Rigos style is not "Casual" fan friendly

[-PBP-]

Lol

Still dont understand why people did not see this type of fight happening. Bunch of babies lol

It sounds like a lot of folks are upset because Rigo wasn't a pawn that was there to collect a check and engage Donaire in a way that he could give the fans what they wanted to see: Another highlight reel knockout.

But I'm not criticizing for people for not enjoying last nights fight. But the blame for a "boring" fight, if you feel that way, needs to go both ways and I feel its two one sided. Donaire has a history of being booed, as Steve Kim alluded too but nobodies calling him out for being so shook of Rigo's feints, speed and counters that he shelled up and became economical.

The lack of action was due to the clash of styles. Not Rigo's style alone. As shown in the past, if you engage with Rigo and give him opportunities he capitalizes and knocks you out.

[KickAzz]

Rigondo ran from the fight. he fights in a boring style. it's effective and it wins, but its not a style that will make a lot of money. Rigondo should just look for accomplishments and not for money if he intends to fight in that boring style.

[cixthree]

Could you sound any more like a twat if you tried? You are consistently one of the worst posters here and a complete fanboy, so WTF do you know about boxing thats any more useful, accurate or interesting than the average 'casual(even this term makes me giggle as its mainly a so called insult invented and used as such mainly by the scummier end of the floyd mayweather fanboy scale) fan'? Absolutely **** all!

You must have thought the fight was boring LOL.... If what I said hit home or made you feel less of a "Hardcore Boxing Fan", i didnt intend to do that. my bad....

[cixthree]

Strong circle jerking going on in NSB about how you guys are superior boxing fans because you can 'appreciate' Rigo.

Just because some found the fight last night boring makes them no less of a boxing fan.

"Boxing Fans" found the fight interesting, those who didnt were either Nonito fanboys or stuck on one type of fight game.
Boxing has many styles, it takes a boxing fan to see it tho (I guess you didnt see it).
I bet you sat in front of the screen screaming for a KO, and all you got was a boxing clinic.

[Guest]

"Boxing Fans" found the fight interesting, those who didnt were either Nonito fanboys or stuck on one type of fight game.
Boxing has many styles, it takes a boxing fan to see it tho (I guess you didnt see it).
I bet you sat in front of the screen screaming for a KO, and all you got was a boxing clinic.

i found rigo both briliant and boring.

why do you have to paint people with such a broad brush?

[Phenom]

Rigo sets his punches and throws with lot of venom he has a good KO ratio IMO he is 100x more entertaining then Ward

[thuggery]

i found rigo both briliant and boring.

why do you have to paint people with such a broad brush?

This is exactly how I felt too. The guy you quoted is a boxing hipster. "Hurr you aint a real boxing fan doe cause you didn't salivate over Rigo's supreme running n sweet science n shit doe hurr."

[junior gong]

i found rigo both briliant and boring.

why do you have to paint people with such a broad brush?

Because he is a **** and a flojob.

[junior gong]

This is exactly how I felt too. The guy is a boxing hipster. "Hurr you aint a real boxing fan doe cause you didn't salivate over Rigo's supreme running n sweet science n shit doe hurr."

Spot on.

[joesaiditstrue]

Can I ask you a question... What is boxing to you? I'm curious

dude stop getting offended

Rigo fights an amateur style, he loses sight of the fact that in order to make money in this sport, you need to be a professional "entertainer" as well as win your fights

You aren't in the ring or winning in the pros, so who are you to say he has the skills to throw more punches or be more aggressive or take more risks. He fights the only way he knows how to fight, and that's to win. You're asking him to take more risks which for all you know could be largely detrimental to him winning

But like I said, he fights an amateur style and does not try to impress or entertain. Before his career is over, I think there might come a point where whoever signs his checks has a heart to heart chat with him, letting him know "it is what it is".

I'm not hating on Rigo, so don't start that ****. I enjoyed the fight, I consider myself a boxing purist-type of fan that enjoys more technical fights than UFC blood baths, but to say adding more offense in a fight doesn't make it more entertaining, that's just untrue. We all like to see offense in a fight, it just isn't Rigo's game.

To say that Rigo can't be in an entertaining fight is ignorant. Donaire wasn't willing to press the issue, and lost his belts and P4P status because of it. A guy like Mares, or PDL will definitely take more risks and thus will make a great fight if you ask me.

You're expecting to see a great fight with two technical counterpunchers, that will 9 times out of 10 never be the case. You need to match counterpunchers up with offensively gifted opponents and then you'll see the sparks fly.

Rigo will win almost all, if not all of his pro fights, it's yet to be determined how many of them will be "entertaining to the casual fan". Just match him the right way (he has 3 belts, so guys will HAVE to fight him based on that alone), and thus I think we'll see him in some good fights in the future