Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux Open To Featherweight Bout With Weight Stip

[HanzGruber]

He fought Nonito and Marrquin who is like 5 foot 9, and Marroquin is huge he should be fighting at 135 he cuts from 160 to make 122.

Walters and Donaire both weighed in at 130s. Lomachenko fought an overweight Salido who was in the 150s.

Rigo has the skills so don't make excuses. People want to crack on Floyd and Pac when they already capped off and forcing these dudes to go up to 160 but give Rigo the kid gloves treatment, is ****** it just shows people want to discredit anyone but their favorites. 126 should be nothing, if rigo is this bad boy like yall claim he can fight at 126 easy he already fought big guys. Floyd and Pacquiao came from much smaller weight, heck Pac came from 106 pounds, and fought Margarito who was 170 inside that ring.

I am one of the few who never had a problem with catchweights, I just call Floyd fanboys out on their hypocrisy of discrediting Pac over it. Yet they call me a pact ar.

Rigo can't even climb one small division? I like Rigo and got confidence in his skills after what he did to Nonito and his last fight. But I dont like what I hear

Loma was 136 salido was 147. According to hbo anyway. Still just an 11 pound difference. Idk why people act like rigo isn't already tiny. He can still fight at 118. And rigos early thirties you don't think he's topped out too? Lol that's exactly when pac and Floyd stopped moving up

[lopez36]

Boxing reporter said he is 124 right now

I think you talking about that interview he gave to espndeportes when he was with boris arencibia,i doubt that he is at 124,but like I said if he fights santa cruz we would find out a little about his weight since the wbc has that 30 day weigh in

[f15bone]

so he should just spend his career at 122,no need to go into catchweights or making opponent weigh a certain amount at time of fight,if they are too big,just stay at 122,he can have a great career,long career and like I said a good one just staying at that weight,we all want fighters to always go up in weight,i actually like to see a guy stay at a weightclass for a long time,like Hopkins did,trinidad also did that,morales,although they eventually moved up,maybe he will later

Agreed...

With a thousand different divisions, all that weight class jumpin does is water down the product, confuse fans, & often times give lazy fighters an excuse to put on weight they don't need...

[Black Barty]

Loma was 136 salido was 147. According to hbo anyway. Still just an 11 pound difference. Idk why people act like rigo isn't already tiny. He can still fight at 118. And rigos early thirties you don't think he's topped out too? Lol that's exactly when pac and Floyd stopped moving up

If Rigo is so tiny, what's stopping him from fighting at 118 or even 115?

Like it or not, this is the day-before weigh-in era. Just because Rigo doesn't want to cut water doesn't mean he should be allowed to impose rehydration clauses on his opponents. The same rules should apply to everyone.

We can throw pity parties for the poor, tiny Rigo who is fighting giants, but again, what's stopping him from fighting at a lower weight and rehydrating? It's his own choice.

[JimEarl]

Would love to see Rigondeaux/Walters someday.

Gonzalez, Mares......lots of interesting possibilities there.

[-Kev-]

So he is willing to let a FW come in at 126lbs at the weigh in, but they can't rehyrdate more than 10lbs. From what I have seen, the average amount a fighter rehydrates is like 10-13lbs. For example, in Broner vs Maidana, two of the heaviest WW's currently, Broner rehydrated 9lbs(156) and Maidana rehydrated to 161lbs (14lbs). I would say 10lbs is fair, and normal but that's just me. 13lbs is a lot. but still considered normal. Over 13lbs is quite a lot and not normal. What is the difference between rehydrating 10lbs to rehydrating 13lbs? This is not muscle loss we're talking about.

Another thing, the comparisons of Mayweather, Marquez, and Pacquiao. First, these guys are 5' 8", 5' 7" and 5' 6" respectively. Secondly, when Pacquiao was at 126, he was weighing in the 140's and was considered a big FW in his 20s. Rigondeaux is 5' 4" and rehydrates like 5lbs-7lbs, he is also in his mid 30s so he has no more room for growth with his age and stature/height. He already capped out. 122 is Rigondeaux's 154lbs. Asking him to fight at 126 is like asking Floyd to fight at 160.

10lb rehydraion limit is not only fair, but it's actually normal.

[Herr Schmeling]

LSC is scared to death of Rigo. That's ok, but he should just shut up and don't play the tough guy. He's no Margarito, no Vargas, not even a Rios. He's just a clown who's fighting taxi drivers, janitors and construction workes. He better watch out that there's no Corrie Sanders among them.

[NEETzsche]

smart move. lomachenko and walters would beat rigo, not necessarily because they're better, but because they're too big

[vman075]

If Rigo is so tiny, what's stopping him from fighting at 118 or even 115?

Like it or not, this is the day-before weigh-in era. Just because Rigo doesn't want to cut water doesn't mean he should be allowed to impose rehydration clauses on his opponents. The same rules should apply to everyone.

We can throw pity parties for the poor, tiny Rigo who is fighting giants, but again, what's stopping him from fighting at a lower weight and rehydrating? It's his own choice.

You seem to be missing the point. You are asking what's stopping him from going down and the answer is nothing. He seems small enough that if he cuts water weight he would be able to make the weight. However that has nothing to do with the statement at question. He is fighting at 122 and comfortable at 122, he's not complaining that he is too small for the division and neither is anyone else but the reporter asked him about moving up another division. A division that he is too small for, to which he responded that there would have to be a rehydration clause for him to go up. Otherwise there is nothing being said about him being too small for where he is hence there is absolutely no reason for him to go down.

[romeoju2002]

i haven't see neder floyd or pacquiao fighting no body with more than 15 pound, I don't know where you taking that info from. but for your knowledge rigo is been fighting his entire career boxer heavier than him, for example, Nonito an marroquin the only you probably know they weighed around 145lb the day of the fight.