I've never seen such a talented prospect

[gmc_rfc_06]

Oh and just for the record, Donaire has nothing for Rigondeaux.

[New England]

he's not really a prospect. certainly not now.


young kids who come up with talent who need to bring their boxing ability along are prospects

rigondeaux is 31. he's not going to change much. he'll improve as he's exposed to better professionals, but not the way you'd see a 21 year old prospect "improve"


rigondeaux is a very experienced boxer. he's gone through the rudiments of the sport for many decades now. you can tell he's been throwing that left hand since he was a 10 year old kid in cuba.


prior to his performance against marroquin (where he looked to be very talented / schooled but ultimately flawed and did not show a great chin) he was one of the more highly ranked fighters on the bscene forums



in my eyes he's never really gotten his style together. it almost looks like a 12 round boxing match bores him, or is some sort of game. he's almost not taking it seriously. he wastes a ton of time in there, where a great boxer makes sure to use every second of every round to his advantage and in a manner that will be detrimental to his opponent's gameplan


he just looks for the perfect counterpunches. he can land them, but that's not a style that's going to lend itselff to long term success.


he'll almost certainly go down as a "would have, should have" type fighter. he should have left the amateurs earlier. then he could have been a very good / great pro, the way he was a great in the amateurs.

[New England]

Oh and just for the record, Donaire has nothing for Rigondeaux.

they're both highly overrated

doniare will be favored for a reason against rigondeaux

i think donaire will be exposed by a sound professional style boxer with a 12 round tempo and a jab. i think he'll get his face marked up and possibly stopped. rigo is not that. he'll stare at donaire all night.

[chav]

I've been on the Rigondeaux bandwagon for some time. He is supremely talented but he has a flaw which makes him so much more exciting to watch. His flaw is his chin isnt as cast iron as the rest of his game as the rest of his game has hardly any flaws or weaknesses, and to add to that he has such exceptional timing and counter punching, that whilst his jaw isnt the worlds best, its going to be hard to hit him and not get punished for trying.

Im really high on the guy, but after the weekend if Donaire landed I do think he would finish Rigo and not let him off the hook....the question is can he land?

I want to watch it, so hopefully the fight gets made.

[gmc_rfc_06]

they're both highly overrated

doniare will be favored for a reason against rigondeaux

i think donaire will be exposed by a sound professional style boxer with a 12 round tempo and a jab. i think he'll get his face marked up and possibly stopped. rigo is not that. he'll stare at donaire all night.

I agree with Donaire being highly over-rated. How he's so high on many of these P4P lists baffles me.

I'm pretty sold on Rigondeaux though. I do agree he's not as active or agressive as he could and should be, but I think his current style still allows him to be the best in the division. I can't see anything but Donaire walking onto counters constantly and getting a boxing lesson if that fight happened.

[Juof]

Rigondeaux is one of my favourite fighters to watch his opposition is nowhere on his level and it's a shame he hasn't got a big fan base because he's an amazing fighter. I think he beats pretty much anyone at his weight atm. Anyone with a gold medal is capable of outboxing any fighter and he has 2 of them. I'd love to see him fight donaire, donaires been the aggressor in recent fights because his opposition won't commit and rigo will wait for you all night if he has to. Plus donaire swells so easy he looks like he's been hit by a bus after every fight

[TX_BOXNG]

I think rigo beats donaire, but when u got top division fighters fighting each other aint no shame on losing, what the shame is not trying to get in the ring with them

Donaire, rigo, moreno, mares, might as well add santacruz any combo of them fighting each other would be great

[Juof]

Though if donaire counters that lazy jab it could be lights out

[deejd]

rigo is not that. he'll stare at donaire all night.

Not buying that.

You just stated that Rigo looks for the perfect counterpunches; Donaire will provide those opportunities and that's just because his punches are wider than Rigo's.

Plus, you already know that Donaire was just naturally bigger than those little guys at '18, at '22 (and I had told my friend this), he wasn't just walking through anyone's punches. It showed on his face in the Vasquez Jr. fight. Rigo looks to be a natural '22, maybe even '26, his punches are concise and he's faster.

[New England]

Rigondeaux is one of my favourite fighters to watch his opposition is nowhere on his level and it's a shame he hasn't got a big fan base because he's an amazing fighter. I think he beats pretty much anyone at his weight atm. Anyone with a gold medal is capable of outboxing any fighter and he has 2 of them. I'd love to see him fight donaire, donaires been the aggressor in recent fights because his opposition won't commit and rigo will wait for you all night if he has to. Plus donaire swells so easy he looks like he's been hit by a bus after every fight

lol

this one gave me a good chuckle.