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  • BIGPOPPAPUMP
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    Comments Thread For: The Cult of Rigondeaux is Poised for Expansion

    by Cliff Rold - From the perspective of a professional boxing fan, it has to be considered among the great tragedies of fistiana. Kid Chocolate, Kid Gavilan, Jose Napoles, Luis Rodriguez; Cuba had given the sport some of its finest.

    After the rise of Castro, Cuba continued to do just that.

    They just kept them almost entirely contained to the amateur ranks.

    For hardcore fight followers, it can be a nice parlor game to play ‘what if’ with some of the great Cubans of the last fifty-plus years who couldn’t turn professional. Heavyweights Teofilo Stevenson and Felix Savon, Middleweight Ariel Hernandez, Lightweight Mario Kindelan…what’s if’s all around.

    There have been just enough defections over the years to make cases, positive and negative, for what might have been. Joel Casamayor had a borderline Hall of Fame career, winning titles at 130 and 135 lbs. Odlanier Solis ate himself out of the running early in his Heavyweight tenure.

    Right now, Jr. Featherweight Guillermo Rigondeuax, Jr. Lightweight Yuriorkis Gamboa, and Jr. Middleweight Erislandy Lara are all trying to get to the top of their divisions. All look capable of doing it. [Click Here To Read More]
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    dan_cov is the proud, spirited leader of The Cult of Rigo.

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    • !! Shawn
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      #3
      Another fantastic article Mr. Rold

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      • Nekronicle
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        #4
        PROUD MEMBER OF CULT OF RIGO!


        (im not even cuban either)

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        • DosRounds
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          #5
          lol about the point on Solis

          Vamos Rigondeuax!

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          • komandante
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            #6
            I predict a Sydorenko like beating by Donaire..

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            • ShoulderRoll
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              #7
              On the flip side, if Rigondeaux (the greatest Cuban amateur ever) loses where does that put the legacy of Cuban boxing?

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              • gmc_rfc_06
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                The Cult Of Rigo....I like it.

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                • .:: JSFD26 ::.
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by ShoulderRoll
                  On the flip side, if Rigondeaux (the greatest Cuban amateur ever) loses where does that put the legacy of Cuban boxing?
                  What...? Are you serious? You're talking like Rigo is facing a 1-4 opponent and has the possibility of losing. Your posts get worse by the day.


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                    Brawski
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                    #10
                    I read the title and I knew this had to be a Cliff article. I think he's the first one to call us "the Rigo cult".




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