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by David P. Greisman - It would be fair to say that there is no love lost between junior-featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux and promoter Top Rank. But that cliché has always seemed as if it should mean the opposite of its actual definition.
Let’s keep it simple, then: There is no love between Rigondeaux and Top Rank.
Rigondeaux, who won gold medals in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and later defected from Cuba, is considered to be among the best professional boxers in the sport today.
What he seeks is attention commensurate with his position.
What he’s learning is that winning isn’t everything.
HBO, one of the two biggest networks airing boxing in the United States, isn’t overly interested in having him back on its broadcasts, not after the way his last fight performed in the ratings. The other major network, Showtime, doesn’t have a working relationship anymore with his co-promoter, Top Rank.
Rigondeaux’s biggest win came in April 2013, when he topped Nonito Donaire, out-boxing, out-classing and out-pointing an opponent who had been considered one of the best at 122 pounds, and who had just days before received an award from boxing writers naming him the best fighter of 2012. Yet it was Donaire who had a return date on HBO before Rigondeaux. [Click Here To Read More]
Let’s keep it simple, then: There is no love between Rigondeaux and Top Rank.
Rigondeaux, who won gold medals in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and later defected from Cuba, is considered to be among the best professional boxers in the sport today.
What he seeks is attention commensurate with his position.
What he’s learning is that winning isn’t everything.
HBO, one of the two biggest networks airing boxing in the United States, isn’t overly interested in having him back on its broadcasts, not after the way his last fight performed in the ratings. The other major network, Showtime, doesn’t have a working relationship anymore with his co-promoter, Top Rank.
Rigondeaux’s biggest win came in April 2013, when he topped Nonito Donaire, out-boxing, out-classing and out-pointing an opponent who had been considered one of the best at 122 pounds, and who had just days before received an award from boxing writers naming him the best fighter of 2012. Yet it was Donaire who had a return date on HBO before Rigondeaux. [Click Here To Read More]
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