Here's the thing with Donaire... he pretty much leaves TR because he's not getting any big fights. TR has to take him to court in order to force him to stay, they work on a new deal on the pretense (I assume) that he gets some big fights and really makes a case for top 3 P4P in the sport, with likely an agreement that Nonito would have more input into who he fights. Then they choose Navaez, Vasquez Jr., and now Matheluba? Nonito played himself. There's big fights to be made, Nonito or TR or both are just not interested in them. Shame too, Donaire is talented.
Rigo is on this Saturday's undercard. That's potentially more pub than nonito's ever had. Let this thing play out. Nonito's needs to crash this thing
Boxing should be ashamed of itself in certain divisions, specifically because promoters and fighters have basically black listed Cuban fighters because they're scared shitless of them. Its a damn shame.
Effin Bob Arum, as much as despise him, knows how to manipulate this business and a certain set of fans. He saw how the formula worked with Pacquaio and now he will duplicate it with donaire. This sucks cuz I actually liked Donaire. Now he will become Arums next Filipino circus act. Like the saying goes "fool me once shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me." SMFH
Lara is with GBP, and hasn't even got a title fight in sight, much less Canelo. At least Rigo got a belt and ppv slots, with a less watchable style than Lara.
Actually, Lara got a fight with Paul Williams, in which he was robbed, but he did get the fight. He also had a fight with Carlos Molina, and he didn't perform well. That's his fault.
Neither was for a belt. Maybe if Nonito gets knocked out of contention, they feed him to Rigo. Rigo didn't perform tv friendly either time, still keeps getting opportunities.
IMO there are 2 ways of looking @ it 1) Yes the opponents TR have been giving him are really poor and he really should be fighting better people before he goes stale 2) His last 2 outings have not been that exciting tbh, Donair Vs Rigo deserves to be a huge event and frankly wont be unless they both come off impressive wins....(against named opponents)
Sounds like Rigondeaux wants the fast track to bigger money. Reality is the fastest way to more money is to perform and entertain. So far, he's performed adequately without entertaining anyone. Barely throwing a punch for the first five rounds of a fight doesn't command big fights. Besides, he should rematch Cordoba before anything else.
Donaire defo needs to step up his comp. He should've fought Moreno, but rejected it because he objected to Top Rank being willing to give Moreno the 500K he requested for the fight, and wanted a million dollars. That's why he left for Golden Boy who offered him 750K to fight Moreno and signed Moreno, and they still couldn't get that fight done and it fell apart just the same. Rigo/Donaire is a natural and TR would put that together, especially as they know Donaire wants to leave them. My gut tells me it's Donaire who wants nothing of it