Is Guillermo Rigondeaux Too Good For His Own Good

[Ron Swanson]

Guillermo Rigondeaux is arguably second to FM in the P4P lists

It's amazing to say that about a guy who has only fought as a pro 13 times

No-one wants to fight himm not Frampton, Quigg, Martinez or Cruz.

I think everyone should be thankful he's 33, not 23 years old,

There have been plenty of people with great skills and abilities who did not make it very far
Say, George Benton
Even Pernell WHitaker (ironically taught by George Benton early in his career) struggled to get worthy opponents late in his career

I have a feeling, Guillermo Rigondeaux, does not believe in Jesus, but he relies on his natural abilities only.
This explains his failures. It is not about how good you are, it is about how good is our offering to God.

Floyd, in turn, believes in God and admittedly is praying all the time. Even though his boxing is VERY boring (but efficient), he not just wins, but gets best paycheck.

In this life, it is all about finding the first principle.

Your do see that the god you are describing is a dick right? Deciding which man gets beat up on who better feeds his ego, it's shameful. I know very few regular people of such low character.

[Vendettos]

He is far too boring.

The lower the weight class, the lower the number of boxers people can name.

^^this in turn means that there isn't a great deal of big fights for him, and even if he does get a fight, it's a stinkfest.



All in all he hasn't offered me anything to rank him. The other top 10 p4p fighters have almost all certainly did things in the sport to earn their places there.


Rigondeaux hasn't. He has literally bored me with every fight. Skilled? Yes. Exciting? No.

[Master]

Rigo should stop feeling sorry for himself, if he even does, and earn the accolade of being a top p4p fighter. He has to dominate the division, beat the best at the weight and unify titles to be undisputed. Just stay busy and beat the best. There are plenty of good fights out there to be made and money if he is prepared to take the risk. He does not have to believe in god either.

[Beanflicker]

Boxing is more spectacle than sport. If you're going to be skilled and utilize the sweet science as it's supposed to be used, you need to also play a character like Floyd Mayweather to get people interested. Otherwise the fans and networks will snub you. It sucks, but that's the way it is.

They're in the wrong business. Rigo is Ingmar Bergman in a world where people want to watch Michael Bay; T.S Eliot in a world where people want to read Robert Munsch. Can't change what the public wants.

[denilson200]

Rigo should stop feeling sorry for himself, if he even does, and earn the accolade of being a top p4p fighter. He has to dominate the division, beat the best at the weight and unify titles to be undisputed. Just stay busy and beat the best. There are plenty of good fights out there to be made and money if he is prepared to take the risk. He does not have to believe in god either.

But the thing is the top guys don't want to fight Rigo. It's amazing that the number one fighter in the world at that weight, him and his team have to go beg Frampton for a fight, to the point where they were even prepared to go to Ireland to fight him

Team Rigondeaux wants fight with Carl Frampton, offers to go to Belfast - Bad Left Hook

Don't get me wrong Frampton says he'd love to fight Rigo

http://boxingnewsonline.net/latest/f...-leo-santa-cru

But if that's the case then why didn't they take the Rigo fight when Frampton was made mandatory for Rigo's belt ? But Frampton and his team said "Na, swerve that" and opted for much less demanding task against Cruz

[SugarBoxing]

Your do see that the god you are describing is a dick right? Deciding which man gets beat up on who better feeds his ego, it's shameful. I know very few regular people of such low character.

No, I do not. God is righteous in defining what is good and what is bad, since he is the creator and owner of everything. God does not respect a person, he respects faith. That's just the way it is, now deal with it.

[Abelardus]

I don't think so. He just needs to go up in weight and start fighting big names. No one really cares about the divisions below 140 or 135 unless you're a hardcore fan. If he started fight names right now and beating them he'd blow up like manny did when he went up in weight. I guarantee it.

[Master]

Fighters like Rigo, Floyd and Sweat Pea are not watched by the majority of fans for the skills but by who they fight. These fighters have to unify titles, go up in weight and take extra challenges to get the attention of mainstream boxing fans never mind mainstream public.

[holmcall]

In a word, Yes