Robert Garcia is smart, he knows the longer the fight goes the more Rigo will find his groove and the harder fight it will be. Rigo will also be rusty because he hasn't fought in a long time, Donaire needs to take advantage of this and either end the fight early or weaken Rigo so he wont be able to outbox Nonito in the middle to late rounds.
Donaire hits harder. And Rigo has shown in the past he doesn't like to get hit, he gets on his bike as soon as he gets tagged with a decent punch.
RIgo is overrated.. He has skills obviouslybut I noticed that he's a one handed fighter and that's not enough to beat a complete fighter like Nonito.. IT makes me laugh when I hear people calling a Rigo KO victory.
If Rigo wins it will be cause the right punch connects, he can't win a decision against Arum's future
I think Donaire team will respect the **** out of Rigondeaux boxing ability, and know that he is the most skilled fighter Donaire has ever been in the ring with. I suspect they, like quite a lot of others, think Rigondeaux has a chin issue which a composite puncher the class of Donaire will exploit, but I have no doubt they respect the ability Rigondeaux has in the ring
First time experiencing a build up to a superfight? The majority of stuff that comes out of the camps during the lead up is just trash talk to psych out the opponent. For example, Muhammad Ali during the lead up to his fight with Foreman didn't really wrastle with an alligator nor tusseled with a whale. He certainly didn't handcuff lightning and I have serious doubts he threw thunder in jail. Robert Garcia didn't become trainer of the year by underestimating his opponents.
Rigo has to go for it early and try to get Donaire in trouble and go for the knockout. And he could do it. But if the pace is slowed down for any amount of time Donaire will time him and hit Rigo and knock him out. Remember this, Rigo is fast. Very fast and I think this could be a very surprising fight early.
Funny thing is that nonito been hurts more time than rigo but people just remember the Cordova and morroquin fights