Donaire vs. Rigondeaux, April 27th 2013 is signed

[DavilaJones]

I got rigo for this one. I'll explain why. Donaire gets hit just a bit much too much for my taste. This is puzzling considering he loves to give angles and is seldom in the pocket for too long.

Rigo is hard to hit and yes in his last fight he got hit with a few hard clean left hooks,which I think is the main reason people have picked Donaire over him. An understandable and logical reason but a technically sound and cerebral fighter like Guillermo will adjust for that.

So if you take away Donaire's main weapon which is the left hook and he has been prone to be a bit left hook happy last few fights, what will he do? pump the jab and win rounds or do what he did against Nishioka? Try to bait the opponent to open up? I somehow doubt anyone can get Rigondeaux to open up if he doesn't want to.

Also Donaire does get bored easily and loses focus and concentration mid to later rounds, Rigo on the other hand is always poised and in focus.

I have no idea how well of a chin Donaire is sporting but he might get hit with a few hard bombs later on to score a flash KD or two.

All in all I really like this fight because I can see a reasonable argument for both men to win but I'm still leaning towards Rigo for this one gents.

[Rantcatrat]

I got rigo for this one. I'll explain why. Donaire gets hit just a bit much too much for my taste. This is puzzling considering he loves to give angles and is seldom in the pocket for too long.

Rigo is hard to hit and yes in his last fight he got hit with a few hard clean left hooks,which I think is the main reason people have picked Donaire over him. An understandable and logical reason but a technically sound and cerebral fighter like Guillermo will adjust for that.

So if you take away Donaire's main weapon which is the left hook and he has been prone to be a bit left hook happy last few fights, what will he do? pump the jab and win rounds or do what he did against Nishioka? Try to bait the opponent to open up? I somehow doubt anyone can get Rigondeaux to open up if he doesn't want to.

Also Donaire does get bored easily and loses focus and concentration mid to later rounds, Rigo on the other hand is always poised and in focus.

I have no idea how well of a chin Donaire is sporting but he might get hit with a few hard bombs later on to score a flash KD or two.

All in all I really like this fight because I can see a reasonable argument for both men to win but I'm still leaning towards Rigo for this one gents.

Very logical and you make a lot of good points. I'm still pretty much up in the air about it and probably won't decide until the day of the fight. I agree that it is tough to pick a winner.