Rigo is a master boxer, but he hasn't fought anyone in years. How many hall of fame fighters is on his resume? Who has he beaten recently? That's what happens when you fight nobodies. You become overconfident. I don't blame Rigo for preserving his health, because it was ultimately the smart thing to do, but it did show that he has 0 heart. It would have been one thing if he never would have talked all that trash, but to talk all that trash and then quit before he even took a serious ass whuppin is weak. Maybe Rigo never thought the fight would actually happen, so he kept on talking ish. Anyway, it is what it is.
have to respect Warriors like Kell Brook who fight with broken orbital bones and still continue Arthur Abraham fought with a broken jaw vs Miranda Wow even Victor Ortiz has more heart than Rigo. Lopez broke Ortiz's jaw and he continued for several rounds
Rigo just has no heart. Lots of fighters have fought with hurt hands. Roy Jones did against James Toney, and Andre Ward did against Carl Froch.
Yes the only thing you can say about the guy is that he was ducked and maybe now Frampton,Cruz and co are thinking why did we duck him? Totally agree though his resume before and after Donaire is very thin and even Donaire was a bit of a psy op,hyped up beyond belief. Rigo has shown too be good when he can control the fight and dictate things,what Lomo did was shut down his counter punching for fear of getting dropped,can’t think of any other reason?
Rigo is what happens when you talk a bunch of **** and then step in with a fighter who is levels above you. Not pounds above you (8lbs Whoopy woo) but LEVELS in skill above you.
-Three minutes with Mexico's answer to Andre Dirrell. -Six minutes with a guy who has gone life and death with Josh Wale. -10 rounds with a deeply mediocre Flip who lost to Chris Avalos. -11 rounds and two tumbles to the canvas with a slightly less deeply mediocre Japanese beanpole. That was Rigo's last four years (in which time he officially went from 33 to 37), working back from the most recent outing.
I think you’re being quite unfair to Rigo. It’s easy to downplay his opponents, but at least they had the fighting spirit to challenge him. Remember, it takes two to tango. Not easy to do when the following contemporaries (fellow title holders) won’t even acknowledge your presence and avoid you like the plague: 1. Leo Santa Cruz 2. Abner Mares 3. Carl Frampton 4. Lee Selby 5. Oscar Valdez 6. Rey Vargas 7. Jessie Magdaleno I challenge you to post a link (video or print) in which any of the above named fighters stated a desire to fight Rigo. I’ll help you out with my own link. This content is protected
it was the size difference and obvious strength differential between the 2 saying that he was not willing to go out on his shield which for some reason i have no idea why cuban boxers who have turned pro and fought at a high level have a tendancy to do usually higher weight fighters but cuban fighters seem to have sometihng about either earning enough and not caring . maybe luis ortiz will be the exception. the only cuban pro i can remember who was tough as old boots was jose ribalta
Point is, whether by his own whims or by no fault of his own, Rigo hasn't been very active in the last four years and the few guys he has fought in that time haven't done much for him. It's more about what he had to offer at this stage of his career. I wasn't of the opinion that Rigo was invincible even in his pro pomp (2012/13), and even less so these days. But what he does next, how good he looks and against what caliber of opponent, may help with establishing a firm perspective on how good he really is right now. Loma didn't give him a physiologically ruinous beating, so let's see.
I never said he ducked people. I don't know that man's history. I just know that he didn't fight anyone. What difference does it make why?
You make a valid point. However, I don’t think it’s fair to give Rigo grief for fighting lesser fighters when most of the contemporaries (title holders) avoided him. It would’ve been nice if one or more of the fighters I mentioned were brave enough or allowed by their promoter to challenge Rigo. I’ve watched boxing long enough to know that nobody is invincible. The better fighter doesn’t always win and finishing second on any given night goes into the record book as a loss. In light of the quit job against Loma, despite conceding all advantages to he A-side (Loma), Rigo should call out all the fighters I mentioned earlier. If they refuse to accept his challenge and if the belts do not change hands AND the new title holders also choose to ignore him, Rigo should just hang up his gloves and call it a career. Of course, this assumes he has properly managed his earnings and can afford to do so.
My initial post was in response to what you thought was a rhetorical question, “who has he beaten recently?” He can only beat the fighters who are willing to step in the ring with him. Rigo has always had an open door policy for all the top fighters in and around his weight class to come see him. The same cannot be said for he fighters I mentioned. He may have quit against Loma, but at least he had the courage/audacity to follow through on a fight he clearly shouldn’t have taken. Again, the fighters I mentioned cannot say the same. I’m not a fan of his, mainly due to his infrequent activity, but I believe Gary Russell Jr. is the 130 lb boogeyman for a number of the fighters I mentioned. Oh well, at least we’ll get Santa Cruz Mares 2 and Santa Cruz Frampton 3. The question about LSC Frampton 3 is will Master Al let LSC go across the pond to meet Frampton on his home soil. It’s the least he could do considering Frampton was a man of his word and granted LSC the rematch he coveted.