Who Made the fight "boring" for fans

[New England]

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

watch the rest if you have the time. if you're a fan you really should watch this fight.

it actually gets much more negative in the middle rounds, though, when rigo stops pasting donaire with the hard stuff

[bose]

I thought it was a very high skilled fight that turned into a one sided fight. I don't think you can fault Rigo too much because thats his stay and its not like he was running, he was right in front of Donaire. Something was wrong with Donaire or Rigo hits much harder than we give him credit for.

If there was a rematch it'd most likely be more entertaining with Dainaire pressuring effective this time. But imo, Rigo would show more of what he can do when he lets his hands go more. Rigo vs. Abner Mares would be a very fun fight.

[New England]

the styles in a mares clash will bring the best out of rigondeaux. after seeing the doniare fight i'll certainly be picking rigo by decision. he showed me a lot last night. he's never put 12 rounds together like that.


that's a fight i'd love to see. mares is half of a great fight, even with a pure boxer. it's the aggression. people seem to forget that it's the key ingredient for making an exciting fight. if you put rigo in with an aggresssor you get a boxer vs puncher scenario. donaire didn't throw enough for that. he basically stayed out of range. when he got close enough he'd get tagged, so he stopped trying. mares doesn't have any other choice, and he's got the mentality to stick with it, even when he's getting tagged.


rigo ud 12 mares. expect some rough stuff from mares

[Tom Cruise]

I thought rounds 7-9 could be considered 'boring' (if it wasnt for the natural excitement of having two huge punchers in the ring).

3 rounds out 12. The rest i thought were highly entertaining.

It lacked drama maybe due Rigo's control of much of the fight (outside of the kd), so ii can understand maybe it lacked storyline, but to call it boring?

Were people actually sat there watching it live, not knowing what was going to happen, bored?

Each to their own i suppose but I and many others on here will keep tuning in to his fights to watch a master boxer at work.

[kadyo's]

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

It does, except nonito KD'ed rigo in the 10th round which reminds me of tito. People might disagree but it looks like a trinidad knocking down some opponent off a clich.

[bose]

the styles in a mares clash will bring the best out of rigondeaux. after seeing the doniare fight i'll certainly be picking rigo by decision. he showed me a lot last night. he's never put 12 rounds together like that.


that's a fight i'd love to see. mares is half of a great fight, even with a pure boxer. it's the aggression. people seem to forget that it's the key ingredient for making an exciting fight. if you put rigo in with an aggresssor you get a boxer vs puncher scenario. donaire didn't throw enough for that. he basically stayed out of range. when he got close enough he'd get tagged, so he stopped trying. mares doesn't have any other choice, and he's got the mentality to stick with it, even when he's getting tagged.


rigo ud 12 mares. expect some rough stuff from mares

I am not sure who is going to win between Mares and DeLeon either would make a good match with Rigo.

[kadyo's]

the styles in a mares clash will bring the best out of rigondeaux. after seeing the doniare fight i'll certainly be picking rigo by decision. he showed me a lot last night. he's never put 12 rounds together like that.


that's a fight i'd love to see. mares is half of a great fight, even with a pure boxer. it's the aggression. people seem to forget that it's the key ingredient for making an exciting fight. if you put rigo in with an aggresssor you get a boxer vs puncher scenario. donaire didn't throw enough for that. he basically stayed out of range. when he got close enough he'd get tagged, so he stopped trying. mares doesn't have any other choice, and he's got the mentality to stick with it, even when he's getting tagged.


rigo ud 12 mares. expect some rough stuff from mares

You think rigo would bite the bait and go with that oscar BS that nonito should have just agreed with that 3 million offer?

[bose]

It does, except nonito KD'ed rigo in the 10th round which reminds me of tito. People might disagree but it looks like a trinidad knocking down some opponent off a clich.

Haha, so true.

[Konstantin]

Rigo was probably more to blame for making the fight negative. He committed to no offense whatsoever unless it was a counter. So unless Nito was punching Rigo wasn't landing any meaningful shots.

I feel like people are over excited about Rigo in this fight. If you didn't see Nito win any exchanges before the knockdown you were listening to the crowd instead of watching the fight.

[New England]

I thought rounds 7-9 could be considered 'boring' (if it wasnt for the natural excitement of having two huge punchers in the ring).

3 rounds out 12. The rest i thought were highly entertaining.

It lacked drama maybe due Rigo's control of much of the fight (outside of the kd), so ii can understand maybe it lacked storyline, but to call it boring?

Were people actually sat there watching it live, not knowing what was going to happen, bored?

Each to their own i suppose but I and many others on here will keep tuning in to his fights to watch a master boxer at work.

i had the same butterflies i get for all of the big fights, especially when they were within arm's reach. was i "bored?" of course not. i'd be in the wrong sport.

it wasn't bradley-provodnikov, though. there's nothing wrong with admitting that.


doniare had trouble cutting off the ring. even when he got close he had trouble landing his gas. if rigo is being negative (rounds 7-9,) and donaire can't cut the ring off, then there's not a ton of skill being displayed. it's not hard to move away from a guy who can't cut the ring off. if donaire could cut the ring off it would be a more dynamic display. if rigo wasn't outclassing him he would have had to put on a more spectacular sporting display, which would have been much more entertaining.


i'd say that it's level of "excitement" on a boxing scale would be in line with most one sided boxing matches. the rub here was the high stakes and the knockout power in 122 lbers, which is quite rare.