If Rigondeaux would had defected at age 22-23 ...

No. Most of his experience came from amateur fights. If he had started out early it would of been a different story.

 

Had to mention Floyd, didn't you.

 

I doubt he will have 18 more fights lol.

Maybe 8-10 more.

 

What are you talking about? The TS mentioned him first.

I simply addressed his claim.

 

Some people hear the name Floyd and start seizing

 

He developed those sublime skills by beating his fellow Cubans every year and beating everybody else on the world stage. He had top competition for years and regular contests. If he was pro earlier he wouldn't have the skills he has now and he wouldn't be fighting very often. Turning pro later on should be encouraged imo, I think Lomachenko is doing it perfectly by turning pro at the age of 25. Once you turn pro your competition takes a big backwards step from the competition you were facing as a top amateur, you build a record in the pros for too long and your skills can seriously decline. Rigo was smart by moving quickly, he already had a couple of years out of boxing as it was. Ideally Rigo would've turned pro in 2006.

 

I'm a big Rigo Fan and picked him to be Donaire- to much ridicule I must say but can't see him scaling the p4p charts to the top if he turned pro earlier as he's simply too small to get the attention. He can't go through weight classes like floyd and pac did so it's unlikely he'd a been rated #1. Fantastic talent though.

 

Why do people think you have to fight in different weight classes to be p4p? That's not what it is defined as. It means 'the best fighter regardless of weight'.
Mike Tyson was a p4p #1 for example.

 

I don't think that personally . I'm pointing out that people who skip through weights get rated p4p by most people and media outlets much more than those who don't and especially more so than the guys at lower weights who stay in one category that's just the way it is.

It's all well in good putting down mine and your personal opinions but it's the media consensus that will be remembered by history and obviously this doesn't apply to heavyweights as they as have no where to go and are the marquee weight class that always get plenty of attention.

 

Maybe yes maybe no, but I think as the pro level is still abit harder Rigo might of had a harder time just as many of the greats have. Floyd had Castillo, Pacman had Marquez, etc. If we go back 10-12 yrs Rigo would of tangled with the likes of Joan Guzman, Agapito Sanchez, Izzy Vasquez, Oscar Larios, and if they went up alittle earlier Rafa Marquez and Tim Austin. Marc Johnson might of been too small, but still an awesome fight. And of course, in 2002 Manny Pacquiao! Wouldn't of have been easy. Most of those guys were in their prime too, 2001-2003 or so in the bantam-super bantam weights.

 

The "IF" fantasy here is just factoring the best case scenarios.

 

By this logic do you think Ward should have stayed an amateur through 2008 and would have actually been a better fighter entering the SS in 2009? Or did his 5 years of pro experience better help him prepare?

 

you dont know that

 

What video? If it's just floyd saying he beat pernell then that's bull****. If you have the actual video of them sparring and we see floyd dominating then you have a point.