Comments Thread For: Beltran Wants Rigondeaux vs. Mijares After Marroquin

[CubanGuyNYC]

And he could have left TR and signed with GB to fight Mares, who said he was willing to fight him. But he decided to stay with TR, probably because Arum increased the $$$ in his new contract and dangled a Donaire fight in front of him like a carrot.

I don't understand your post. On the one hand, you seem to imply that Rigo should've left Top Rank to fight Mares; on the other, you speculate that Arum might've offered Guillermo a bigger fight and more money. If those are the only choices, there is no choice. Top Rank it is.

Anyway, I started a thread touching on this topic a few days ago. The Marroquin match is a one fight deal Rigo agreed to with Top Rank, while they negotiate a possible extension. Apparently, Arum really wanted the fight on undercard of the Sept. 15 Chavez-Martinez PPV.

Below is a link to the full story, in case you're interested:

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...ut-set-sept-15

[HeroBando]

A worn out warrior past his prime is a legit fight? So you agreed then that Mosley-Canelo was a legit one too...

Terrible comparison. Nishioka is not unranked at the weight, nor coming off 2 shutouts and a draw

[garfios]

Terrible comparison. Nishioka is not unranked at the weight, nor coming off 2 shutouts and a draw

But you get my point, don't you?

[CubanGuyNYC]

Well, if he isn't going to be more outspoken then he is going to have to accept whatever scraps Arum throws his way.

Just don't be upset if some fans give him crap for not fighting anyone worth a darn as of yet...while Nonito is out there unifying world championship belts and taking on the #1 guy in the division.

I probably follow Rigo a little more than you do. The man speaks up. Informed fans can't give Guillermo crap. He's got ten pro fights under his belt. The bigger names are the ones that hold all the cards. It's extremely naive to think that Rigondeaux will get whatever fight he happens to ask for.

Currently, everyone wants to fight Donaire. In all fairness, Nonito can only fight one guy at a time. I give Donaire props for taking on Nishioka. In the meantime, Rigo is fighting whomever his promoter puts in front of him. What more can be reasonably expected, under the circumstances?

[kiaba360]

The same people who use the argument "He only has 10 fights, he's not ready for Donaire" will also b!tch and complain about him fighting Marroquin/Mijares cuz it won't get him ready. It's either he fights Donaire and is viewed as his equal, or he continues to improve his resume fighting contenders and is viewed as a prospect.

[danceswithfire]

#1, common man u know who the #1 is and it is not Nishioka

what a ****** thing to say...you think a 10 -0 vs bums deserves to be #1?..**** , he should'nt even be #2 with his weakass resume..now , if this was the amatuers, he'd be #1 but this is the pros now..untill he beats somebody worth a **** , rigo is nothing but a glorified amateur fighter..

[CubanGuyNYC]

The same people who use the argument "He only has 10 fights, he's not ready for Donaire" will also b!tch and complain about him fighting Marroquin/Mijares cuz it won't get him ready. It's either he fights Donaire and is viewed as his equal, or he continues to improve his resume fighting contenders and is viewed as a prospect.

Heh, heh, heh. On point.

[danceswithfire]

The same people who use the argument "He only has 10 fights, he's not ready for Donaire" will also b!tch and complain about him fighting Marroquin/Mijares cuz it won't get him ready. It's either he fights Donaire and is viewed as his equal, or he continues to improve his resume fighting contenders and is viewed as a prospect.

not really..vasquez jr , poon, or rafa (even at this point is hell of a lot better than all of rigo's past opponets and the ones he's fighting now...im not really that sold on a nonito fight at this point coz nonito gets nothing from it...if he beats riog, peopl will just say he only got 10 fights and he was'nt ready...

[HeroBando]

But you get my point, don't you?

Not really, it's as legit a fight as it gets at 122.

[ShoulderRoll]

#1, common man u know who the #1 is and it is not Nishioka

Nishioka is ranked #1 by Ring magazine. And it's a well deserved ranking.

reasonably[/U] expected, under the circumstances?

That's fine, you can lay the blame on his promoter for this.

But the fact remains that Nonito is accomplishing more impressive things in the division and his star is rising. While Rigo seemingly just sits there doing nothing.