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Lampley dissed Rigo on "The Fight Game" last night
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Jim is in the business of growing HBO's boxing fan base, and of hyping the sport. The self proclaimed "purists" (or boxings hipsters) that act like Rigo could draw a fly to **** are lying to themselves. Fact is he will not and could never be an attraction regardless of HBO and Uncle Bob hyping him or not, and he's old already, with limited names to fight. He will end up a great technical fighter on ESPN cards, and will fade away. You can be amazed all you want that he beat Nonito (who also dropped him by the way) but it doesn't make him an all time great, it doesn't make him exciting, and it will never make him a draw.
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Originally posted by ShoulderRoll View PostI think that's bush league. He wasn't boring at all to many of us, me included. Fought a great fight.
Diehard Boxing Fan: "Wow, look at how he pull counters. Look at his footwork, it's exquisite. Look how he paces himself. He's totally unpredictable. The other guy is too hesitant to throw now because of the counters he might receive. Amazing stuff.
Casual Boxing Fan: "Why isn't he throwing punches? He's only thrown like 3 in the past 10 seconds. He's moving way too much. It's like he's scared of getting hit. Why is he a boxer if he's scared of getting hit? This ****ing boring. **** this ****, let's watch ****."
You, me, everyone on this site represent a minority in the business of Boxing as entertainment. This is what a lot of diehards fail to understand. Where we will appreciate the methodical strategies of fighters like Andre Ward, Mayweather, Lara because of our in depth boxing knowledge, the people who keep the sport in the mainstream, the casual boxings DON'T.
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is rigo ever gonna fight again?You know its bad for you,When ur the
top dude and nobody cares for u.
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Pro tip. Donaire and Pacquiao are HBO investments
discrediting the people that beat them is a must.
just like they destroyed Marquez in their biased ass show after the knock out. They didn't even have him in their top 5 P4P's but they still have Donaire.
HBO and Their lame ass show are a joke
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