What's the difference between how rigondeaux fought donaire and how mayweather fought

[Evol]

Folks who call rigondeaux boring don't appreciate great boxing

Go watch bumfights if u wanna see ****** swinging for the fences type fights

Of course we appreciate rigo's skills, just don't charge us for it! lol!! I can go to a boxing gym and see someone spar.

[HarvardBlue]

Once Rigo figures out what can land consistantly he adds punches to that and uses combinations. Floyd sticks to using one punch just in case someone gets brave enough (smart enough) to punch with him. Rigo is more accurate and his punches have more effect than Floyds. Floyds punches come out of a defensive posture when Rigo's come from when he attacks.
If Rigo was a natural WW Floyd would avoid him like the plaque! Ray.

Mayweather vs Rigondeaux would be the fight to see if it was ever possible. I'm curious to know if you think Rigondeaux would be able to land anything consistently against Mayweather.

[Larry the boss]

Lol just because you come forward with a high guard doesn't mean your doing anything. I don't care about compubox stats rigondeaux was hurting donaire Floyd wasn't hurting Canelo.

Please show me these combinations.

Come on man you are better then this..if you did not see floyd walking canelo down and hitting him with combos then you may need to watch another sport

[Larry the boss]

Reading the responses in this thread makes me wonder why people even watch boxing..they call excellence boring...

[Evol]

Floyd's combos = dance dance dance throws a straight right dance dance. I guess the dancing is part of the combos??

[Carpe Diem]

Just because Floyd is "standing in the pocket" does not mean he's going "toe-to-toe". The term, toe-to-toe is reserved for what Warriors do. Floyd pot shots & fights like a cat; he does not go toe-to-toe.

He doesn't go toe-to-toe. He uses intelligent pressure and can fight flat-footed in front of his opponents and make them miss.

[Bushidō]

Rigondeaux not going to float everyone's boat but I appreciate him and his fights. Am a fan of his but was pretty sad when he beat Donaire (was cheering for Donaire)

[BrokenHat]

Rigo was throwing atomic body shots at Nonito. Floyd wasn't.

Rigo busted Nintos face up, Floyd didn't do that to Canelo.

Rigo hunted Nonito in the final round looking for a KO, after hurting him.

Floyd never hunted Canelo, or even hurt him.

They're both great fighters. But, Rigo is way more entertaining. Floyd is more impressive defensively, and obviously, the resume. Floyd has the big fights, and the personality. Rigo doesn't. But that doesn't mean FLoyd fights more exciting. Rigo's weight class, and personality, he aint lookin to be a huge star like Floyd. Just be the best boxer of his division.

[Evol]

He doesn't go toe-to-toe. He uses intelligent pressure and can fight flat-footed in front of his opponents and make them miss.

When Floyd fights flat footed he would walk straight to his opponent wait for them to throw ducks then throws one of his then backs out and dances. I'm not gonna lie, he's accurate and he lands but he never follows up with it, it's all points for him.

[RiC-DiC]

Rigondeaux never strikes first and he can't fight on the inside without getting wobbled or dropped. He ALWAYS counters and boxes with excessive "footwork".

Watch the Floyd-Canelo fight; Floyd had the bigger man on the ropes and beat him on the inside and outside. Floyd can strike first from the outside with pin-point accuracy, dodge his opponent's counter and follow up on the inside, throwing anything from whatever angle he wants. Rigondeaux is just: footwork, footwork, dodge, counter cross, footwork, footwork dodge, counter cross, etc.. When he stops running, he gets dropped.

You simply CAN NOT say Floyd fought Canelo anything like how Rigondeaux boxed Donaire.