I'll say it... Guillermo Rigondeaux is probaby the most skilled boxer of all time.

[IronDanHamza]

So you feel that Lacy was better quality than Donaire?
Vargas was not of the quality of Donaire.
You feel Pacquiao was better quality than Donaire at the time of the Morales fight? Pacquiao was a beast, but he was never on the skill level of Donaire from a technical stand point.
Tito was never at the skill level of Donaire.
Mosley's win over DLH was not comprehensive, nor was it a schooling.
Margarito's win over Cotto... really? I love Cotto, but Cotto was not on the level of Donaire.
Moorer was not on the level of Donaire.

Serious, name me a win of the quality that Rigondeaux had last night.

Yes, of course he was.

Pacquaio is a certified ATG. He's in a completely different league to Nonito Donaire.

Donaire is not even a clear cut HOF'er and I'm a big fan of Donaire.

[!! Shawn]

He destroyed every ranked fighter in his path. The last one left was Floyd Mayweather and he was expected to just be another one on the list.

And not just The Ring had Corrales in the Top 5 P4P. Every single list you could find had Corrales in the Top 5 P4P, if not Top 5, top 10.

Back then, Corrales was the epitome of P4P Material. He was destroying absolutely everyone in his way.

Hindsight is 20-20 but it doesn't change how highly he was regarded at that point.

Chico was regaurded as a slugger, not a skilled fighter.

Here are predictions for the fight. Most experts leaned on Mayweather winning.

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/predict1.htm

[IronDanHamza]

Nonito Donaire is a great fighter. He will go down as a hall of famer, and he has had a tremendous run as of late.

He's not a great fighter.

And it's really not a certainty he will be inducted into the HOF.

[IronDanHamza]

Chico was regaurded as a slugger, not a skilled fighter.

Here are predictions for the fight. Most experts leaned on Mayweather winning.
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/predict1.htm

He was a slugger, an elite one. A P4P calibur one.

Does that disqualify him or something?

[The Gambler1981]

Movement is the lowest level of defense~ it doesn't take very much tactical know how to be constantly out of range.

He has great movement and ability to control range from the outside, and when a guys starts to reach he can make them pay.


He is a very skilled guy one of the better current guys, I believe the first time I saw him fight on ESPN, I said something like he won't always look impressive, especially against guys who aren't attacking him, but when faced with better opposition his abilities would look much more impressive which proved true. TO me he is not very versatile though, his style is very skewed one way which can be very effective also as long as the guy sticks to their strength and Rigondeaux is certainly a guy with that mindset.


Still I will take versatility over being highly skewed one way.

[Capncrunch]

Roy Jones, Pernell Whitaker, Kid Gavilan, Ray Robinson, Jose Napoles, etc. ...

[junior gong]

The only reason I'm trying to discredit this win is because others are overhyping it by saying it makes Rigo the most skilled boxer of all time. If people weren't spouting bull**** like that I'd be all praise.

This is exactly how I feel to the letter.

[Motofan]

I didn't know the most skilled fighter of all time would get dropped by a guy who worked with his trainer over the phone while also getting booed for 12 rounds.

[!! Shawn]

He's not a great fighter.

And it's really not a certainty he will be inducted into the HOF.

He is a sure fire hall-of-famer.
4 weight class world champion who was THE man in each division.

[!! Shawn]

Movement is the lowest level of defense~ it doesn't take very much tactical know how to be constantly out of range.

He has great movement and ability to control range from the outside, and when a guys starts to reach he can make them pay.


He is a very skilled guy one of the better current guys, I believe the first time I saw him fight on ESPN, I said something like he won't always look impressive, especially against guys who aren't attacking him, but when faced with better opposition his abilities would look much more impressive which proved true. TO me he is not very versatile though, his style is very skewed one way which can be very effective also as long as the guy sticks to their strength and Rigondeaux is certainly a guy with that mindset.


Still I will take versatility over being highly skewed one way.

You have obviously never been in the ring trying to get away from a fighter who is coming after you. It is every bit as impressive what Rigo does with his feet as what he can do standing and slipping punches.

Rigo is not just skewed towards movement. He can stand there and make you miss. His head movement is superb, as is his footwork, and his angles.