasn't we don't deserve boxers like donaire
No. Rigo doesn't deserve to be involved in televised fights.
Professional boxing exists solely for entertainment. If the fighter is not entertaining, he is not doing his job. Putting him on television hurts boxing's image and is detrimental to the sport. And it's a waste of HBO or whoevers budget when there are entertaining guys we could be seeing instead. The fans don't owe his ass a living, he needs to find a job.