Comments Thread For: Leo Santa Cruz and the Sub-Rigo Youth Movement at 122

[nycsmooth]

the average sports fan knows little of boxing xcept FM's in the spport...Rigo is a who?/// 2 bad as if he learned what charisma is, learned some English 4 his post fight interviews( he's been in the US long enuff where he can't use it as an excuse) he could open a greater interest & viewer network 2 this great upport...as 4 Leo he's ok as long as he doesn't box Rigo & if he moves up I've got Jhonny Gonzalez...

[Black Barty]

Here's the thing. Today's fight fans are such hypocrites that it has to turn fringe fans away. Case in point. Right now, most on this site have hopped on the Lara bandwagon. Now, Lara is nothing but a bigger, less skilled version of Rigondeaux. But because Lara fights at jr middleweight, and a very easy and convienent name to plug in to the "Floyd's duckin' ________" campaign, Lara's their guy right now. So at day's end. Its not about a personal taste in styles. Its not even about entertainment. Rigo is a jr bantamweight. So he's not a threat to Floyd, Ward, Broner, and any other fighter these clowns on here hate. So they have no use for him. Likewise, he'd expose all their lil favs in the lower divisions. So its better to just dismiss him as if he doesn't exist.

On a sidenote. Freddie Roach publically admitted that Rigo's skill set is so good that he passed on an opportunity to have he and Pac spar. #nuffsaid

Roach also said that Khan was kicking Manny's ass in sparring, so I would take that with a grain of salt.

Anyway, Rigo is the man at 122, no denying that, but I don't see him as completely proven yet. The Donaire win was great, but I would like to see how that famous defense of his holds up against different styles.

[lazaron72]

7 times cuban national champ , pan nam champ , centroamerican champ , 2 world amateur champ , two Olimpic gold medals , WBA interim champ in his 7 fight , wbaregular champ in his 9 fight , unified WBA and wbo in his 12 fight , has been fighting for championship and defending titles since his 7 fights ...... Conoooooo , the best .,

[lazaron72]

Rigos notables wins : he beat Abner mares , 17- 7 , final for gold medal in a pan nam games . He beat Russel jr in elimination title , he beat the ducker , the 142 pounders , norigo ducknaire .
Would have beaten lomachenko in the 2008 Olimpic games , had rigo not defected to the USA .
All other 122 are waiting for him to die , they can beat him . For now .
Go rigo , hit and not get hit ; you can not hit what you don't see .

[Tom Cruise]

I've actually supported the idea that Rigo take his show to Europe, Tom. He's not appreciated here in the States. Let him go where people care. He's already traveled abroad, to dismantle Willie Casey. Why not again? I never hear guys like Quigg mention Guille's name. I'll bet that fight would get made quickly if he did.

True. In Quiggs case i just do not think he's ready. His team jumped at the chance to get that bogus title but its put him in a place he isn't ready for..

I'm happy for him to fight a few more opponents before mentioning Rigo, its just frustrating that he's the one who's supposed to fight GR according to rankins and ****.

The rest id love to see in with Rigo. Santa Cruz would be my first choice but obviously promotional issues will hold that back for now.

It will be interesting to see how his career goes after his TR contract is up. Hopefully it will be the end of his $300,000+ purse demands and he can start securing some opponents like Kiko Martinez and possibly the winner of Frampton Santa Cruz down the line.

Whoever he fights i just hope its filmed and that i can watch it in some way!

[lazaron72]

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[hitking]

Roach also said that Khan was kicking Manny's ass in sparring, so I would take that with a grain of salt.

Anyway, Rigo is the man at 122, no denying that, but I don't see him as completely proven yet. The Donaire win was great, but I would like to see how that famous defense of his holds up against different styles.

Everybody would. But he's basically being blackballed by his promoter. So we're not likely to see him against anyone relevant.

As for the Manny-Khan sparring. I wouldn't doubt that Khan got the better in sparring. He may have been in better shape. And more importantly, they were wearing headgear and big gloves. Manny Stewart said several times that he would match amareurs with top flight pros in sparring. Because for 3-4rds, the amateurs would often get the better of the top level pro. So its not outta the question Khan could get the better of Pac in sparring. But in a real fight, everyone knows Pac would knock him flat on his ass.

[techliam]

I know what Rigo is. lol

Obviously there are good fighters fighting exclusively in Europe; but, historically, the best fighters are American, or fighting out of the U.S. If you're not fighting the best, you can't claim to be the best. If an American chess player wanted to prove himself, he'd have to travel to Europe, because that's were all the best players are.

The U.S. isn't well-represented at 122, but she still has more world champions than anyone else. Additionally, the world #1 super-bantamweight lives and fights out of the U.S. If those other guys don't want to fight Guillermo, how can they even be taken seriously?

Historically, or whatever happens in other divisions is largely irrelevant to the case in hand. Boxing is a far more global sport now, and the US really only touches the middle divisions, 135-175, elsewhere is up for grabs...a trend which'll probably continue. Super Bantamweight is a very split division....fighting in the US isn't a requisite for being taken seriously (unless you have that superiority complex view of boxing). Should Haye-Klitschko have been in US as historically America was home of HW superstardom ?

Noone said a Rigo-Quigg/Frampton fight won't happen though. I don't see why they can't fight in the UK until a Rigo fight materialises without being "not taken seriously". Why is the logic different for Rigo? As a lot of competition is within Europe, he could also solidify himself over here.

As for bolded, it is much a repeat.... who here said they are the best? I agree with original post - they are 'youth movement', up and comers. Who you can take seriously for now

I don't necessarily disagree with what you say with Rigo, he is the champion, I wish also he could fight in Europe where maybe he can be more appreciated

[mezoomozaa]

Rigondeaux is my No.2 favourite boxer after Sergio Martinez !

I know Rigondeaux may lose oneday, and I am ready to witness it, but he is the best boxer I have ever watched ! he portrays perfection in boxing !

[crold1]

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