Why Guillermo Rigondeaux beats Nonito Donaire

megavolt · Jan 31, 2013

bballchump11 said: ↑

the Narvaez took place back when I still was a big Donaire fan and I was rooting for him him. But after 5 rounds, I remember Nonito being down 3-2. Nonito was having a hard time opening him up and landing anything while Narvaez was landing his jab at will.

and Mathebula was used as an example, because he as well made it hard for Donaire to counter and forced him to lead

and I picked up some posts from round 5 of the rbr :smooch
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I'll bite.

Fights with not much activity usually have more ambiguous scoring, I still had the Narvaez fight a shutout like the judges did;

As for the Mathebula fight, Donaire got touched up a bit, but that's because Mathebula kept making him overcommit, because Donaire had to, in order to reach him- and even then, Mathebula got badly wobbled and was downed.

paddymickey · Jan 31, 2013

I see this as a shoot off.
Whoever gets their killer blow in first will win.
That's what makes this fight so exciting.

bballchump11 · Jan 31, 2013

megavolt said: ↑

I'll bite.

Fights with not much activity usually have more ambiguous scoring, I still had the Narvaez fight a shutout like the judges did;

As for the Mathebula fight, Donaire got touched up a bit, but that's because Mathebula kept making him overcommit, because Donaire had to, in order to reach him- and even then, Mathebula got badly wobbled and was downed.
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I get where you coming from and with the Mathebula fight, I wasn't intending to hint that Rigo would land on him as much as he did. Just using it as an example.

It's similar to Martinez vs Barker where he made him lead more and Sergio had less openings to counter

tinorknitz · Jan 31, 2013

bballchump11 said: ↑

:roll: I used to be a big fan of Doanire until he started acting like a pansy all the time
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I don't know why Donaire's attitude outside the ring bothers you but Floyd's doesn't.

Doc · Jan 31, 2013

bballchump11 said: ↑

I'll start off first saying Donaire is an extraordinary fighter and has the potential to become an atg especially with the talent around his weight class. I actually like Donaire as a fighter when he's on his game. But with that said, I feel he loses to Rigondeaux. Ironically I think Rigo loses to Mares and Mares loses to Donaire. Donaire>Rigo>Mares>Donaire Styles makes fights.

Donaire is similar to his other pinoy companion, Pacquiao where they both strive on fighters bringing the fight to them. That's why he was itching to fight Arce for the longest and why he'd beat Mares. If you look at his fights with Narvrez or Mathebula, he didn't look as good. He even blamed his lack of performance on them being in defensive mode.

Unfortunately for Donaire, while they were in defensive mode, Mathebula was outlanding him 231 punches to Donaire's 151. Narvarez was even up on a good amount of people's scorecards after 5 rounds vs Donaire.

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Nonito has relied heavily on his speed, power, size and footwork to win him a number of fights. Combine that with his counterpunching style, he used his opponent's aggression against them and punched at the openings THEY CREATED. The reason he struggled with Narvrez and Mathebula is because they didn't give Donaire any openings, and Donaire doesn't know how to create them himself. Against Rigo, he'll find this immensely more difficult.

Yes Rigo has a suspect chin (so all the people picking him to lose based off that can shut up now). But that won't matter in this fight. Donaire can knock out any opponent with one shot, but he wasn't able to do it vs Mathebula or Narvrez. Donaire is going to have too hard of a time just trying to hit Rigo.

Rigondeaux is going to go out there and present no openings to Donaire and use his foot/headmovements to avoid anything big from Donaire. Yes Donaire is fast, but he tenses up and loads often with his punches, especially when he's frustrated. Rigondeaux has over 300 fights and can identify these things and anticipate his attacks. While Donaire is leaping forward trying to land his left hook, Rigondeaux is going to be countering him with his famous straight left.

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No fighter in the game today is better at timing the straight left than Rigo and he'll be able to do it every time Donaire tips him off. When Donaire is in front of a defensive fighter, he tends to get very basic. Little feinting, showboating, dropping his hands, no body punching, no jab. The only thing I wonder about in this fight is how Donaire is going to take Rigondeaux's punch. If he tries coming forward and dropping his hands like he did vs Mathebula, then he may get stopped.
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Garbage Breakdown, read Bogotazos posts to learn how to actually break down a fight... :hi:

Donaire KO6

Farmboxer · Jan 31, 2013

Donaire will knock Rigo out, no doubt about it.....................

SugarShane_24 · Feb 1, 2013

Farmboxer said: ↑

Donaire will knock Rigo out, no doubt about it.....................
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Farmy, where the hell have you been? :hi:

vast · Feb 1, 2013

Donaire will KTFO Rigo... who cannot take a punch from a journeyman let alone Nonito. A beat down.

PIPO23 · Feb 1, 2013

Farmboxer said: ↑

Donaire will knock Rigo out, no doubt about it.....................
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Void's number 1 fan is back. :happy:hi:

Stevenson#1 · Feb 1, 2013

SugarShane_24 said: ↑

Farmy, where the hell have you been? :hi:
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Probably trolling around .

bballchump11 · Feb 1, 2013

Doc said: ↑

Garbage Breakdown, read Bogotazos posts to learn how to actually break down a fight... :hi:

Donaire KO6
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Just wait til I make my thread about Trout vs Canelo

HIGHCOLLIDE · Feb 2, 2013

great breakdown.

rigo wins!

Farmboxer · Feb 3, 2013

Donaire will kill Rigondeaux...................Rigo will never fight him.............

ikeabuchia · Feb 3, 2013

Ringo fans just hold your peace and don't say nothing . when rigo wins don't say nothing still. Nonito fans are PAC fan and you know what happened there .

ROACH · Feb 3, 2013

ikeabuchia said: ↑

Ringo fans just hold your peace and don't say nothing . when rigo wins don't say nothing still. Nonito fans are PAC fan and you know what happened there .
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LOL.

Pac haters are Nonito haters. Don't get it twisted.

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