Rigondeaux KO1 bodyshot last night

Rigo was only a small favorite here, the knockout was actually plus money.

Impressive for a 44 year old natural bantamweight. Can you think of any other 118 pounder doing anything past 40?

 

In batamweight years he's about 6 months from being taken out behind the shed for his own good.

 

Rigo could beat up on these kind of guys and make decent money doing so until he's 50. He's a grandmaster. Wonder what the rest of his career will look like and who they'll try to feed him to next.

 

Old Jackal.

 

If only he did this more often in his fights. Still frustrating how Rigo's career panned out considering how talented and skilled he was. Could have had a much better career if he just let his hands go more and actually gave promoters a good reason to keep him around instead of constantly stinking out the joint.

 

Rigo was always an underrated body snatcher

 

There's been tons of fighters who were notoriously awful to watch with their spoiling styles. The problem with Rigo was that he clearly had the power to put fighters away but chose not to and always played it safe. Just did not give a damn about putting on a show and exciting the crowd when he had the ability to do so. Was too content with just potshotting away and avoiding getting hit while the crowd booed. I can appreciate his skills and defense, especially from the Donaire and Teon Kennedy fights where he was close to flawless, but he just didn't perform to his full capabilities enough. If he had fought like he did early in his career he could have looked sensational beating Mares, Frampton, Quigg. Instead Rigo shot himself in the foot by refusing to engage more and look impressive while giving the other top fighters a good reason to not want to fight him, which ultimately led to his career downfall.

 

Nice straight left to the liver.

 

Hopefully he's getting paid well enough fighting lower level opponents. It would be unfortunate if he was forced to keep fighting for a couple more years.