Now All Of A Sudden Rigondeaux Sucks Because He Split With Roach!!!

[CubanGuyNYC]

Rigondeaux will be a world champ in multiple divisions, as long as he has a competent trainer behind him. I would rather he had stayed with Roach, but it won't make that much difference that he's chosen Roger Mayweather. We're talking about an exceptional talent who doesn't need to be taught much, just pointed in the right direction. I'd love to know what caused the split with Freddie.

[rskumm21]

Rigondeaux will be a world champ in multiple divisions, as long as he has a competent trainer behind him. I would rather he had stayed with Roach, but it won't make that much difference that he's chosen Roger Mayweather. We're talking about an exceptional talent who doesn't need to be taught much, just pointed in the right direction. I'd love to know what caused the split with Freddie.

Sounds like he felt there wasn't enough attention paid to him as he wanted. The guy needs someone who can focus more time than what Roach has to offer since he's already 29. Roach also said something about his conditioning not being where it needed to be so who knows, maybe Rigondeaux took issue with that.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Well, I found my own answer. Here's an excerpt from an article by Dan Rafael at ESPN.com:

"His feeling is he's a two-time gold medal winner and he went all the way out there and felt there were too many fighters in the gym," DeCubas said of Roach's Wild Card gym in Hollywood, Calif. "Nobody was picking him up in the morning to run and he felt he should have been sparring with lighter guys, not 150-pounders. He wasn't getting enough attention from Freddie. He's very disappointed."

Roach, however, was unhappy with Rigondeaux's conditioning and didn't want him to fight Saturday, according to a source close to the trainer.

DeCubas said Rigondeaux is back in Miami, where he is based, looking for a trainer.

And here's the link to the full article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5066208

[CubanGuyNYC]

Sounds like he felt there wasn't enough attention paid to him as he wanted. The guy needs someone who can focus more time than what Roach has to offer since he's already 29. Roach also said something about his conditioning not being where it needed to be so who knows, maybe Rigondeaux took issue with that.

Thanks, man. Someone else speculated on just that yesterday, when all this was just a rumor. I agreed. I thought Roach not having enough time for him was the likeliest reason for Rigo leaving. But, according to the article, Guillermo hasn't chosen a new trainer. Yesterday it was believed that Roger Mayweather was the new coach.

[SkillspayBills]

Imagine if he gets trained by a Mayweather lol. It would get ugly then.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Imagine if he gets trained by a Mayweather lol. It would get ugly then.

Are you saying the Pacquiao fans would really get nuts, then? lol

I'm not going to say he could be trained by just anyone and still realize his potential. But any good trainer with experience coaching top-level boxers will keep Rigondeaux on track to becoming an elite fighter. The real key is if Rigo feels comfortable training with them. I don't think either Mayweather brother would be a terrible fit if Guillermo was cool with them.

[rskumm21]

Imagine if he gets trained by a Mayweather lol. It would get ugly then.

It's already started and it ain't even official.

[keepthemhandsup]

Already the *******s true nature shows. Last week because Rigondeax was with Freddie Roach he was the next best thing. Today it was announced he split with Roach and the *******s are saying "He's done", and "He'll never amount to anything", "He's to old" and "He betrayed is country and now he's betrayed Roach". Give me a break people. Boxing is a business. The guy has every right to make the move if he feels it's in his beat interest. He must have seen something there that he didn't like. It's nothing against Roach, but sometimes certain trainers don't mesh well with certain fighters. I find it funny how now all of a sudden *******s are writing off the guy like his career is over. This yet again proves their ignorance reaches new levels day by day.

cause *******s are *******s man

[Pullcounter]

Already the *******s true nature shows. Last week because Rigondeax was with Freddie Roach he was the next best thing. Today it was announced he split with Roach and the *******s are saying "He's done", and "He'll never amount to anything", "He's to old" and "He betrayed is country and now he's betrayed Roach". Give me a break people. Boxing is a business. The guy has every right to make the move if he feels it's in his beat interest. He must have seen something there that he didn't like. It's nothing against Roach, but sometimes certain trainers don't mesh well with certain fighters. I find it funny how now all of a sudden *******s are writing off the guy like his career is over. This yet again proves their ignorance reaches new levels day by day.

so all of a sudden rigon is gonna be a superstar because of roger?

I said this in the other thread that you could've just bumped: rigon was good before roger, he'll be good with roger. he'll be good after roger.

[jrosales13]

I could careless who he is trained by. He better stay away from Anselmo Moreno. But, IMO the better fit for Rigondeaux is Joe Goosen.