HBO officially drops Rigo

[gest12645]

I love HBO but Showtime is the future .

[J_Undisputed]

The thing is HBO bought Rigo for this. http://youtu.be/-hTiWyQUJKk

In hopes that him and Donaire(off the monteil ko, the darchinyan dismantling, etc) would battle it out for supremacy. No Matter who won and who lost, HBO would win. The one who lost is somewhat of an enigma/headcase now and the one who won is now fighting guys from his bicycle. Now when you consider, the line up they have as far as exciting fighters go. Rigo, Gamboa, Ward and the Klits... I'm surprised the guy in charge hasn't hung himself yet. Then you have schills like ledderman and Lampley trying to drown it in gravy talking about technical these guys are and quoting their records and last exciting fight they had over and over and over.. Kellerman talking out of his @$$ and directors turning the cameras on the fighters wives and fathers in the audience for the human interest side of things just so Lampley can tell us some interesting tidbit about them.

As far as ratings go..their still sinking. Pac only fights 2 -3 times a year, Martinez is still ailing and may never be the same. Chavez jr. cant even lay off the captain crunch enough to stay in a weight division for longer than a month. Are we really that surprised?

[boxing prospect]

The fact the crowd emptied out for his fight with Agbeko said everything you need to know about the relationship between Rigondeaux, Top Rank and HBO. What Rigondeaux needs is a willing dance partner, what HBO need to do is think outside of the box, what Arum needs to do is make sure their will be a crowd and what Rigondeaux needs to do is either adjust his style (unlikely) or take less money.

I've been saying on other forums for a while that what Rigondeaux needs is to be on a Macau against a Japanese guy. Rigondeaux v Hasegawa would be fun as Hasegawa tends to go out on his sword and has speed to match Rigondeaux that'd be a good one and Japanese gamblers would be there to back their guy meaning their would be an audience.

If Rigondeaux's minimum fee is as high as rumoured you can understand HBO pissing on him in fairness. He's talented but can't draw shit to flies. Why pay big bucks for someone who has a negative effect on the audience?

[FinitoElDinamita]

The fact the crowd emptied out for his fight with Agbeko said everything you need to know about the relationship between Rigondeaux, Top Rank and HBO. What Rigondeaux needs is a willing dance partner, what HBO need to do is think outside of the box, what Arum needs to do is make sure their will be a crowd and what Rigondeaux needs to do is either adjust his style (unlikely) or take less money.

I've been saying on other forums for a while that what Rigondeaux needs is to be on a Macau against a Japanese guy. Rigondeaux v Hasegawa would be fun as Hasegawa tends to go out on his sword and has speed to match Rigondeaux that'd be a good one and Japanese gamblers would be there to back their guy meaning their would be an audience.

If Rigondeaux's minimum fee is as high as rumoured you can understand HBO pissing on him in fairness. He's talented but can't draw shit to flies. Why pay big bucks for someone who has a negative effect on the audience?

I agree that a willing dance partner would do him well...

Speaking of Hasegawa. He has the experience to give Rigo a fight, he'll put up alot more than AGbeko im sure.

WHat i really want to see is Shinsuke Yamanaka move up and face Rigo...

[El Kabong]

Perhaps HBO sees the writing on the wall in terms of the talent that Showtime have gathered and the only way to win this war is to beat them in views......problem is, all out wars like Gatti-Ward and Corrales-Castillo are very hard to predict in the planning stage. You can set up matches where the styles SHOULD mesh but then the brawl never materializes.

[zhubin]

The best pure boxer outside of Mayweather...and HBO basically says "fuck off." Disgraceful.

[boxing prospect]

I agree that a willing dance partner would do him well...

Speaking of Hasegawa. He has the experience to give Rigo a fight, he'll put up alot more than AGbeko im sure.

WHat i really want to see is Shinsuke Yamanaka move up and face Rigo...

Yamanaka has said he's looking for bouts with LSC and Moreno in 2014. I dare say he'll have to fight Iwasa in 2014 as well. Don't think he much fancies fighting Rigo.