Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux vs. Poonsawat in Play For December 15th

[Mr. Fantastic]

Had to wait for Poon to get knocked out I bet.

[-DSG-]

Had to wait for Poon to get knocked out I bet.

what??????????

[Mr. Fantastic]

what??????????

My bad. I was thinking of something else. I got confused. lol

[-DSG-]

My bad. I was thinking of something else. I got confused. lol

lol i was trying to figure out what that meant

[VERDUGO]

So he's fighting Sidorenko's leftovers? Eh.

The sad thing is that this is still a step up for Rigo.

lol
tells you how overhyped and overrated rigo really is .
if this was donaire fighting poon............oh man

[Angry Cuban]

Count on this..rigo is a future p4p...now he have some good fights to do...

[285Kid]

Here we go a real test...

[Cuban Linx]

lol
tells you how overhyped and overrated rigo really is .
if this was donaire fighting poon............oh man

Donaire can run, but he can't hide. Eventually he will end up like all the other hopeless victims that had the misfortune of stepping into the ring with Rigondeaux.

[chubano]

Nonito is afraid, Rigo is going to be close to him. Ri, ri, ri, I have to Go...

[CubanGuyNYC]

I also need to reemphasize HOW is important. Just keeping on wining against top fighters just for the sake of getting the W isn't enough. Boxing is mainly an entertainment business. HBO would will put up more money the more entertaining Rigo is, making the Donaire fight more likely. His performance against Cordoba was absolutely terrible. And throwing 20 punches per round against Rico Ramos was also pretty bad. Here Rigo has another chance against a top 10 guy. He better not waste it.

Honestly, I'm not sure if Rigo will ever be this really exciting fighter. When he opens up, he can be devastating. But his style is simply not aggression-based. Most of the fighters we consider crowd-pleasing take the fight to their opponent. Rigo is primarily a counterpunching, defensive specialist. His main concern is winning, not looking good in victory. Then again, he's still a rookie pro. It's easy to forget that. There's still the possibiliy Guillermo will evolve into someone who knows how to please a crowd within his own capabilities.