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Ticket sales aren't everything, but they sure do amount for most of things. Rigo being "bad for boxing" is a bit much, but Rigo hasn't done himself any favors with his negative on negative style (and the rumors about the type of money that Rigo has walked away from, to take on fights, don't help either).
Pro boxing isn't Olympic boxing; the prize doesn't simply go to the guy who wins. Barry McGuigan understands that, even better than Frampton seems to understand it.
Frampton-Quigg wasn't a barnburner fight, and it didn't need to be, tbh; the fight sold out almost instantly, likely did massive business of Sky Box Office and, after starting off, closed with 5 hotly contested rounds (having the general public remembering a far more even fight). They didn't get the double-shot that was likely dreamed of, but Quigg is a pair of good victories (or even one big victory) away from everyone cashing in again on a rematch.
Rigo has fought the same way throughout his entire amateur career; to assume that Rigondeaux would fight any different is laughable.
Pro boxing isn't Olympic boxing; the prize doesn't simply go to the guy who wins. Barry McGuigan understands that, even better than Frampton seems to understand it.
Frampton-Quigg wasn't a barnburner fight, and it didn't need to be, tbh; the fight sold out almost instantly, likely did massive business of Sky Box Office and, after starting off, closed with 5 hotly contested rounds (having the general public remembering a far more even fight). They didn't get the double-shot that was likely dreamed of, but Quigg is a pair of good victories (or even one big victory) away from everyone cashing in again on a rematch.
Rigo has fought the same way throughout his entire amateur career; to assume that Rigondeaux would fight any different is laughable.
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