Jose Santa Cruz: The fight with Rigo won't happen because it's a fight I don't want..

[Outwest Exp 355]

Showtime would air Rigo vs. Santa Cruz

What's in it for Showtime by letting Rigo come in and knock off their fighter and bouncing? The real question is will Showtime want to sign Rigo to a multi fight TV deal. That's the only way I see Rigo getting the fight.

[blak81]

Espinoza has already said he would air Rigondeaux fights so it's just up to promoters and Leo'so team.

I wish the interviewer asked what an acceptable amount would be. if $1 million is not enough, what is?

[otrocubiche]

that sounds like an elementary school parent, booohooo, i don't want my son get hurt booohooo

[Ham Porter]

This is what happens when you pay fighters ludicrous money for fighting bums. If Santa Cruz can make three quarters of a million for a showcase against some road sweeper, how much do you expect he and his team would want for fighting someone like Rigondeaux?

Gaymon has helped create this market which effectively prevents the best matchups from happening. It's an unsustainable model that simply doesn't work and does tremendous harm to boxing in the long run.

[-PBP-]

What's in it for Showtime by letting Rigo come in and knock off their fighter and bouncing? The real question is will Showtime want to sign Rigo to a multi fight TV deal. That's the only way I see Rigo getting the fight.

What contributions has Santa Cruz made to ShowTime so far? His CBS fight flopped so bad they haven't even tried to show another boxing event again. He hasn't headlined a fight, he hasn't done anything crazy with ratings, he hasn't fought anyone.

He is an undercard filler who takes a chunk out of their budget fighting bums. They are losing money on him right now and will continue to do so until he beats somebody.

[Caught Square]

Jose Santa Cruz, the father of SBW Champion Leo Santa Cruz also said, "It's a ridiculous fight. I have played it over in my head and to me it's a ridiculous fight because Rigondeaux doesn't come to fight, when he feels the opponents punches he runs, hugs, pushes or shoves his rivals. That's a ridiculous fight to me because the public deserves respect and they shouldn't watch a runner in the ring."

He played over in his head his son getting whooped

Rigondeaux really sits down on his punches and if he just 'ran like a chicken' he wouldn't be anywhere near as effective as he is.

[sicko]

WTF?

I like Leo but this makes him look...WEAK!

[Chiboxing123]

Are these guys sure there mexican? Take a lesson from nelo who fought lara.

[brettWall]

Are these guys sure there mexican? Take a lesson from nelo who fought lara.

Lara at least did something, finally. Made himself look like a fool demanding the fight right in front of Canelo's face. Team Rigo is too bashful to do that.

[big_james10]

750K for a fight vs his former sparring partner? That's truly sickening. To think people called Mikey Garcia a ducker for not wanting to fight Gamboa for 800K...

Not that I have a problem with LSC doing well financially but what the heck...

Mikey Garcia doesn't have Al Haymon as his advisor. If Santa Cruz had anyone else as his manager other than Haymon, he would have been lucky to have gotten $300,000 for his last fight. If Santa Cruz can get $700 to $800,000 fighting sparring partners in a division where fighters rarely take home more than $300,000 for a fight, why would he risk a loss against Rigondeaux for any amount of money?