Comments Thread For: Cult of Rigondeaux…Rise!: The Post-Fight Report Card

[CubanGuyNYC]

I agree Kevin Iole and Dan Rafael have been embrassingly biased and their articles have been disgusting to read.

I am glad that cult of Rigo is alive, I still remember a few years ago when I went on espn and saw an article that rigo had defected I started jumping up and down for what seemed like an eternity. I knew what Rigo was capable of since he is one of the greatest natural talents that Cuba has ever bred on the boxing ring, but i am not sure if i ever envisioned this, his age was worrying me and at times i felt that with the 2 year lay off and so much time in the amateurs would impact him negatively.

This sounds like something I might've written, bro. I felt the same exact way. I've been watching Rigo for years, any time I had a chance. I regarded him as the greatest boxing talent Cuba had, even though I was more a fan of Gamboa. Guillermo swept away all my concerns. He is not as good as I thought he was. He's better. "El Chacal" is awesome...and he's just getting started.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Great article. It's good to see that some boxing writers appreciate what they saw.

I've been disgusted at some of the things that have been written over the past couple of days.

Total agreement.

[ShoulderRoll]

Rigondeaux had to prove it to me before I could call him great. But he answered all the questions I had about him and then some.

You rarely see a top P4P fighter get dominated the way Donaire did. It's a shame that so many people are downplaying the victory and calling it boring. Even Rigo's own promoter is saying it which is disgraceful.

To my eyes he put on a clinic and it was actually quite exciting to see.

[Cubanborn87]

This sounds like something I might've written, bro. I felt the same exact way. I've been watching Rigo for years, any time I had a chance. I regarded him as the greatest boxing talent Cuba had, even though I was more a fan of Gamboa. Guillermo swept away all my concerns. He is not as good as I thought he was. He's better. "El Chacal" is awesome...and he's just getting started.

I agree 100%

[opotemo]

This myth that Dan Rafael, Keith Iole and some fringe lunatics are trying to pedal post fight that Rigo was on his bike and ran all night is just that - a myth. I've just watched the fight again and stopwatched it every time Rigo backpedaled or circled out of range - 7 minutes and that's being generous.

[b0ndsj0ns20]

Did anyone actually take Rafael's opinion seriously before this?

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Did anyone actually take Rafael's opinion seriously before this?

I never even knew he had one. I only kept up with his reports.



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[BendOver]

What then is the effect of Rigo having a cult with those Mexican Champs?
Rigo was good, no question about it, but, Donaire knock him down, means the defense of Rigo isn't class "A"; in the future rematch, one of them will get KO'd.

I just going to assume you are new to boxing, just because you get KD doesn't meant you are not a good defensive fighter, 1 knockdown = 1 punch, by the way he caught Rigondeaux straight up coming out of a clinch, it was somehow a cheap shot...

[millcitymauler]

rigo won the tenth decisively after the kd? come on man, without the kd i'd still give donaire that round, rigo landed what? 3 punches? plus i suppose the jab that he traded with a donaire left hook right at the beggining of the round, donaire landed alot of big shots, he wasn't as flashy about it but he landed a good number, that round is what convinced me of rigo's chin being damn solid because he was not phased in the slightest

And this is all you can glean from this article and this great fight? Hope that's enough of a consolation prize to rub on your hurt bottom.

[El Angel]

Great coming out performance. He's not going to lose for a long time.