Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
Someone used Mario Kindelan, even though he was a great amateur, maybe the second best ever, he still wasn't as good as Rigondeaux. I don't think you should get any problems putting Rigondeaux up there, I still think based on his record, based on the fact he almost undefeated even against Cuban fighters that he should be one of the best boxers to have ever laced up, its easy to see after watching him fight. He's impossibly fluid, a Roy JOnes Jr type counter puncher, who can do it all.
Yeah I went for both Kindelan & Hernandez as better than him, although I admit this may be that when I was watching all of them (which was when I was a teenager) I tended to be more interested in watching the fighters at higher weights & was more impressed, although I did remember the Rigondeaux as 'the really good little guy with a long name'. It was only really the last Olympics that I started watching fighters below Lightweight with any real interest so this may be why I don't rate him as high as you.

Also I'm just wondering if you saw Kindelan's final fight with Khan, one of the most blatant set-ups that I've ever seen in giving the fight to Khan so as to set him up nicely for the pros