Pacquiao Sparring with... Rigondeaux?

[Nameless]

so what. a guy who is a southpaw, is shorter both in size and reach....and who despite his incredible speed and skill has been put on his ass a fair share of times. i love Rigo....but people are fooling themselves thinking he is somehow going to replicate Floyd in sparring.

Who gives a fuck if he got put on his ass? The aim of a sparring session is to test your boxer with strength and speed coming out his way. That's a GREAT asset to practice with as Floyd's greatest weapon is perhaps his speed.

[pacfan]

so what. a guy who is a southpaw, is shorter both in size and reach....and who despite his incredible speed and skill has been put on his ass a fair share of times. i love Rigo....but people are fooling themselves thinking he is somehow going to replicate Floyd in sparring.

Not saying he can perfectly replicate Floyd, but in terms of who's out there, I think Rigondeaux is about as good as it can get... who would you suggest that you think is better?

I think they are just trying use a guy whom most boxers, including Donaire, have hard time catching and trying to find a way to do just that, to catch a slippery eel, so to speak - a good choice for offensive training. They can get a bigger fellow for the defensive training, a good pot-shooter will do.

[pacfan]

You wont always find a sparring that works on emulating your opponent perfectly. So you bring in different guys for different aspects of their game. In this case, if the above is true, probably to cut off the ring and run down floyd and find his head, and id your holes for counters.

That was a nice one. Pictures, I mean vids, speak better than words. That's the way to catch a runner...

He seems like a good sparring partner for this fight. None is going to be able to mirror Floyd in sparring, but I think Rigo will give Pac many different defensive looks that will have Pac thinking, moving, attacking and reacting in ways that he isn't accustomed. This should give him a better chance of being able to adapt to Floyd's unorthodox styles.

Who are you and what did you do with the real ruthless rocco

I think he's still that same cutey fella. He just had too much of his favorite stuff...
...I mean candy bars.

[ruthless rocco]

Pac's gonna GET KNOCKED OUT

Yeah but it wouldnt of happened in his prime.

It didn't happen in his prime because he was roiding so hard he couldn't agree to the fight!

[Ron Swanson]

So everyone is just going to ignore that it isn't true? It's "sign the contract" all over again.

[ykdadamaja]

I don't see it as a good fit, particularly because Rigo is a southpaw...

But who can REALLY replicate Floyd? Except Broner, and that won't happen and Broner is a few steps behind Floyd, really and truly there is no one else out there...

Broner fights absolutely nothing like Floyd. Oscar and Shane both fight from a conventional guard, would you compare them? How about Wlad and Shane, would you compare them?

I'm sure you see my point, Floyd and Broner use the same defense. That is their only similarity. They employ the defense differently, one is a flat footed fighter, the other a mover, one mostly counter punches, the other hardly ever counter punches, one is an offensive fighter, the other defensive. We could go on and on with the differences.

The point is simple, they do not fight alike.

I said it was kind of a stretch... lolol..... goes to show you how no one else comes close.

[TitoFan]

He seems like a good sparring partner for this fight. None is going to be able to mirror Floyd in sparring, but I think Rigo will give Pac many different defensive looks that will have Pac thinking, moving, attacking and reacting in ways that he isn't accustomed. This should give him a better chance of being able to adapt to Floyd's unorthodox styles.

Who are you and what did you do with the real ruthless rocco

Pac's gonna GET KNOCKED OUT

Yeah but it wouldnt of happened in his prime.

It didn't happen in his prime because he was roiding so hard he couldn't agree to the fight!

Question answered.
Lucidity only lasted one post.

[fan johnny]

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Dan Rafael says the rumor isn't true and he's actually sparing Kenneth Simms Jr. (5-0, 2 KOs) and Rashidi Ellis (14-0, 11 KOs) even though Rig and Pac posed for the picture at the wild card. I'm guessing that they played around cause the article sited pacquiao had no head gear.