British Forum BETTING thread

I don't think Rigondeaux stopping Donaire is something to be ignored as well, particularly at 6 or 7/1.

Rig may be all wrong for him. Donaire struggles a little against southpaws, he has to force the fight. He can force a fight, he may well win big doing so, but its not him at his classiest. He becomes a lot easier to tag than when he's hiding behind his legs and handspeed. I think he's got to be careful he doesn't disrespect Rig's power and get starched a la Pacquiao.

 

Rigondeaux might be a lot more likely to land a massive shot, though. Depends how the fight plays out. I agree in essence, I take Donaire's left hook over anything Rig has for punch for punch power, maybe even his right hand and he may well bullrush and make an impact early.

But his jab will not be effective IMO, he'll have to load up on power punches to get the job done and that carries a lot of risk against somebody as good as Rigondeaux and if he gets predictable and reckless it will actually reduce his chances of scoring a KO because Rigondeaux will roll with those punches all night, its gonna have to be cute not brute power punching.

Whereas really Rigondeaux doesn't need to do a lot different to normal, he's gonna use his stance and legs to make it awkward for Donaire, we already know Donaire prefers to fight righties, and once he's got that platform he'll be looking for openings. Donaire will be thinking a lot about offence, whereas I expect Rig is going to set a platform to make this a long, uncomfortable night, and then pounce on mistakes which if Donaire is anything like he has been recently in looking for the 'performance' will inevitably come.

It might be the least likely outcome, but I just dunno if 7/1 is correct and it might be a misread of the styles in this fight and more of a kinda statistical type odds.