Impressed by Rigo? Want "Sweet Science" at it's best?(New Canelo question added)

Then look no further;

Beautiful counters,marvelllous head and lateral movement,sharp combos and solid chins?

This is a perfect example of a fight where the punches that don't land are as impressive as the ones that do.


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I like Rigo and have done for a while,but we need a bit of perspective here and this is just the fight to give it.

When I see people asking for fights to watch,and others saying they're going to watch or particularly enjoy certain match ups,I can't believe there's not more love for this,especially given the recent Rigomania.

If you like it a bit more refined than Rios-Alvarado,then watch this.

There's no doubting the brilliance of Toney,but give that he is the percieved(correctly) defensive master,the way McCallum slips the southpaw jab at times is up there with most of Rigo's best moves on Saturday.

Look out for a young Steve Smoger and Marvin's annoying habit of saying "McCullum"

And it's a 115-113 for me.McCallum does just enough,but I'm biased.
And Toney is quite magnificent at times.Annoys me to think what he could've been.

 

Do you notice the way McCallum tries to place his feet and moves counter-clockwise to try and neutralise Toney's jab Bogo?

I'm not disputing Toney's brilliance here,but as a big fan of McCallum,I think he performs brilliantly against what sadly turned out to be prime Toney.

 

The solid chin reference was an aside.I was just pointing out that the fight had everything the new crop of "purists" should enjoy.

 

Much as I enjoyed Rigo's performance and was rooting for him,I think some of the outrageous statements made since Saturday need some perspective Jeff,and this for me,is a good way to do it.

 

I'd say light years is overcooking it a little bit,but with the right fights,I'd perhaps conced in 2 years time.

But Rigo probably won't face anyone half as good as McCallum on the slide.

I watched that fight on Saturday,and enjoyed it so much but I thought the main problem on here would be people not appreciating how good he was on the night.

Boy,did I get that one wrong.atsch

But I suspect there are many who allegedly knew Rigo would pull it off who actually never rated him at all.
But I have no complaints with a fighter winning new fans,especially someone as skilled as Rigo,but some of the claims being made on this forum(not yours BTW) have been ridiculous.
Especially on the thread about Barrera and Morales.I knew some people would ruin one of the best performances of the last few years.
Predictably unpredictable.:-(