Guillermo Rigondeaux vs Joan Guzman @ Super Bantamweight

I can’t think of a single guy who had trouble getting challengers after unifying the belts.

 

Guzman I would pick and I,think he is the faster of the 2.
Rigo is technically better but Guzman had some amazing performances when he was on.

 

Pernell also showed that you can still absolutely put on a show while shutting down your opponents,even Floyd,who maxed out his defensive tactics still take risks by banging in the inside vs Cotto.

 

Curry still had some life in him before McCallum pulled out that budget Suzie Q,GGG arguably beats Canelo,Wright did beat a good amount of nice fighters.
But honestly, it's not really a shutout masterclass vs p4p stars in their prime..

 

The Donaire fight flatters Rigo in a way imo. It's obviously a master class performance in terms of shutting down your opponents' workrate via positioning and distance, but it was against a guy whose style is absolutely perfect for Rigo. A big target, without particularly impressive offensive footwork, who was heavily reliant on his lead hand. Although I suppose Donaire is a bit of an exception, as he was absolutely awesome at cracking southpaws with his lead hook.

Surviving Donaire's left hook is no joke, though; especially with the size difference between them. It's a great win, for sure, but flatters Rigos head-to-head ability a little.

 

Big Rigondeaux fan, but I agree. It was an exceptional performance, but there's many other styles which We have not seen Rigo tested against on elite level, so We can only guess how He would do.

I don't quite agree on Rigo's style being the issue though. I have my doubts that Frampton, Quigg or Santa Cruz would be more eager to fight him, had He been even more destructive in the ring.
His issues were moreso outside of the ring. He signed with some goofy low level promoter (What was it... Caribe?), which Top Rank had to deal with every time They made a fight for Rigo and it led to some frustrations I remember Bob talking about. Not sure when He eventually got rid of them.