Quote Originally Posted by Gandalf View Post
It wasn't a close fight at all by my reckoning and I found it very odd to hear the commentator keep giving Donaire credit just for coming forward, missing and never seeming to land. Rigo was too conservative for my sensibilities, but as a boxing fan, I can see when someone is winning rounds by being tactically clever and he was smart. He was making Donaire look VERY, VERY slow and one dimensional. The KD was a bit lucky too, but that final round was a total schooling. The fight was judged closer than it should have been and Donaire fought like a scared man towards the end. Rigo never fought scared, he fought clever.
I'd be tempted to agree with that Miles. Although saying that, I thought there were a few moments scattered through the fight where Rigo looked almost ferocious and really let the punches go. Just not enough. I'd be tempted to say that if he had opened up earlier, Donaire was a touch scared, and could have brought on a stoppage. Although on the flip side, when he opened up, he left himself opne and got clocked a couple of times, one being the knockdown.