He says he's healing we'll,faster than expected and looking forward to come back in October , he hopes at fw, if remains at SBW must work harder in nutrition and preparations before the fight. Rumors are,he might be facing Chris John in PAC - Rios undercard in china . Robert Garcia rather to keep him at 122, knowing he can use his size advantage against smaller fighters, same as Arum. But Nonito seems to be willing to move up.
I'm afraid you'll see Donaire is finished blowing guys out, if he moves to featherweight. Dude just doesn't look like he carries weight good, and now that Rigondeaux laid the blueprint to a tee, its likely over. :deal
Only Pacquiao promoted fighters from the phillipines can appear on his undercards if i remember rightly :deal
I always felt that, once he moved up to fighters of equal size, he would struggle to look as spectacular. I'd like to see him win a title or two at 126, and then wait for Rigo to come up and have a rematch. Both guys stand to gain from it - Rigo a decent payday and a title opportunity at a new weight, and Donaire a chance to redeem himself. I wanna' see if Donaire has the capacity to learn from the last fight and figure Rigo's puzzle out. I personally don't think he can/will.
Don't expect Donaire to want a rematch with Rigondeaux. :rofl Rigondeaux will bust his face up again.
I don't see Rigo moving up, he's already giving away 15 lbs the night of the fight at SBW, if anything he would move down to 118.
Rigo laid the blueprint?? You mean being otherworldly talented??? In didnt realise,it was that easy to copy.
I hate the train of thought that someone has laid a blueprint and now he will be defeted easily. First, it downplays how good Rigo is and makes it look like anyone can do it. Hate to tell you, but it's going to take more then someone to try and outbox Donaire to beat him. Margarito and Pacquiao laid the blueprint of beating Cotto. Relentless pressure. You didn't see Mayweather or Trout doing that did you? That's because they couldn't and their style wasn't fit for it. Nobody fights like Rigo which is why they can't use his blueprint.
Well, its true that he's the most talented in their weight range. But fighters will study that tape and try to emulate some of the things Rigondeaux did, they'd be stupid not to.
I'm not sure how true those claims were (of Donaire being 140 pounds). What did they say Rigo was on fight night - 126? In which case, a man of his quality and skill, he would still have success at the weight. He'd effectively be doing what Mayweather and Pac have been doing at WW - fighting at their walk-around weight. ****, he'd even be doing what Prince Naseem was doing. He too was a bantamweight fighting only at 126 because that's where the big-money fights were. I have confidence in Rigo schooling people at 126.