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

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Hes not even a better boxer than a past prime Floyd, or Ward. Not to mentiom all time. Cmon.

[Frank Ducketts]

No, you really don't. When you beat a guy like Vic Darchinian, people start to say, "woah he got skills, lets see what happens when he fights so, and so."

Well, guess what? He fought so and so, and utterly outclassed him. He not only faced his toughest task, probably of his career, but took him to school.

There's literally nothing more he has to do, besides beat a bunch of fighters that aren't even on Nonito's level, and go on a ridiculous winning streak.

Please. You must be out of your mind, lmao! He has a lot more to do in this sport to convince everyone that he can do it for a few years.

[fishscale]

No, you really don't. When you beat a guy like Vic Darchinian, people start to say, "woah he got skills, lets see what happens when he fights so, and so."

Well, guess what? He fought so and so, and utterly outclassed him. He not only faced his toughest task, probably of his career, but took him to school.

There's literally nothing more he has to do, besides beat a bunch of fighters that aren't even on Nonito's level, and go on a ridiculous winning streak.

Yes, you really do, as any basic boxing fan will tell you and we don't even want to bring accomplished boxing historians into this.

Rigos resume is literally this:

Nonito Donaire.

That's his resume.

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[Nagabilly]

I don't know man might be too early to say that.

I gotta admit tonight was a great win that would look much better with time because I feel Nonito could still bounce back and has potential to become a great fighter.

I won't go as far as saying that he's the most skilled but I could feel an unexplainable future ATG feel to Rigo lol

[-Kev-]

It's highly possible, and not crazy to think that if he started his pro career in his early 20s, that he'd have one of the best resumes, if not the best resume, of any lower weight class fighter under 130, and highly likely that he'd be undefeated. Unfortunately, he started too late but even in 12 fights we can see that he is the real deal.

We can't call him the most skilled fighter of all time, when in his own time he has Hopkins, Mayweather, Marquez, Ward, Wlad. We can't just disregard all of these guys and crown Rigondeaux the GOAT after his first big pro win.

[fishscale]

I am not saying he is the most accomplished, but he proved his skills in an undisputed fashion in the Amateurs.

2 Olympic Golds - probably would have been 3 if Cuba let him Compete in Beijing.
2 World Amateur Championships
2 World Cup Golds

Last night, he proved in an undisputed manner that his skills transitioned completely to the Pro ranks.

He has no equal in terms of pure boxing skill and craft.

Accomplishment and proof of skill go hand in hand. His biggest test was Nonito Donaire, compare that to say, Roberto Duran jumping 14lbs and beating an unbeaten, Prime Sugar Ray Leonard. Just one example of hundreds I could give you.

Rigo looks very skilled yes but that's not the point, he may look a lot less skillful if he jumped two weight classes and fought an unbeaten champion, no?

Accomplishment is everything, otherwise Zad Judah and Jermaine Taylor would be Top 10 ATGs.

Rigo is a very promising fighter with a great skill set at his disposal but now he has to prove just how far his skills can take him.

[crold1]

We already knew he was probably the best Amateur boxer of all time.

With last nights performance I am going to put it out there that Rigondeaux is probably the most skilled boxer to ever step into the ring.

We just saw a 32 year old fighter on the downside of his prime dismantle a top 5 p4p fighter in his prime.

I am not saying he is unbeatable, he still has to prove that against a fighter who can take his punches and is willing to eat them to deliver their own like a Roberto Duran, but skill wise I think it can now be argued that he is without equal.

The closest I can think of is maybe Pernell Whitaker, but Rigo is equally slick, is better at controlling the pace of fights, and is more precise with his punches.

I don't know about all-time, but he's surely one of the 4-5 best around right now. Sometimes we over think this stuff. He proved it last night. He's THAT good. I started on his bandwagon (had a bet after 3 fights he'd be a champ by the end of 10 and he sort of was), got all think-too-hard after Cordoba, and, nope, right the first time.

He just came within a punch or two of shutting out a guy who hadn't come close to losing in six years at the title level. I look at Rigo at this point like Roy Hobbs. Castro was his whore that shot him in the gut, killing the chance for a Ruthian career. Lets not talk ourselves out of what we all really think after last night: if every fighter were the same size, Rigo would be favored over almost anyone.

[gmc_rfc_06]

In terms of pure ability, he is absolutely frightening.

As good as it gets.

[Tim2daresq]

Accomplishment and proof of skill go hand in hand. His biggest test was Nonito Donaire, compare that to say, Roberto Duran jumping 14lbs and beating an unbeaten, Prime Sugar Ray Leonard. Just one example of hundreds I could give you.

Rigo looks very skilled yes but that's not the point, he may look a lot less skillful if he jumped two weight classes and fought an unbeaten champion, no?

Accomplishment is everything, otherwise Zad Judah and Jermaine Taylor would be Top 10 ATGs.

Rigo is a very promising fighter with a great skill set at his disposal but now he has to prove just how far his skills can take him.

He literally beat the toughest opponent he'll ever face in his career, and outclassed him.

When I said, "what more does he need to do?" I didn't mean he could retire now, and call it a day. I meant, his skills are already among the legends.