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

[bojangles1987]

Damn shame that Arum seems determined to shelve him.

[kadyo's]

Agreed. You got your post up as I was writing mine. If there were even two thousand people there with any interest in boxing, they took note of who Rigo was, if they didn't know him already. I'm glad Guille took the opportunity to mention bringing a fight to Hialeah. And I'll bet anything that idea came from Boris Arencibia, his co-promoter. It sure didn't come from Arum. Caribe Promotions is obviously trying whatever they can to raise Rigo's stock, while ol' Bob publicly disses his own fighter.

I couldn't agree more, my ffriend.

[kozone]

I grew up in hialeah and I can honestly say that Cubans do know who Rigo is! Cubans follow Olympic sports and Rigo winning two gold medals has made him an icon!! The guy has been considered the best in Cuba for quite some time now not to mention the local news in Miami talks about him especially when he defeated Donaire....so yea a lot of people do know who he is down here

[kadyo's]

I grew up in hialeah and I can honestly say that Cubans do know who Rigo is! Cubans follow Olympic sports and Rigo winning two gold medals has made him an icon!! The guy has been considered the best in Cuba for quite some time now not to mention the local news in Miami talks about him especially when he defeated Donaire....so yea a lot of people do know who he is down here

Thanks for this info, hoping that rigo will conquer the whole of america. Rigo is some talent that only hard core are aware of, hope he'd break the barrier and become a name or a brand that will be known throughout.

He must be aware of this and he and his team must do something.

[kozone]

Thanks for this info, hoping that rigo will conquer the whole of america. Rigo is some talent that only hard core are aware of, hope he'd break the barrier and become a name or a brand that will be known throughout.

He must be aware of this and he and his team must do something.

I agree!!! As a fan of boxing it truly sucks not to watch him more often!! He is a special talent...one that has mastered his craft and doesn't know how to lose!!!

[lazarito52]

i was there on saturday and i was surprised that willie chirino introduced rigo to his fans , it was great to see so many cubans in this casino . nice exoposure for my man , great promotion . we are lots of thousands of cubans here in miami , if there is a nice card ,lots of would show up . but the promoters have to invst in boxing in south florida , having more than 1 millions cubans in here , a big market to work on . go rigo . hit and not get hit.

[marvelousmatt]

i was there on saturday and i was surprised that willie chirino introduced rigo to his fans , it was great to see so many cubans in this casino . nice exoposure for my man , great promotion . we are lots of thousands of cubans here in miami , if there is a nice card ,lots of would show up . but the promoters have to invst in boxing in south florida , having more than 1 millions cubans in here , a big market to work on . go rigo . hit and not get hit.

Yeah,I never understood why Boxiing isn't huge in Miami. Miami has a huge Cuban population who love boxing.

Is it the poor promoting and bad cards then,Lazarito ?

I'm asking.I don't know.

[chubano]

Rigo is all the time on local TV stations, newspapers, etc. everybody know him. Now is up to the promoters to do their work. They have to set a platform and test the market.

[al-Xander]

I agree!!! As a fan of boxing it truly sucks not to watch him more often!! He is a special talent...one that has mastered his craft and doesn't know how to lose!!!

Yeah, tell your fellow Cubans to pay and watch him when he fights so he won't have problems getting fights. How do you expect people to watch him when his fellow Cubans don't even bother to?

[New England]

I grew up in hialeah and I can honestly say that Cubans do know who Rigo is! Cubans follow Olympic sports and Rigo winning two gold medals has made him an icon!! The guy has been considered the best in Cuba for quite some time now not to mention the local news in Miami talks about him especially when he defeated Donaire....so yea a lot of people do know who he is down here

casamayor won a gold medal as well, and he was never a draw. he was also bigger, younger, and more exciting to the casual fan.


arum would be amking money off of rigondeaux if he could.