Rigondeaux close to signing with Al Haymon

[StiffBlab]

Maybe he should move to their division then if they won't fight him, don't you think?

Calling them out is publicly declaring you want to fight them. He didn't ask for a catch weight either. Something tells me you are not capable of being rational about this.

[sicko]

Just like Ward it is a lot of people who don't want Rigondeaux to come back I see

[AddiX]

Rigo about to win a 12 rnd decision and end the chances of PBC getting there tv deal...

[big_james10]

Rigondeaux close to signing with Al Haymon ~Carl Frampton

— TstreeT Controversy (@TstreeTLive) July 9, 2015

anyone else heard of this/has some other sources?

This is simply the rumor of the week!

Some of you may not realize it, but rumors like this originate on this site. The way it happens is someone on this site will create a thread asking a question or speculating about a topic like this. A few months later, some lame ass journalist or wannabe with a website will write about the same topic or tweet about it as if the idea is brand new to him. He will claim to have acquired the information from reliable sources. Of course, the sources are always anonymous.

If the tweet or blog turns out to be total bullsh.t like 95 percent of them are, it doesn't matter because the originator doesn't suffer any consequences for telling the lie.

I have seen this happen at least 300 times (no exaggeration) since I have been posting on this site. At least 100 of those times involved some alleged news about negotiations for the Mayweather/Pacquaio fight.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Calling them out is publicly declaring you want to fight them. He didn't ask for a catch weight either. Something tells me you are not capable of being rational about this.

I was actually having an argument yesterday similar to this. Rigo has called out Loma and Walters, but at a catchweight of 126. If Rigo has no intentions of moving up, then he should stop with calling out bigger fighters. Caribe promotions is always talking smack about Walters and Loma on their twitter page, but they want them to go down for Rigo lol.

As for this news, awesome if true!! Rigo will be 35 soon and he needs to get moving. It's a shame how his career went. I remember when I heard he defected, I was so damn excited. But who knows, maybe he'll do a Hopkins and keeps fighting for at least another decade without loosing too much.

[StiffBlab]

I was actually having an argument yesterday similar to this. Rigo has called out Loma and Walters, but at a catchweight of 126. If Rigo has no intentions of moving up, then he should stop with calling out bigger fighters. Caribe promotions is always talking smack about Walters and Loma on their twitter page, but they want them to go down for Rigo lol.

As for this news, awesome if true!! Rigo will be 35 soon and he needs to get moving. It's a shame how his career went. I remember when I heard he defected, I was so damn excited. But who knows, maybe he'll do a Hopkins and keeps fighting for at least another decade without loosing too much.

A 40 years old Rigondeaux beats anyone at 126 or lower right now. Lomachenko ducked Walters because he says Walters can't make 126 anymore, but he won't fight Rigo at that weight. All the talk about Lomachenko fighting anyone is bull****.

He bit off more than he could handle with Salido and now he's scared of everyone.

[Scipio2009]

Frampton-Santa Cruz-Rigo-Mares and then throw in the likes of Cuellar and Russell jr.
Very good fights to be made there from 122-126

none of that is likely to happen.

Frampton will have his fight in TX, and then hopefully finally have his fight with Scott Quigg in the UK at 122; after that fight, basically win or lose, Frampton is going to 126. While that process is going on, Mares-Santa Cruz, at 126, happens at the end of August, with eyes towards the Winter for the following fights, win or lose.

Come 2016, PBC would logically have, at 126, Mares, Santa Cruz, wba champion Cuellar, WBC champion Russell Jr, Frampton, Jhonny Gonzalez, IBF champion Lee Selby (Matchroom Sport), Josh Warrington (Matchroom Sport), and even Scott Quigg(Matchroom Sport) to work with at the weight.

With Nicholas Walters' slip up, Haymon is basically positioned to now have access to 3 of the 4 titles at featherweight.

Personally doubt that this Rigondeaux rumor is true, but even if they prove to be true, I don't see the move doing anything but giving Haymon an opportunity to have Rigondeaux as the unified kingpin at 122 (Santa Cruz and Frampton moving up leaves the WBC and IBF 122 titles vacant, and Quigg possibly moving up leaves the wba 122 title vacant as well. Rigo has the WBA and WBO belts, the IBF has their top two challengers vacant at the weight, and the WBC would seem to be inclined to purse a further unification fight, were that to come about).

Rigo picks up the vacant IBF 122 title, picks up the WBC 122 title, and then gets plugged into "bum of the season" fights, for as long as he wants to fight (in co-feature or "carryover to the support channel" type of fights); he's never going to be a star, but that's kind of understood at this point.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

A 40 years old Rigondeaux beats anyone at 126 or lower right now. Lomachenko ducked Walters because he says Walters can't make 126 anymore, but he won't fight Rigo at that weight. All the talk about Lomachenko fighting anyone is bull****.

He bit off more than he could handle with Salido and now he's scared of everyone.

Well did Walters make weight? Believe me Loma vs Walters will happen, the only difference now is that it won't happen next. But we can bet the fight will happen. Wait when did Lomachenko say he'll fight anyone above 126? He's going step by step, right now he's seeing who he can fight at 126. As far as I know Walters is not a 126 anymore, is he? If he is then why didn't he make weight? If he could still make weight, then he should try to get a fight ASAP and prove it instead of making assumptions. Like I said, the fight will happen, not just next like it was originally intended too and it's not Loma's fault. He's not the one that missed weight. If Walters made weight and Loma still refused to fight him then I'll probably agree. If Walters made weight we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place, now would we? So stop with your bull**** and false info.

Rigo fans sound so confident that he would beat the crap out of anyone from 126 and below. Shoot, I heard some even say he'll beat anyone south of 140 but you guys expect these guys to come down for him hahaha.
If he has no intentions of moving up then his team and fans should stop talking crap about guys above him. Then you have people blaming the guys above him, saying they are ducking him when they don't have to move down to please Rigo.

You dang troll

[MindBat]

That's good news. Rigo's talent will be going to waste if he waits around for his promo mgr to get the him fights he needs.

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[MrRolltide91]

rigo on PBC