Comments Thread For: Bob Arum Understands HBO's Rigondeaux Reluctance

[CubanGuyNYC]

Only way u sell a guy who has no buzz what so ever ........match him up against a guy who does duhhhhhhh isnt that how he got his biggest win to date!!!!!
Its not rocket science rigo isnt a draw so put him up against the guys who are an if he dont want the fight or his team cant make it THEN start talkin bout the networks or the promoters u cant blame them for a guy whos only beat 2 known names in his pro career when u have a record like rigos u aint supposed to do s**t but win an win big if u want to be noticed if u want rigo buzz become a pro have 1 huge win then chillout u want more win an keep winning like he did against nito !!!!

Honestly, name one fighter not under the GBP banner, and currently fighting at 122, that fits this description.

[elfag]

people keep going back on style but it isnt just style

paulie sells fights, he has no power

calzaghe sold fights and the majority of his "punches" he didnt even use fully closed fists.


Rigo came direct from cuba, doesnt speak english, PLUS fights defensively

If he was puerto rican or something else like german that had a huge following to sell PPV"s he would be fine.

Cubans aint buying no PPV's

[elfag]

Theres also some pretty crooked **** going on though too with TR and HBO trying to black list Rigo for being too good and not having enough fans.


Theres plenty of guys who were the best in their division without many fans. That includes Lara, Ward and Winky.

The difference is those guys were around for a while and built up to where they cant be ignored.

Rigo just jumped on the scene recently from cuba... they figured he would loose at the pro level and when he blew donaire out of the water who was Arum's money maker they realized they had a guy on their hands who is going to loose them a ton of money, handing out Losses to all their fighters while having no fans of his own. They know Rigo is already in his mid 30s and if they just stall this thing out some he will get older and people will forget about him. Thats what theyre trying to do.