Donaire would UTTERLY OUTCLASS & possibly OBLITERATE Rigondeaux

[BigAlexSand]

right on, anyone with a good AM background should not be allowed to pad their records and earn their sht in the pro's, they've done enough in the AM's

just throw the debuters in with the p4p best

A good Amateur background? Winning two gold medals, with over 400 fights as an amateur, and your choice for words is "Good"... Wow. Teir have been many pound for pound great who won gold, and won a title in less than 20 fights; and their background is what made them so highly regarded as the best.

Every Donaire Fan has the same excuse every time, "Amateurs Don't Mean Sh**". Yet besides fans who don't know anything outside their own world, that fight is regarded as the fight that could make or break Donaire! The sport is BOXING, not brawling, their is technique involved and that is why Donaire for the most part is criticized because of lack of boxing fundamentals!

[{Pito}]

Anyone who disregards amateur boxing is simply a man who never stepped in the ring. So for absolutely anyone who talks down on amateur boxing and worst of all the greatest behind Mario Kindelan in amateur boxing I completely disregard all of your comments as people who may study the sport and are good at reading the sport but in actuality don't know diddly squat about it. Respect to any and all posters who have actually boxed in their lives and I'm not talking sparring. Sparring is sparring. I'm talking about actually got in the ring and fought. Fu(%ing couch athletes talking on here.

[BigAlexSand]

Anyone who disregards amateur boxing is simply a man who never stepped in the ring. So for absolutely anyone who talks down on amateur boxing and worst of all the greatest behind Mario Kindelan in amateur boxing I completely disregard all of your comments as people who may study the sport and are good at reading the sport but in actuality don't know diddly squat about it. Respect to any and all posters who have actually boxed in their lives and I'm not talking sparring. Sparring is sparring. I'm talking about actually got in the ring and fought. Fu(%ing couch athletes talking on here.

Well said!
It is staight ignorance to say amateurs have no relevance to pro... It is completely contradictory to the fact!

[SplitSecond]

A good Amateur background? Winning two gold medals, with over 400 fights as an amateur, and your choice for words is "Good"... Wow. Teir have been many pound for pound great who won gold, and won a title in less than 20 fights; and their background is what made them so highly regarded as the best.

Every Donaire Fan has the same excuse every time, "Amateurs Don't Mean Sh**". Yet besides fans who don't know anything outside their own world, that fight is regarded as the fight that could make or break Donaire! The sport is BOXING, not brawling, their is technique involved and that is why Donaire for the most part is criticized because of lack of boxing fundamentals!

what im saying, if they've have had such good amatuer background why wait till they beat someone good in their 15-20th bouts? just off the bat have these great amatuers in with pacquiao, or floyd etc, just throw them to the wolves, they need not prove their worth in the pro's, they've done enough in the AM's

maybe we'll even witness champs with only 5 fights etc, boxing will be ufc! yay!

[TheUptownKid]

olympic medals from cuba and having a great amateur record mean ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in professional prize fighting.

they mean more than what mathebula brought to the table.

[BigAlexSand]

what im saying, if they've have had such good amatuer background why wait till they beat someone good in their 15-20th bouts? just off the bat have these great amatuers in with pacquiao, or floyd etc, just throw them to the wolves, they need not prove their worth in the pro's, they've done enough in the AM's

maybe we'll even witness champs with only 5 fights etc, boxing will be ufc! yay!

Your almost saying a fighter shouldn't get a title fight till late in a career. So people who choose to stay in amateur ranks to try to win the Olympics, should subjugate themselves to even more damage to themselves by waiting till late in their pro career to get a big fight. Damn your ******. Floyd won his first title in 18 fights, Pernell in 18, De La Hoya in 12. These dudes are now known as some of the greatest. Donaire which suprises me a fan of boxing wouldn't know got his first title shot at 18-1 and with 68 amateur wins. he sure deserved his title shot more than Rigo!

Learn Facts, so you don't look like a hypocrite.

[The Tase]

they mean more than what mathebula brought to the table.

no they dont.

[RINGG]

Funny Rigondeaux has so many nuthuggers without any tests as a pro. He may become a good contender or champion some day but til then he is just a hyped prospect.

[kiaba360]

Funny Rigondeaux has so many nuthuggers without any tests as a pro. He may become a good contender or champion some day but til then he is just a hyped prospect.

Rigo already has a title, therefore he should no longer be classified as a "prospect".

[garfios]

what im saying, if they've have had such good amatuer background why wait till they beat someone good in their 15-20th bouts? just off the bat have these great amatuers in with pacquiao, or floyd etc, just throw them to the wolves, they need not prove their worth in the pro's, they've done enough in the AM's

maybe we'll even witness champs with only 5 fights etc, boxing will be ufc! yay!

There's was a Thai fighter that won the belt in his first fight...
I think that Pete Rademacher fought for the title against Patterson in his first pro fight, and they want it to pit Teofilo against Ali in his first pro fight, davey Moore won the title against a japanese fighter in his 11-12 fight