Who Made the fight "boring" for fans

[sugar555]

Both made it that way. It was a real good chess match but i expected alot more from both these guys

[lfc19titles]

I think the middle rounds or later middle it may come over as, rigo should have been throwing more

on my card I gave donaire 2 rounds and rigo 10 but rigo was a class above EASY, he really should have thrown a bit more

[BMWM3P]

it wasnt a boring fight.

only person who could make it boring is the person watching, by not knowing enough about boxing to appreciate what he is seeing.

you can act sarcastic all you want but this is boxing, the art of hitting without getting hit. rigo boxed and he did a masterful job of it. if you cant appreciate that you dont appreciate boxing. its that simple.

calling it a great fight might be a stretch but it was a very good fight for sure.

and anyone who didn't love it, doesn't know boxing

seriously. ha ha ha.

Speak of the devil here is one of them now.

Guess I must have missed the "boxing purist" classes or maybe I just don't buy the Max Kellerman excuses.

Did the rigo show great skill? he sure did.
Where there enough of these momments to make it entertaining? No.
Could he have done more to make it entertaining? You bet your ass.

There is no doubt that Rigo has great skill but his biggest attribute is making a fight into a 12 round amateur boxing match. Which is not my cup of tea.

[Barn]

Speak of the devil here is one of them now.

Guess I must have missed the "boxing purist" classes or maybe I just don't buy the Max Kellerman excuses.

Did the rigo show great skill? he sure did.
Where there enough of these momments to make it entertaining? No.
Could he have done more to make it entertaining? You bet your ass.

There is no doubt that Rigo has great skill but his biggest attribute is making a fight into a 12 round amateur boxing match. Which is not my cup of tea.

Rigo was landing the harder and cleaner shots. Who cares if he was pot-shotting, when Floyd pot-shots no-one says he's an "amateur".

Besides if a fighter fights amateur and wins a pro-fight against a Top 5 P4P fighter then there's something hilarious going on.

[{Pito}]

I will say this....most of the crowd that was booing and screaming fight to Rigo were Filipinos. Then about halfway there was a definite change in the crowd where filipino people started booing Nonito. I wanted to hand out green Ks

[dan_cov]

It seems to me its only ever boring when its the fighter they was rooting for that got schooled.

[#1Assassin]

Speak of the devil here is one of them now.

Guess I must have missed the "boxing purist" classes or maybe I just don't buy the Max Kellerman excuses.

Did the rigo show great skill? he sure did.
Where there enough of these momments to make it entertaining? No.
Could he have done more to make it entertaining? You bet your ass.

There is no doubt that Rigo has great skill but his biggest attribute is making a fight into a 12 round amateur boxing match. Which is not my cup of tea.

he doesnt make it into an amateur fight, if he did he wouldnt be successful in the pros since the rules are too different. he does however make it a boxing match, which i suppose isnt your cup of tea. fair enough, but why are you watching a boxing match to begin with?

rigos skill is obvious every single moment he is in the ring. he doesnt have to throw a punch to show his skill and a as a result he can entertain without punching. watching his footwork, head movement, sense of distance, anticipation and understanding of angles is poetry in motion.

its called boxing ability and its what you come to see when you watch a boxing match. after all they are called boxing matches, not brawling matches and there is a reason for that.

naturally its better when he is letting his hands go as well, but even when he doesnt his ability to control his opponent is something that has to be admired and to see him do it to someone as brilliant as donaire is a cause for excitement.

of course rigo could have been more entertaining but i dont see how thats a reason to criticize him. he was in there with a great fighter who hits like a freight train and he was winning the fight comfortably. to go after donaire and risk letting the biggest opportunity of his life go to waste would be foolish.

his job is to win, he should always look to win as explosively as he can but if he was ever to play it safe this was the night being in there with a counterpuncher with power like donaire. going after donaire while exciting would decrease his chances of winning to the point where it would be plain moronic to do so.

rigo had the fight and there was so much at stake, if anyone was to take risks it was donaire. he was in a position where the fight was slipping away from him and he didnt do all he could have to turn things around. that can be criticized, rigos decision not to take an easy W and turn it into a high risk endeavor can not.

[Pacquiao'd]

Who gives a **** about the fans booing

[Weebler I]

Okay, I've watched the first two rounds. Does it continue like this? If it does, I think I'll skip the remainder.

[New England]

I think the middle rounds or later middle it may come over as, rigo should have been throwing more

on my card I gave donaire 2 rounds and rigo 10 but rigo was a class above EASY, he really should have thrown a bit more

i agree with this. rigo whipped that ass and looked like the master doing it. he was still largely negative.

i actually think that he had to take the breaks. this is only his 12th pro fight, after all. i don't care how well conditioned you are physically, the guy still had almost 400 fights as an amateur. you'd get used to amateur fights.


you can box while being less negative. a lot less.

somebody calling this fight what it was (two guys staring at eachother, just the way lord NE called it,) isn't an indictment on a lack of boxing knowledge. that's a silly notion. i know what a great fight looks like. that wasn't it. those two spent a lot of time staring at each other beyond arm's distance.



rigondeaux's clearly a great boxer, though. one of the best you're ever gonna see.