Donaire vs. Rigondeaux - Saturday night fight/chat thread

[beenKOed]

Close fight had Donaire, winning by 2 rounds it was very close nothing to shout or scream about
well done Rigondeaux.

@Dia bando - Agreed, unless you were a Rigon fan, it wasn't a very entertaining fight to watch, especially after all the hype this fight generated.

I don't know what Donaire could do different to win in a rematch, the bottom line is Rigon is good technically, and very hard to hit with clean punches.

cheers

Yes it was a technical type of fight, sometimes we never get what we want,! Rigon is very slick as
they say, well it's how it goes but 2 of the very best meet and it's good for boxing.
Boxing needs more fights like this, the best fighters Champions facing each other.

"A technical type of fight", it was piss poor and I don't have one good thing to say about it.
Rigondeaux won the fight, but he didn't fight like a fighter, he fought like a contestant. He was doing the minimum to win, just like a damned reality show contestant. He refused to engage until Donaire put him on his ass.
Look, here are two of arguably the best boxers in the business. One was voted 'Fighter of the Year', and the other is one of the best amateur boxers produced by Cuba, who won a WBA belt in his ninth pro fight.
So what happens when these two champions get together, they have a "technical type of fight". What a joke! Rigondeaux was bad and Donaire was worse. After seeing the hand speed of Rigo and tasting a few punches, Donaire decided to follow Rigo around for most of the fight. Considering the talent of these two, this is one of the most disappointing fights I've seen.
The fight was doomed before it started, Donaire could not get past the speed and movement of Rigondeaux, and Rigondeaux would only do enough to win.

[Andre]

Close fight had Donaire, winning by 2 rounds it was very close nothing to shout or scream about
well done Rigondeaux.

@Dia bando - Agreed, unless you were a Rigon fan, it wasn't a very entertaining fight to watch, especially after all the hype this fight generated.

I don't know what Donaire could do different to win in a rematch, the bottom line is Rigon is good technically, and very hard to hit with clean punches.

cheers

Yes it was a technical type of fight, sometimes we never get what we want,! Rigon is very slick as
they say, well it's how it goes but 2 of the very best meet and it's good for boxing.
Boxing needs more fights like this, the best fighters Champions facing each other.

"A technical type of fight", it was piss poor and I don't have one good thing to say about it.

really you couldnt see what they were thinking or what each were trying out?

Out of interest has there been a better technical fight this year you could led me to?

[IamInuit]

You don't get points for simply coming forward. That is not effective aggression. For those who scored it for Donaire I would like to know which rounds you thought he won and why you thought so. A round by round breakdown. I'm interested because I just cant see it. I respect the guys that think Donaire won but after watching the fight three times now I just don't see the Donaire rounds.

[Andre]

Ill have to rewatch it too.
I gave a few rounds to him cause i thought his shots were more telling 'touch more power' other than that I'd have had those rounds even, only also even because I cant count shots of Rigo's that just touch either, like they do score in amateur fights.

So fairs fair both ways.

The work rate of Rigos arms and foot movement getting in and out of position far outweighted any coming forwards argument too.

[Silkeyjoe]

You don't get points for simply coming forward. That is not effective aggression. For those who scored it for Donaire I would like to know which rounds you thought he won and why you thought so. A round by round breakdown. I'm interested because I just cant see it. I respect the guys that think Donaire won but after watching the fight three times now I just don't see the Donaire rounds.

I gave my break down of rounds earlier in this thread but I still had Rigo winning. There was 2 rounds that werer defo Donaires for me and then a few close ones which could have gone either way but a lot of judges would give to Donaire because there was not much between them but he pressed the action