Duva: Rigondeaux hand not broken, really nasty bruise

[j.razor]

I think Rigo just fades into bolivian. Least Duran got the Davey Moore win and most of his rep back.

Like Joshua Clottey.......?

[WesternChamp]

Not really. Bob and HBO punished him for being better than Nonito and hurting their plan. Then Bob got Dan Rafael, who is very close friends with Top Rank's mathcmakers, to start trashing Rigo and call him boring on a weekly basis on his chat.

Then the only fight he can get are garbage fights or take a fight where he has to go up 8 lbs.

But yes, he has only himself to blame for quitting.

punished him? lol

[WesternChamp]

so if rigo's image was tarnish by some writers then wouldnt fighting dispute all that? LOL!! so he got called a boring fighter and he proved it in the ring that he's a boring fighter (even when matched against less skilled opponents), yet it was his ex promoter who tarnish his legacy? LOL

[WesternChamp]

Like Joshua Clottey.......?

clottey was never looked up to as high as rigo was on here. by the defensive style fan group of course.

[Luilun]

Rigo has very dark skin how in the hell can you see a bruise

[North Star]

What a joke!!! I can't even understand those guys still coming to Rigondaeux's defense about the quit job. Softest "elite" in the history of boxing!

[JJRod]

Why did he have to leave Top Rank? The donaire/Rigo fight had over 1 mil viewers. Now language is an issue but why wouldn't you follow that up with a big name/popular opponent? Why would anyone think Rigo was boring after that performance?

Yes, his new promoter is problematic.

You are oversimplifying what happened when the fight was initially discussed.

I don't know how you see me blaming anyone else but Rigo. I am just pointing out the problem I have with how he was treated. In no way does that absolve him for bad decisions he made.

Bob Arum tried to help Rigo.
He told him Rigo this is the pros not the amateurs we can't cruise through fights and get boring decisions. We have to actually step on the gas and fight.
He went to his locker room the night he headlined the Agbeko fight. Rigo just laughed it off, and didn't follow instructions. Its since then that bob has been upset.

Nothing to do with ruining Donaire.

[Raonic]

That I understand. My point is boxing isn't like a movie. "exciting" can't be more important than winning.

Excitement comes when fights have evenly matched boxers IMO. So if HBO/TR put him in with other top tier talent, his fights will be exciting. if you put him in with someone levels beneath him and say carry the show and be exciting, that IMO isn't going to happen unless you give rigo the same kind of Kirkland, Rosado, Lundy type guys who will fight hard but have no chance of winning and ultimately get KTFO or bloodied and stopped.

If HBO gave rigo the same type of guys they gave Canelo when he came back or got him in with the best, there would be no issue about excitement.

I think he could have created excitement though. Many fighters have fought journeymen in the past and ramped their game up to get people to tune in despite it being so 1 sided.

If he wanted bigger fights and it was obvious fighters didn't want to fight him and people didn't want to watch him, he has to go out of his comfort zone in order to get those big fights.

[Raonic]

Stop spewing that nonsense, he was never boring until the second round & on of this fight....

Boring is a relative term. Much more boxing fans find him boring than exciting. And if the majority find him boring, then they're not paying to watch him.

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