Comments Thread For: Donaire: If No Challenges at 122, I'll Move Up To 126

[!! Shawn]

“I’m ready to take on the top guys in the division,” Franco said. “I want to fight Chris John, Juan Manuel Lopez, Celestino Caballero, and Gamboa again. I fought Gamboa as an amateur. I fought Lara and Rigondeaux as an amateur. I can fight anybody right now. I came to here to rip heads and I’d like to fight for a world title before my tenth fight.”

Quote from Franko. If he had beat any of them, he wouldn't have said I fought, he would have said I beat.

[Dale Cardon]

no nonito , f0ck that ..atleast try to get the winner of mares vs moreno..if you dont get it because of the TR and GB feud then f0ck it , move on, atleast you tried ....

Amen... and don't bother with other the pretender to the 122 throne. The man is a hype job. It is best to move up if you can't get the winner of mares/moreno.


The big money is in the higher weight divisions.

[!! Shawn]

You don't have to tell me Cubans are serious fighters. My point is, world class Cuban (and other) amateurs get beat by guys with no or very little amateur experience all the time. Yudel was an olympic silver Medalist. Ugas lost this year to a caveman. Despaigne lost to the guy that got koed in 1 by Don George.

Cool, what about Gamboa, Lara, Rigondeaux,Solis, Yoan Pablo Hernandez?

What about Joel Casamayor, and Juan Carlos Gomez?

The cubans have a gift. Most of them go on to do great things, a few of the flounder, but compared to the number of amateurs from other countries that bomb, the cubans have an incredible success rate.

[definido7]

**** all of youl hating on cuban fighters youll dont know **** before tordenis ugas left cuba he was already getin g beat in cuba by ronniel iglesias and he had to go up in weight and despaigne wasnt even number in his weight class no more in cuba and barthelemy used to lose yo yampier hernandez in cubaaaaaa there are always good boxers look at lara and gamboa and rigondeaux and yoan pablo hernandez there the best in their divisions in the prossssssssssssssssssss

[CHOWWOKKA]

Nonito went from I want to become Undisputed without Rigo's belt to I want to get the **** out of the division with 2 belts

what a joke

[HeroBando]

“I’m ready to take on the top guys in the division,” Franco said. “I want to fight Chris John, Juan Manuel Lopez, Celestino Caballero, and Gamboa again. I fought Gamboa as an amateur. I fought Lara and Rigondeaux as an amateur. I can fight anybody right now. I came to here to rip heads and I’d like to fight for a world title before my tenth fight.”

Quote from Franko. If he had beat any of them, he wouldn't have said I fought, he would have said I beat.

Nice try. It was said on national tv several times. If Shaw is lying, how come DeCubas or someone from Team Gamboa let it stand?

[Frank Ducketts]

Rigo hasn't paid his dues. Just fight somebody. Make fans think you deserve a fight with Donaire.

[subhuman]

Rigo hasn't paid his dues. Just fight somebody. Make fans think you deserve a fight with Donaire.

At this point the only people that believe Rigo deserves a shot at Donaire are Rigo's fans.

So about 5 or 6 people.

[rckdees]

donaire is defintely a great fighter with great talent, but as long as he's with top rank and scumbag bob's running that sideshow it's guaranteed to waste away.

[HeroBando]

Cool, what about Gamboa, Lara, Rigondeaux,Solis, Yoan Pablo Hernandez?

What about Joel Casamayor, and Juan Carlos Gomez?

The cubans have a gift. Most of them go on to do great things, a few of the flounder, but compared to the number of amateurs from other countries that bomb, the cubans have an incredible success rate.

You got me all wrong, I'm not here to hate on Cuban fighters. More often than not I'll be pulling for them, else why take interest in guys like Franco, Jhonson, Ugas etc? The reason I brought up these examples is:

1. most of these Donaire haters are Cuban, so giving something closer to home, easier to understand
2. other top prospects (esp US, PR, German, UK, high profile ones) are handled with much more care. Many Cubans are rushed due to amateur pedigree, and get set back early. Despaigne had very decent pro potential if moved slower, for example. The only guys that went unscathed so far are Gamboa and Rigo.

Put it like this: Rigo with his 400 amateur fights wasn't ready for the likes of Donaire when he fought Cordoba, right? So now he's ready after facing Rico Ramos and 3 non top tenners? Maybe, he's been looking better, but we'd have a better idea if he finally beat someone like Cordoba or better, in style. That win was 2 years ago, and ugly. And there's a big gulf between that Cordoba and Donaire.