Why was it so important for Rigo and Donaire to meet

[Accountoffline]

Somewhere along the line Donaire lost his motivation. Most like after the Rigo fight, he is somewhat like a Naz Hamed but continued however but never really quite performed to his full potential when he can.

[Dr Rumack]

And Donaire NEVER gets enough respect for always fighting who the fans want him to fight. He only gets hate. Walters and Rigo are great examples.

It's ridiculous. Guys slating him for ducking Rigo when he faced Rigo one year after moving up to 122. The extent of the Donaire criticism shows just how full of shit a lot of so-called fans are.

[torosboxing75]

It's ridiculous. Guys slating him for ducking Rigo when he faced Rigo one year after moving up to 122. The extent of the Donaire criticism shows just how full of shit a lot of so-called fans are.

It really is ridiculous. At least he had the ballz to fight the best.

[fighter1234]

Sometimes I wonder the same thing if Mayweather and Pacquiao met in 09

[torosboxing75]

Sometimes I wonder the same thing if Mayweather and Pacquiao met in 09

Exactly

[fabie]

It's called THE COMPETITION...why wouldn't they fight if they both want to be the best?

[Fetta]

So your happy that 2 of the best met and now one is irrelevant and the other is regulated to fighting in japan. Excitement gone in division but we got one fight.

[SeekDaGreat]

The same reason why it's important Floyd fight Pac. So he can (in this case was) be placed into perspective.

[Ringlife]

I'm glad these two guys fought each other, Rigondeaux kept pushing for the fight, and Donaire was game.

There is nothing better then two fighters being confident in their abilities wanting to prove it in the ring. Donaire took Rigondeaux lightly and didn't realize it till the first round.

I do give Nonito credit for fighting him and not ducking Rigondeaux and Walters. I do think that if Nonito wouldn't have fought Rigondeaux, he would have moved up anyways to 126, and he would have been matched against Walters.

That was the plan for Nonito to go up in weight all the way to 130. He wanted to win titles in different weight classes like Paquiao.

[torosboxing75]

So your happy that 2 of the best met and now one is irrelevant and the other is regulated to fighting in japan. Excitement gone in division but we got one fight.

Would you rather have went on believing Donaire was the best at 122 and have people arguing about it till this day?