Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux, Rips Donaire, Top Rank Contract Almost Up

[americanbot]

I don't get the rigo love.

As soon as Cordoba dropped him he ran the rest of the fight.



A past it Cordoba. A Cordoba that got beat by sorry ass Bernard Dunne.

His step up ******.

I agree he needs more than 10 fights to start calling people out especially when his only real step up had him backpedalling half of the fight.

People he wants hit harder than Cordoba.

He still needs to prove himself.


Kennedy and Ramos were a step back after his supposed step up.

dude, cordoba was 3 years ago & the knock down wasn't a real knock down (off balance more then anything, followed by a cordoba grazing shot)

rigo obviously has stepped up his skills & aggressiveness......

[Guest]

Rigo beats everyone from 122-130 fairly easy too. Hate to say it,but its true...he would beat Nonito "the elf" Donaire with one hand tied behind his back...Donaire would file some sort of lawsuit after the ass kicking Rigo would give him, something along the lines of his soul being robbed.

Why did he run like a woman against Cordoba if he's so bad?

As soon as he got knocked down he pulled the retreat card out and used it.

The rest of the fight.

[chubano]

Rigo, just 10 fights, two of these vs world champs, 80% KO, all fights on national TV, three of the fights on PPV events, fights taking place in the US, Mexico, Europe. On the amateurs, two times olympic champ, the longest victory chain of all times, the only person to hold titles for several years of the total of AIBA championships events.
Rigo's skill set is the closest to the perfection of all active boxers. The only thing I can say, Nonito who?

[Guest]

dude, cordoba was 3 years ago & the knock down wasn't a real knock down (off balance more then anything, followed by a cordoba grazing shot)

rigo obviously has stepped up his skills & aggressiveness......

He still ran.

Let's see him against a puncher.

I will believe the aggresiveness and all that jazz if he proves it against someone who can crack.

Ramos had one iffy win. Teon Kennedy has lost to inferior fighters.


Rigo has some selling to do.

[DoktorSleepless]

Why would he leave top rank? I've never seen a promoter treat a fighter so good so early in their pro career. In just 9 fights, Top Rank landed him a ****ing title shot. Top Rank also gave him spots on two of Manny Pacquiao's valuable undercard slots. That's something Donaire always wanted himself, but never got. And now he's going to be in another high profile card in the Chavez-Martinez fight.

[Jack Napier]

Nishioka should be Nonito's top priority
he's wasting his time fighting Arce
Rigo and Mares should follow after that if he can make the weight
if he can't, at least try for 2 of those guys
frankly, Mathebula deserves a rematch, it was close as hell

[Guest]

Nishioka should be Nonito's top priority
he's wasting his time fighting Arce
Rigo and Mares should follow after that if he can make the weight
if he can't, at least try for 2 of those guys
frankly, Mathebula deserves a rematch, it was close as hell

Nishioka is the fight.

Wouldn't mind seeing any of the above against him.

Guaranteed entertaining fights.

[Bermuda]

donaire barely won his last fight against mathebula on my card (only up by 1 point) & Vazquez Jr marked him up pretty good (A vazquez who was stopped by arce)

again. i judge a "good opponent" based on 3 things............1. timing (how did he look in his last bout)

arce looked horrible in his last fight to me (he fails number 1)

2. style.

arce's style will play right into donaires style.........thats not up for debate (style wise the fight is a complete joke)

& number 3.........overall resume.

arce as a opponent fails number 1 & 2. but his resume is better then rigo.......while rigo looked better in his last fight & has a much difficult style vs anything arce could ever dream of.

you can't strictly look at a "name" when it comes matchmaking. because thats how guys duck & pick there way to the top.

but ALL OF This is irrelevant because donaire said that he won't fight rigo. he's looking to move up in weight before sharing a ring with rigo.

(which is shocking & hilarious)

it was the first time donaire had fought anyone that was 5 inches taller than him..plus he fought an aggressive fight which he almost never does. but he still managed to knock down mathebula (first time mathebula has ever been knocked down) and he broke his jaw in the process too. and mathebula was just an awkward fighter..

donaire got marked up by vazquez jr, but so what? donaire has a soft face...and also add to the fact that vazquez jr isn't a feather fisted fighter either (far from it). and doanire still manage to clearly beat vazquez jr (not by sd ..should have been ud) and knocked down vazquez jr for the first time in his entire career as well with a vicious uppercut followed by a soft left hook.

and both guys were ranked in the top ten best sbw..vazquez jr a former world champion and mathebula the ibf world champion.

also i don't agree with a arce fight next, but donaire said that he wants one more belt and then he's moving up..arce doesn't have a belt, nishioka doesn't have a belt unless he fights and beats mares to get his wbc title back...so only logical opponent for donaire to fight to get that third belt is rigo. so donaire fights arce, if nishioka fails to beat mares (assuming he fights mares) then there is only mares and rigo left..and mares is with gbp.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Might as well leave arum. Won't give you anything good

As much as I would like to agree cause I hate Arum, I can't. Arum has had him on 2 PPV's now going on his 3rd.

GB won't do him any better...... Mares-Moreno Lara-anyone??? Nobody is paying attention???

Yea, exactly. hougigo refer to MJ's post here.

actually he agrees. so does the other big names. that's why nobody notable is fighting rigondeaux.

Donaire is a proven product. Rigondeaux is not.

Let me know what happens in his 11th professional fight. lmfaaooo.

Donaire is a proven product. Mathebula is not. So WHYYYYYYY did Donaire fight him? Like I said before, the dude is unknown to 90% of the world. He don't even have fights on YouTube. And Ill tell you what will happen in his 11th pro fight. He's gonna fight a young tall prospect and give him his 2nd loss. Look up Rigondeaux vs Landeros and that's what's gonna happen vs Marroquin. Rigo's gonna use his superior skills and experience and annihilate the kid.

[ninebar]

People holding onto that 10-0 record. Great excuse for Donaire to duck Rigo, but lets look a little deeper into things. First, Rigo is rated higher than Donaire at 122, so if Donaire wants to be better than Rigo in this division, maybe he should fight him?

http://******.craveonline.com/ratings/jr-featherweight

Second, he has the WBA title, doesn't Donaire want to be an undisputed champion? That's what he told Max on saturday night, only he thinks there are only 3 belts in the division

and last, NOBODY wants to fight Rigondeaux, offers have been made, nobody wants to know. He is too much risk for little reward, so the people calling for him to fight top guys, maybe want to ask those top guys why they wont fight Rigondeaux?

This guy is a rare commodity in the sport, this is a guy who wants to fight the very best, not hide, run, slip, slide, duck his way out of the risky fights, and Donaire is a very risky fight for Rigo. This guy is the genunie article, now quit B****ing and making excuses. Donaire is absolutely ducking Rigondeaux.

And this comes from a Nonito Donaire fan.