Deontay Wilder vs. Chris Arreola

[Master]

I may be in the minority here, but I don't think Wilder looked as awkward last night as he's looked in previous fights. Dare I say he's actually improving in his technique and ring generalship. No... he'll never be the world's most consummate boxer, but he's perfectly capable of improvement. That being said, I agree he needs to stop clowning. It's this maddening "style before substance" trend of modern times.

He is just holding the title until AJ flattens him from the sound of your post.

[denilson200]

Good night of boxing

Guillermo Rigoondeaux ? Boxing should be ashamed of itself in how they are treating this guy. Rigo is the purest of pure boxer and for better or worse, no one fights like him. I'd never miss a chance to watch him fight.

Rigo says "Nobody wants to fight me everyone scared of me"

So what does he do ? Wins his next fight by breaking his opponents jaw

Yeah that will do it rigo

Nobody seems to notice that Rigs kept his word and stood right in front of the Dickens the whole time. When Rigs moved forward, Dickens often retreated. Guys seem to completely freeze and stop throwing when they get in there with Rigo. He gets them shook.

What many people don't realize is that Rigo is a shit talker. He's a bit shy and socially awkward but what every Spanish-speaker says is true. It would be great if he spoke English. Rigo can talk trash. And he can back it up. The guy packs dynamite. Rigo obviously doesn't go out of his way to fight, but watch out if he opens up. The guy will bust you up.

The good news for him is 122 has a lot of young undefeated contenders like Rey Vargas and Moises Flores who need to make names for themselves and aren't being protected and micromanaged. Plus Quigg has an L and is probably more willing now.

If he can just stay active like GGG the bigger fights will come to him. With Chocolatito at 115 now that fight is becoming more realistic. They weigh the same on fight night already and it seems Roman is moving up every year. But time is running out on Rigo. He's old, just not too old...yet. That Chocolatito fight would have to happen soon

No one will beat him but father time or a really big weight mismatch, but it's looking likely that we will never see another big name ala Doniare again ..... shame...

On the Wilder undercard it was my first sight of the undefeated Erickson Lubin who a few people have mentioned. I was not that impressed and he doesn't look anything special to me, but he's only 20 and plenty of time.

People give to much credit to an '0' record that was shown in Felix Diaz - Sammy Vasquez Jr fight. Sammy Vasquez Jr was 21-0 it was crazy to have Diaz (An Olympic gold medalist) as the underdog because he has fought at a much higher level and that was shown in the fight as Diaz had a straight forward UD given to him.

As to the main event. There are pockets of brilliance where Wilder looks downright frightening. The double and triple left hooks which he mixed up to the head and body with sick speed. He's got a sharp boxing brain and sets his opponents up for crunching short shot

But he can be so sloppy in there. At times his movement is lazy and I'm not sure if he's unfocused or uncoordinated. That's part of what makes his fights such fun viewing.

Areola never used feints against Wilder. The only time I actually saw Areola using it, Wilder panicked. But generally Areola walked in slowly towards Wilder, so slowly that even a slug would have had enough time to avoid his shots.

Areola was never gonna be an athlete and what he lacked in skill he made up for in heart. He was never a top fighter yet clearly this was the shell of him having one last hurrah, not a terrible fight on late notice.

[TitoFan]

Rigo says "Nobody wants to fight me everyone scared of me"

So what does he do ? Wins his next fight by breaking his next opponents jaw

Yeah that will do it rigo

Good post on the boxing night.
This part made me laugh out loud.

[Batman]

Good night of boxing

Guillermo Rigoondeaux ? Boxing should be ashamed of itself in how they are treating this guy. Rigo is the purest of pure boxer and for better or worse, no one fights like him. I'd never miss a chance to watch him fight.

Rigo says "Nobody wants to fight me everyone scared of me"

So what does he do ? Wins his next fight by breaking his next opponents jaw

Yeah that will do it rigo

Nobody seems to notice that Rigs kept his word and stood right in front of the Dickens the whole time. When Rigs moved forward, Dickens often retreated. Guys seem to completely freeze and stop throwing when they get in there with Rigo. He gets them shook.

What many people don't realize is that Rigo is a shit talker. He's a bit shy and socially awkward but what every Spanish-speaker says is true. It would be great if he spoke English. Rigo can talk trash. And he can back it up. The guy packs dynamite. Rigo obviously doesn't go out of his way to fight, but watch out if he opens up. The guy will bust you up.

The good news for him is 122 has a lot of young undefeated contenders like Rey Vargas and Moises Flores who need to make names for themselves and aren't being protected and micromanaged. Plus Quigg has an L and is probably more willing now.

If he can just stay active like GGG the bigger fights will come to him. With Chocolatito at 115 now that fight is becoming more realistic. They weigh the same on fight night already and it seems Roman is moving up every year. But time is running out on Rigo. He's old, just not too old...yet. That Chocolatito fight would have to happen soon

No one will beat him but father time or a really big weight mismatch, but it's looking likely that we will never see another big name ala Doniare again ..... shame...

After watching Rigos last two or three fights I got the feeling that as you say father time may have been catching up with him.

It was a shame that Jazza got his jaw broke, it would have been nice for the UK fans to see a few rounds of Rigo.
Tactics wise I think Jazza was doing well in the 1 and a half rounds that he was in the fight for, he was doing everything he possible could, as I say if it wasnt for that one punch the fight would have lasted a said while longer because Jazza wasn't committing too much.

Jazza was never going to win but I think it was a shame for the kid to go out so soon, 9 times out of 10 that would have just been a great punch, this time it was a fucking superb shot.

I hope Rigo does come back in September, any ideas who would be in line to fight him from the UK?

[TitoFan]

I may be in the minority here, but I don't think Wilder looked as awkward last night as he's looked in previous fights. Dare I say he's actually improving in his technique and ring generalship. No... he'll never be the world's most consummate boxer, but he's perfectly capable of improvement. That being said, I agree he needs to stop clowning. It's this maddening "style before substance" trend of modern times.

He is just holding the title until AJ flattens him from the sound of your post.

I think AJ poses the most danger to Wilder in the HW division at this moment.

[Dia bando]

I may be in the minority here, but I don't think Wilder looked as awkward last night as he's looked in previous fights. Dare I say he's actually improving in his technique and ring generalship. No... he'll never be the world's most consummate boxer, but he's perfectly capable of improvement. That being said, I agree he needs to stop clowning. It's this maddening "style before substance" trend of modern times.

He is just holding the title until AJ flattens him from the sound of your post.

I think AJ poses the most danger to Wilder in the HW division at this moment.

Yep AJ looks solid and Wilder is finding the opponents just don't fall over when you hit them.
The HW are now worth watching as before with the Klits it was dull as dishwater.