What Did You Guys Think Of Rigondeaux's Pro Debut?

[Unique]

As fighters age they mature mentally. That is the difference between watching a 28 year old fighter and a 19 year old fighter, especially a 28 year old fighter that has been doing this his whole life.

Hes picked up a trick or too and has learned that its best to use his tricks than to go all out every round.

He fought an incredibly mature fight tonight. I was impressed. I expected him to be a little more wreckless.

He should've been more wreckless.

His opponent was offering no offense, so why not blitz him?

Guillermo's an experienced boxer.

I'm sure he's capable of going into attack mode if he wants to.

Especially against a guy who's not giving you anything in return.

[Unique]

Lomanchenko is actually much more like a Hatton with better defense, but thats besides the point.

He uses the same footwork patterns, same in and out bounces, same following style.

Exactly what I thought.

Lomanchenko's movements are very similar to Hatton's.

I like the guy's style though.

[ИATAS]

Lomanchenko's movements are very similar to Hatton's.

so you're admitting Rigondeaux is more skilled then?

[Unique]

Of course.

I never said otherwise.

That was him and the other guy debating about it.

[Silencers]

He looked very relaxed, looked like his offense needed some work, didn't really create openings that well, would like to see him raise his right hand more and use his jab more, he does look like he has a lot of potential though. He should look better against a guy who goes at him, I think that's when he will really shine.

[krispy kreme]

He looked good, but his opponent had nothing to really offer him. If his opponent would have at least thrown back, Rigondeaux's counter punching skills could have been displayed vividly. But really, he had not fought in two years and this was his first pro fight, so I wouldn't emphasize the match a lot; the fight was like a feeling out process and Rigondeaux looked like he was just fooling around after a while.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

It was not a good fight to showcase his skills. He was in with an overmatched guy, and Rigondeux is not the type of fighter to just jump on a guy, he is poised and patient to the hilt.

He is not an all action fighter though, he is a defensive counter puncher so against guys that actually throw punches I think he will look much better then he did tonight.

That said there are 2 things I saw that I would like to see from him, I would like to see a lot more snap on his jab and not the bull**** pawing jab he was using. I would also like to see him keep his punches short and sweet he seemed to be winging in power shots, they were fast but they were not short and sweet.

My exact thoughts!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheGreatA]

They need to match him up better. He was in there against a fighter who didn't want to fight and Rigondeaux is obviously not very aggressive-minded.

I can't say much about this particular performance. He was a great amateur but at 28 years of age it's a battle against time for him in the pros. Many great amateurs had already seen their best days before turning pro, some much younger than Rigondeaux such as Mark Breland and Howard Davis Jr for example.

[ChiRock773]

He fought a guy that came in on 3 days notice.......lol...

[VirginGloves]

400 Fights might be too many

Rigondeaux clearly has sculpted talent furnished over a long and brilliant amateur career but was it too long? Becoming a professional means leaving behind some of the things that made you good as an amateur. Rigondeaux can blast through or pick apart his first ten or fifteen opponents without much alteration of his style but after that, can he learn to change? Can he speed up his style when facing a busier fighter? Can he force a constant jab when up against a faster boxer? Or is his style set in stone and subject to its limitations?