Rigondeaux to fight Sod Kokietgym this weekend in Macoa

I always have time to watch a supreme talent like Rigo.

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

On a hit and not get hit basis you can make a case for Rigondeaux currently being pound for pound number one. This is the last fight on his current contract. Promoters should be queuing up to sign him.

And yet.

Arum says he has to look exciting in this fight, change his style and entertain or he isn't getting offered a new contract. And even if he is offered a new contract it won't be for the same kind of money as his last one.

And if Arum won't sign him will Golden Boy want him? The last thing they want is to match him with Santa Cruz who has the ability to sell a lot of tickets and be in a lot of exciting fights in the future. Getting shut out by Rigo puts a big damper on his career.

Now I've said this watch Haymon sign him. But which of his existing fighters would Haymon match him with and why? ( I think Santa Cruz is GBP and Haymon.) And who would buy the fight?

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GBP will sign him and match him against Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz will get the 117-111 card and hand Rigo he's first loss :)

I backed Rigo in round 1 for this one at 10/1. Rigo hits really hard and anyone marching forward will walk onto shots. I cant see this last long unless Rigo wants the rounds but he doesnt strike me as that type of guy.

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Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

On a hit and not get hit basis you can make a case for Rigondeaux currently being pound for pound number one. This is the last fight on his current contract. Promoters should be queuing up to sign him.

And yet.

Arum says he has to look exciting in this fight, change his style and entertain or he isn't getting offered a new contract. And even if he is offered a new contract it won't be for the same kind of money as his last one.

And if Arum won't sign him will Golden Boy want him? The last thing they want is to match him with Santa Cruz who has the ability to sell a lot of tickets and be in a lot of exciting fights in the future. Getting shut out by Rigo puts a big damper on his career.

Now I've said this watch Haymon sign him. But which of his existing fighters would Haymon match him with and why? ( I think Santa Cruz is GBP and Haymon.) And who would buy the fight?

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GBP will sign him and match him against Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz will get the 117-111 card and hand Rigo he's first loss :)

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Get real..

Rigo would beat the lice off Santa Cruz.

Rigo is a fine boxer not everybody's cup of tea, technically brilliant like most Cuban, boxers some
can watch and enjoy others would say boring.
I myself think he is a excellent boxer, just for the purist's the art of hitting without being hit.;)

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Originally Posted by cyclone

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Originally Posted by Maravilla2012

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Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing

On a hit and not get hit basis you can make a case for Rigondeaux currently being pound for pound number one. This is the last fight on his current contract. Promoters should be queuing up to sign him.

And yet.

Arum says he has to look exciting in this fight, change his style and entertain or he isn't getting offered a new contract. And even if he is offered a new contract it won't be for the same kind of money as his last one.

And if Arum won't sign him will Golden Boy want him? The last thing they want is to match him with Santa Cruz who has the ability to sell a lot of tickets and be in a lot of exciting fights in the future. Getting shut out by Rigo puts a big damper on his career.

Now I've said this watch Haymon sign him. But which of his existing fighters would Haymon match him with and why? ( I think Santa Cruz is GBP and Haymon.) And who would buy the fight?

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GBP will sign him and match him against Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz will get the 117-111 card and hand Rigo he's first loss :)

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Get real..

Rigo would beat the lice off Santa Cruz.

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You dont seem to understand sarcasm one bit.

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Originally Posted by Silkeyjoe

I backed Rigo in round 1 for this one at 10/1. Rigo hits really hard and anyone marching forward will walk onto shots. I cant see this last long unless Rigo wants the rounds but he doesnt strike me as that type of guy.

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Bit lucky with this but Ill take it all the same. Pays for the Mayweather ticket.

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Originally Posted by Silkeyjoe

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Originally Posted by Silkeyjoe

I backed Rigo in round 1 for this one at 10/1. Rigo hits really hard and anyone marching forward will walk onto shots. I cant see this last long unless Rigo wants the rounds but he doesnt strike me as that type of guy.

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Bit lucky with this but Ill take it all the same. Pays for the Mayweather ticket.

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Hah nice one! Just saw a replay of the "fight", how far into the round was it, would the KO have come anyways or did you really luck out? Kind of made MAyweather-Ortiz look tame :P, but the clash of heads was an accident and it was an obvious total mismatch.

Sod wasnt interested. He got a scape goat in the contreversial ending so he could go home with some pride but Rigo was gonna catch him eventually. If not the 1st probably the 2nd or 3rd.

Chap Zou Shiming is fighting is a bloody mess!

Rigo isn't boring in the least. Mindless clubbing is boring. Technical brilliance is art. You don't judge art on the opinion of those that don't understand its beauty.

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Originally Posted by Ron Swanson

Rigo isn't boring in the least. Mindless clubbing is boring. Technical brilliance is art. You don't judge art on the opinion of those that don't understand its beauty.

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There is little doubt in my mind that boxing has been devolving or eroding as the broadcasters, power brokers, pimps and thieves have played on this instant gratification mindset that is pretty much omnipotent in everything else we do. The advent of the very device I use to communicate here and all its spin offs are imo responsible for this shift. We know for instance that areas of the brain once lit are now dark. Not even boxing can escape the clutches of instant gratification due to short attention spans that coincide with this 140 character world. There simply isn't the time. Watching a boxing match that actually includes boxing is viewed as some kind of bent procrastination. Shit half the people at ringside are not even watching the fight regardless. They are staring at a device in case they miss something on Twitter.


Guys like Rigo and Floyd don't come around very often and when they do they dominate. The average fan does not want to watch a surgeon. They want a guy with a chainsaw. The average toga wearing fan most likely suffering from ADD, wants a good ole christians vs lions dust up as do the broadcasters and anything else is a failure. Its to the point where people actually expect fighters that box and don't hang out in the phone booth to do so or they suck. Boxing is being driven out of the sport of boxing.


Btw beautiful parting shot by Rigo to Arum in China. Knocks Sod out in the first round after the guy had won his last 37.

He wins by KO or by points guess what they still boo,! you can only win no pleasing some people,
this guy is a great talent there is more to come, can't see anybody beating him at the weight.;)

I'm done with these Micau cards and the constantly wrong info on start times, replay times ahhh whateva. I'm surrounded by screens and devices working Saturdays and unless I wrap my head in duct tape and blacken my eyes cannot avoid 'results' :p There is nothing as crappy as knowing the result prior to watching a card. Well there's a lot worse but that's my major pisser.

Glad Rigo got ko. Haven't seen it but sure it'll turn up. Zou should enjoy his favorite player status afforded by Arum while it lasts. He catches way too many punches and seems willing to do it with light pop. Oh crap, and Larry merchant

I defended (actually applauded) Mayweather when he did what he did, and I defend Rigo here too. Nothing wrong in my book.

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Originally Posted by Jimanuel Boogustus

I defended (actually applauded) Mayweather when he did what he did, and I defend Rigo here too. Nothing wrong in my book.

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They were completely different. In the Mayweather fight the ref had order them to stop and hadnt told them to box again. In this one he clearly did.