Rigondeaux will never be an ATG unless he gets off the "Fight every six months" train

[hhs661]

why "for sure?"

he's already beaten donaire. what other fights are out there?


he's got hall of fame stuff for sure, but the hall of fame isn't concerned exclusively with skills and talent. the voters look at your resume primarily. outside of donaire rigondeaux has an extremely ordinary resume. he has no wins of note other than donaire.



it's unfortunate, but i think rigondeaux has got his best win already. he'll be an "if only," type of fighter when we look back at him.

he is 32, tiny, and had several hundred amateur fights. 122 looks like a dead weight class. rigondeaux looks like a natural bantamweight. the downside of his career is not far away.

I see him as a rare athlete that comes along every so often. I'd compare him to Gale Sayers. I think it's safe to say his career will be short, but that doesn't necessarily mean it won't be hof worthy.

Say he fights two more fights with top rank then goes to another promotion and fights 5-7 more times without a loss. That might bring him to 20 wins or so. A possible Donaire rematch looms, throw in Santa Cruz, Kiko, Mares, Romero, Gonzalez, Frampton etc etc and you're building your resume. Might not be the best, but for someone who turned pro at the age of 28, I think it's safe to say the voters will look past that and might take a gander at his amateur accomplishments as well as what he did in his short time as a professional.

Then again he could fight "names" to help his cause like montiel, vic, terrazes, mathebula or even Moreno(if he fights at 122)

He's got a window- albeit small - but I could see it happening if he fights 3-4 times a year starting in 2014.

[Larry the boss]

He needs to leave Top Rank asap,his own promoter hates on him

[torosboxing75]

I think this is all part of Bobs plan to make Rigo cold so when he gets in the ring he'll lose and Bob won't have to worry about us hardcore fans asking about a guy he says he can't promote or sell to the casuals.

Put it this way if he keeps Rigo busy nobody will be able to beat him anytime soon.