Comments Thread For: Photos: Rigondeaux is Honored Before 10,000 in Florida

[Bushidō]

Rigondeaux should Fight in miami and HBO and Bob Arum need to acknowledge that if he can draw a crowd of 10,000 in a location, It is time for Top Rank and HBO to stop being butt hurt and start promoting this man.

exactly. There is always a way to market a fighter no matter how "boring" people think he is

[CubanGuyNYC]

Very true. And him not being a spring chicken... i can see that point as well. Youre 100% right there and that was a factor i did over look.
That is a rock in a hard place. You dont wanna move to fast but then again you cant afford to wait to long. Hes been fighting 3-4 times a year. Except in 2011 he only fought once. If he can do that for a few years and dominate...i think he will be okay. Its just the question is whos gonna be the big hit in a few years. Or is a few years to long? Excellent point though.

That's the story of this poor guy's life. He had to escape Cuba to make a life for himself; and just when it looked like he made it, he can't get a fight to save his life.

[PAC-BOY]

That's the story of this poor guy's life. He had to escape Cuba to make a life for himself; and just when it looked like he made it, he can't get a fight to save his life.

Escaping Cuba was the easy part. The hard part is being away from his family. He will get fights. Right now he really needs to stay busy.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Escaping Cuba was the easy part. The hard part is being away from his family. He will get fights. Right now he really needs to stay busy.

Agreed.

[BendOver]

As a Rigo fan, why would you want him released? Seems like no lessons learned from Gamboa, Lara, etc. Even Schaefer was taking potshots at Rigo (and Gamboa) when he put down Lara as boring after the Angulo fight.

If he ain't doing his job as a promoter then being a free agent is a better alternative, a lest he could fight for any network... He ain't fighting anyway

[Razor Ramon]

Does anyone really think Bob Arum, who's been at the top of the boxing game for more than 40 years, is intentionally missing out on a windfall of cash just to spite Rigo? If he's not promoting him in Miami it's because he knows these mythical crowds of 10,000 a few people on the internet think he'll get based on living in that general area and thinking Rigo's world famous because a few people they know have heard of him aren't actually there, guys don't last this long in a tough business to make money in by being bad at spotting opportunities to make money.

[HeroBando]

If he ain't doing his job as a promoter then being a free agent is a better alternative, a lest he could fight for any network... He ain't fighting anyway

He was offered that fight on the Stevenson Cloud undercard, wanted 12 weeks camp. The free agent thing may mean you can fight on either network, but more often than not means no decent opportunity on either network, just ask Gamboa.

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

this guy in a great boxer, sad to see whats happening to him... he destroyed the next hope

[PRchamp]

Miami fans are great fans. Tired of the rest of the US talking crap about Miami fans. Show a good product and the fans will show up, give e a crappy product and nobody will pay for crap that's how it is.

Miami Marlins aka Triple A team get no fans at the new ballpark because they are a crappy product made by a crappy owner.

Miami Heat are a good product that's why they are sold out every game.

Golden Boy Promotions had a show at the BB&T Center in Sunrise and the main event was Braulio Santos vs Derrick Wilson come on man nobody showed up to that card. Give us a good card and the fans will show up. Miami fans aren't ******

[PAC-BOY]

Miami fans are great fans. Tired of the rest of the US talking crap about Miami fans. Show a good product and the fans will show up, give e a crappy product and nobody will pay for crap that's how it is.

Miami Marlins aka Triple A team get no fans at the new ballpark because they are a crappy product made by a crappy owner.

Miami Heat are a good product that's why they are sold out every game.

Golden Boy Promotions had a show at the BB&T Center in Sunrise and the main event was Braulio Santos vs Derrick Wilson come on man nobody showed up to that card. Give us a good card and the fans will show up. Miami fans aren't ******

Miami rides hard. Thats no doubt there.