Is Rigo the best pure boxer in the last 25 years?

[!! Shawn]

Man I have been watching him for awhile and I'm amazed at his skills, do you think he could out box a prime FMJ, whitaker and RJJ if they where in the same weight class?

Yes probably.

[!! Shawn]

Ivan Calderon > Rigo

Calderon was a great great little fighter, he was no Rigo though.

[!! Shawn]

for starters, jones was not a pure boxer. he used his reflexes and athletic ability, not fundamentals.


secondly, you guys only look at rigondeaux in the donaire fight. there are more fights to look at, and he certainly didn't look like the best boxer of his generation in those.

great, great boxer, as evidenced by the donaire ifght, but he's had a very short career.

my vote would probaby go to whitaker. i do think that floyd is a better technician, and would win at 147, but whitaker fought such better competition that you ahve to give him the nod.

Actually he has looked technically perfect in every single one of his appearances. There have obviously been times where he was not as active as he should have been, but there is no point in his career where you can point to and say, this guy gave him problems because his skill level wasn't as good as we thought it was.

[!! Shawn]

best pure boxer ever:

I love when people post "evidence" without watching it. Rigo took Cordoba to school. The judges cards were very very bad, you can realistically give Cordoba 1 round.

[champion4ever]

I would say no. My choice would be Pernell Whitaker because he never ducked or cherry picked any opponent. In addition, he has the resume to prove it.

[New England]

I love when people post "evidence" without watching it. Rigo took Cordoba to school. The judges cards were very very bad, you can realistically give Cordoba 1 round.

i love when a guy who has an avvy called "rigotard and proud" acts like he's unbiased and knows what he is talking about.

i have seen that fight several times, and if you think he was "taken to school" for 12 rounds you have no idea what you are looking at.

rigondeaux fought like an amateur.



why would i post a fight if i have not seen it? what on earth could i possibly accomplish, and where would i even get the idea? who talks about his fight with cordoba?


i'm guessing that you're one of the rigondeaux fans who has not seen it, and who fell in love with rigondeaux after the knockout of the great rico ramos.

[New England]

Actually he has looked technically perfect in every single one of his appearances. There have obviously been times where he was not as active as he should have been, but there is no point in his career where you can point to and say, this guy gave him problems because his skill level wasn't as good as we thought it was.

this is some of the dumbest crap somebody on a boxing website could possibly say.


technically perfect
write his name on a sex toy.

[!! Shawn]

taking it personal, dan? just because i ****d you in the g man thread doesn't mean you've got to bring the prince into this.

easing the D into that ******** in the g man thread was easy as pie, bro. you said some of the dumbest sh#t i've ever heard anybody say about boxing. you lubed up and presented yourself. all i did was give you the stroke. don't say dumb sh#t about something you don't know a damn thing about if you don't want to look like a fool.



these guys are saying he's the best pure boxer of all time. so are you. are ywe going to base that off of the donaire fight only? the cordoba fight isn't valid because he looked like garbage?

Show me where he looked garbage, he got on his bike eventually, cool. You have Emanuel "I hate cubans" Steward and Jim Lampley ****ting on Rigo, great... watch the fight, he took Cordoba to school and it wasn't even remotely close.

http://********/-eCEN-BFVfM?t=32m38s

watch from here, Round 8, listen to them crap on Rigo in a round that he very very easily won in non dramatic fashion.

[Showtime..]

Any fighter can be KOed by the right punch.

[New England]

Show me where he looked garbage, he got on his bike eventually, cool. You have Emanuel "I hate cubans" Steward and Jim Lampley ****ting on Rigo, great... watch the fight, he took Cordoba to school and it wasn't even remotely close.

this one actually watched the fight and was like "uhhh, he schooled him on his bike doe."


just stop.