Comments Thread For: Guillermo Rigondeaux returns with a first round stoppage

[TintaBoricua]

Well that was when donaire was in his head hunting and left hook spamming pase at 122. Donaire fell in love with his power. He was no longer boxing and trying to set up his shot. Dude was straight up head hunting and spamming left hooks to end fights with just one punch.

I know. I’m just saying that fight was absolutely too one-sided for Rafael to score it as close as he did.

And the reason was because he was giving Donaire the absolute benefit of the doubt in every round.

That was a 10-2 or 11-1 performance for Rigo. The fact that Rafael arrived to 7-5 for Rigo was crazy. Had no business being that close.

But you’ll never hear him saying how off he was, right? Journalists can criticize judges but somehow feel exempt from getting lambasted when they post wacky scorecards.

[MalevolentBite]

I always liked Rigo. I hope he isn't hurting for money.

[Boxing2695]

Felt bad for Rigo and how his career panned out. The guy was avoided heavily when he was at his best because he was seen as a 'who needs him' because he was so talented but because of his style and how he performed in some fights he just couldn't draw enough for these champions to risk fighting him and the promoters didn't see the point of him either. Santa Cruz,Frampton, Quigg etc just didn't wanna know, and the only big fight he could get was Loma at a weight class he had no business being in and even in that fight he didn't really get the payday he'd of wanted.

[brettWall]

PBC had zero interest in Rigondux even after years of being a free agent. Zero.

Santa Cruz called him out every chance he got, but when Oscar tried to make the fight, uncle Al bought LSC's remaining contract with GBP.

[hitmanjosh]

I always liked Rigo. I hope he isn't hurting for money.

If he is, you have a donation or something? Gone with that fake concern sh_t you just being noisy as hell!

[Oregonian]

Rigo had all the skills but none of the entertainment value. They tried to promote him but he was a black hole because he never amassed a fan base.

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Boxing purists acknowledged and respected Rigo’s skills.
I’d rather watch Rigondeux everyday of the week and twice on Sunday over Gatti’s caveman-like bar brawls that I can watch for free outside a seedy bar in Jersey.

[Oregonian]

Felt bad for Rigo and how his career panned out. The guy was avoided heavily when he was at his best because he was seen as a 'who needs him' because he was so talented but because of his style and how he performed in some fights he just couldn't draw enough for these champions to risk fighting him and the promoters didn't see the point of him either. Santa Cruz,Frampton, Quigg etc just didn't wanna know, and the only big fight he could get was Loma at a weight class he had no business being in and even in that fight he didn't really get the payday he'd of wanted.

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Truer words have never been spoken.

[STREET CLEANER]

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Boxing purists acknowledged and respected Rigo’s skills.
I’d rather watch Rigondeux everyday of the week and twice on Sunday over Gatti’s caveman-like bar brawls that I can watch for free outside a seedy bar in Jersey.

I appreciated him but I was in the minority. Regardless some of his fights really bored me.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Rigondeaux could have had such a great career if he had decided to fight in a fan friendly style. He always did have really good power. I'm Cuban and a boxing fanatic and even I gave up on Rigondeaux years ago. I just stopped watching any of his fights because I didn't want to be frustrated again.

Same here. I wanted Rigo to open up so bad. He had sublime skills, and great power few knew about. I watched him since his amateur days, and was very excited for his pro career at the outset. With the exception of the Donaire fight, it turned out to be a bitter bust. Guillermo stunk out the place too many times for me to care. After all, he obviously didn’t. I sincerely think Rigo is a little touched in the head. He has no one to blame but himself for a career that could’ve been so much more.

[CubanGuyNYC]

The win over Donaire as a 2:1 underdog at Radio City is one of the greatest wins by any fighter in the past 25 years. Every pundit, including Dan Rafael, expected Nonito to smash the Cuban. Along with Hopkins over Trinidad, this was one of the most enjoyable "upsets" I've ever called.

I flew into Radio City for that bout. It was a great night. Rigo never looked so good as a pro. His boxing prowess was on full display, and I thought he finally “got it.” Sadly, Guillermo immediately went back to his old ways of stinking out the joint.