Comments Thread For: WBO Derecognizes Rigondeaux As 122 Lb Champ

[-PBP-]

This is Eddy Marin, one of the guys who runs Caribe:



In 2013, Marin "pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting he helped to hide an enormous 12.08-carat yellow diamond that Ponzi fraudster Scott Rothstein's wife Kim wanted to keep from being seized by federal authorities."

This is who Rigo chose to manage his career. I have zero sympathy for him.

And here is the CEO:

The CEO of Caribe can't stop getting arrested. LOL

http://www.bustedmugshots.com/florid...ncibia/7202912

http://florida.arrests.org/Arrests/B...cibia_5793223/

http://www.bustedmugshots.com/florid...ibia/121384291

[RetroSpeed05]

This is Eddy Marin, one of the guys who runs Caribe:



In 2013, Marin "pleaded guilty to federal charges, admitting he helped to hide an enormous 12.08-carat yellow diamond that Ponzi fraudster Scott Rothstein's wife Kim wanted to keep from being seized by federal authorities."

This is who Rigo chose to manage his career. I have zero sympathy for him.

There scum bags, The Loma fight was there, 2 fighters who wanted it and these guys probably only think about the money they could get out of Rigo, they have no one else. But if he is loyal to them then that's on him, he should not complain then.

[bojangles1987]

It's Caribe bro. Arum loves Rigo but Caribe is difficult to work with. Look at how well Erislandy Lara is being taken care of. It's all about management.

Rigondeaux signed a co-promotional deal with Top Rank when he won his WBA title from Rico Ramos. Arum was high on him and even stated that him and Gamboa would beat Donaire's ass if they ever fought. He put him on the Pac/Bradley undercard against Teon Kennedy and momentum was building.

But then Caribe became a pain in the ass to work with. Arum tried to make Rigondeaux vs. Marroquin on the Chavez Jr./Martinez undercard but Caribe sued Top Rank because it was in violation of the co-promotional agreement. Arum was obviously pissed but they were able to work out a deal.

Arum got him another co-feature against Poonsawat Kraetingdanggum on the Donaire/Arce card to build the Donaire/Rigo fight. Unfortunately Poonsawat failed the pre-fight blood test and it was called off. Then the Donaire fight was being negotiated and Caribe was making things real difficult as usual. You can see the article about Arum talking about how Rigo needs to re-evaluate the people "he has in his ear". They worked out a deal and Rigo made $750K.

Arum then tried to get him a fight against Chris Avalos in Macau on a Zou Schiming undercard. Caribe said no because they felt Rigo should be making more than Schming. So once again they pissed off Arum so what does he do? He pays them back and says "OK, you want to headline, I'll give you a headline". So he talked HBO into getting him a headliner in Atlantic City on the same night as Judah/Malignaggi. The fight severely flopped and Rigo was the victim of Arum shoving it up Caribe's asses.

After that Rigo just fought out his contract and became a Caribe only fighter. Gary Hyde worked to get him fights in Japan but they turned their nose up at it because "a champion of his status shouldn't have to travel to Japan." Hyde also worked out deals with Roc Nation and Frank Warren but Caribe rejected because they didn't like the terms for them.

I'm a Super Rigo fan but this is all on him and his team. I can't feel sorry for them being delusional, difficult to work with and burning every bridge in the industry.

I still can't believe how they snubbed Japan. Rigo could have done great over there with tough guys that made exciting fights and a fanbase that would support him for it.

[otrocubiche]

".....The championship committee reviewed the resolution and voted unanimously to present it to the executive committee, who in turn voted unanimously to adopt the resolution. Rigondeaux was stripped of the title due to “extraordinary inactivity.”

unanimously......so there is not even a case for appealing........

After the letter from Oct 7th, the leeches instead of securing a fight(with any of the 15 ranked) tried to get him off by writing a letter, biatching and complaining about the other fighters. Rigo, you got what you deserve, can't really feel sorry for you.

[torosboxing75]

He dominated the the fight but got knocked down twice got right back up ( indicating flash KD) and proceeded to break the guys face in 3 place for having the audacity to make him look anything other than great.

Gonzalez and Rigo down the road sounds awesome.

Lets not forget the guy looked a foot taller. Floyd would have got tagged plenty too if he fought someone that much taller then him.

[torosboxing75]

Rigo does have a weak chin it appears. Floyd had a pretty good chin IMO.

[SeekDaGreat]

Right?

So he stopped all those guys and didn't get dropped by any of them.

Thanks for proving my point.

And anyway, i'm not sold on Gonzalez as p4p number 1 either, but his skillset and career is a hell of a lot more convincing than Rigondeaux.

I dint know how much Gonzales weighs...but I'd fancy him to stop glassy Guillermo. Never seen all the hype in him...he has a helluva left hand is about all, and only has one professional win worth note.

I like LSC chances of beating him, Lomanchenko....Lord willing he would move up to 126 then he's toast.

[SeekDaGreat]

Rigo does have a weak chin it appears. Floyd had a pretty good chin IMO.

I don't like Mayqeather much at all....but Rigo isn't half the fighter Floyd was. Even an old, past it Floyd was able to slug it out with Maidana and Cotto. I could not see Rigo being able to do anything close to that...he has no plan b by my measure.

[!! Shawn]

I disagree. A skillset has to be all aspects of boxing. His defence has proved to be leaky against very average fighters and his chin isn't great either. So that's some parts of the skill set that are lacking.

But as i said, people are choosing to ignore these things. I'm not sure why people are blind to it. The proof is all there on video from his pro fights.

There are many better fighters than him in the sport right now.

Defense so Leaky, he has better defensive stats that Mayweather. Right? Makes sense, cause Floyds defense is super leaky, and definitely not one of the best in the sport.

[Gentblue]

Lets not forget the guy looked a foot taller. Floyd would have got tagged plenty too if he fought someone that much taller then him.

And 20 pounds heavier he was fighting a welterweight pretty much.