the what fights did you watch today\scorecard thread.

From all i've seen of Rigo i doubt he's going to be a fighter who will do much infighting if he isn't forced into it.Mid-range\outside is his comfort zone.

I'm not too big on him as a stick and mover tbh, but he was much better here.Donaire was a big let down though, he didn't exactly make it tough to move around him.I think Rigondeaux vs a good swarmer or pressuring technician that can cut off the ring would tell us a lot more about his infighting prowess.

 

To be honest, after rewatching again whilst sober, nonito was so one dimensional rigo never really had to get out of second gear. There was no need for him to mix it up when he could so patently make donaire miss by inches and land a shot of his own before spinning away.

Rigo stepped it up in the 10th and 12th whenever nonito came on strong but he fought pretty much a perfect fight. Out threw, out landed and out percentaged nonito every single round.

 

I wanna see rigo against a top class jab. See how he handles that.

 

In the 12th Rigo' looked as good as anyone out there today.

 

Made me laugh seeing a guy so small bully a guy so big. Rigo is probably a natural bantamweight and donaire a natural lightweight. Seeing rigo bully him in that last round reminded me of torrecampo v pacman.

 

It was a great performance.

It was obvious before the fight that Rigo's style could trouble Donaire's counterpunching/one shot at a time/no jab style.

Rigo proved he is good enough to school Donaire.

Forrest's performance versus Mosley was great too.
And then he got embarrassed by Mayorga of all people.

I'd like to see more of Rigo, preferably against world-class pressure fighter as he didn't look convincing versus Maroquin.

So we could truly evaluate his abilities.

 

Well done Lester. You've brought everyone back with a timely Forrest-Mosley I example.

Calm down gentlemen.

 

So yeah....I'm kind of impressed with Rigo. Just sayin'.

 

You fellas bring up good points, though. It's all a wait and see game in boxing.

 

I rewatched Lopez vs Sanchez I today. It's the epitome of a great fight, even if it isn't back and forth action. As a matter of fact, Lopez largely got dominated every single round. He still wasn't really going anywhere, and was adding tons of pressure on Sanchez. Sanchez is just brilliant here. Fantastic movement, crisp combinations, beautiful right hands. I don't think many featherweights could beat him here. Shout out to Lopez though, great puncher.

I've seen the Rigo fight last night, I'm shocked to say the least. Rigo is a master boxer. The one thing I say he's lacking is the ability to fight forward and maybe more combinations. I'm more shocked in Donaire's excuses and his reluctance to accept the loss. He really said it should have been a draw.. **** off, Donaire.

 

Tommy, you ain't a Newcastle fan are ya by any chance?

 

Rigo has never needed to fight forward and throw more combinations as he's only concerned with what he needs to do to win, and would only come out to do that if the situation forces him to do so. That's a big point to consider as we have people writing him off for lacking in these cases - but really, he doesn't want to have to use that unless he has to. You'll see when Mares may force him to do this.

 

Pretty much this.

He played the matador because Donaire was flat-footed and stalking him, throwing one at a time.

It was a complete reversal of what I thought would happen. Donaire had the faster feet, but Rigo had the sharper, more accurate punching, and Nonito decided very early that he couldn't afford to explode in and out.

He decided to break his rule in the 10th, and his slightly more Donaire-esque attack got him a KD. He tried again in the 12th and nearly got sat on his ass.

Don't follow a counter-puncher around. Rigondeaux took Donaire to that particular class at the boxing university and schooled him.

 

That is what Nonito is like when countering opportunities aren't visible. For me, Rigo's feet from the opening bell dictated the approach Nonito had to take. I don't think it was a matter of choice. He doesn't know how to draw leads too well or fight on the front foot does Nonito.

 

Rigo made him respect the power within a minute of the fight, as well. He proved to Nonito that he COULD hit him, he would hit him if he came in recklessly, and when he did, that it would hurt.

It made Nonito tentative all night.