Donaire vs. Rigondeaux - Saturday night fight/chat thread

[Andre]

Great fight. Not sure how one judge got it 116 to 111 though when the guy with 111 had a 10-8 knock down scored in favor for himself ?
Great result.

[Mars_ax]

I know people are gonna say ooohh he was distracted, took it for granted, didn't train, was injured, blah blah blah.

I say bullshit. Rigondeaux is slick as grease and Donaire couldn't handle it.

So many people on forums laughing at the notion that Rigo was faster then Donaire or just as fast. He made Donaire look like a sloth.

Honestly, I thought Donaire was going to blitz Rigon who turned out to be anything but an overrated amateur as a Pro. Great offensive and defensive performance by Rigon, Donaire couldn't find him the whole night and the KD was more of a fluke then anything.

I'd love to see the rematch.

[bestjabwins]

I know people are gonna say ooohh he was distracted, took it for granted, didn't train, was injured, blah blah blah.

I say bullshit. Rigondeaux is slick as grease and Donaire couldn't handle it.

So many people on forums laughing at the notion that Rigo was faster then Donaire or just as fast. He made Donaire look like a sloth.

Honestly, I thought Donaire was going to blitz Rigon who turned out to be anything but an overrated amateur as a Pro. Great offensive and defensive performance by Rigon, Donaire couldn't find him the whole night and the KD was more of a fluke then anything.

I'd love to see the rematch.

I can't see a rematch happening. I don't see any top fighter wanting to fight Rigo really as either he'll make them look bad or the public won't have a big demand for it. Its a shame, as I think Donaire could do much better in a rematch.

[p4pking]

Yeah, that KD looked kinda lucky seeing it the second time around. They had just sort of turned each other out of a clinch and Donaire got a really wide shot in. It connected big though and Rigondeaux was a beast to get right back up like that.

[spade]

Hello Andre my friend,

Back to the fight,if Rigo won convincingly as many of you thought, were you excited about the fight?

How come people booed Rigo for not getting into the fight?

It wasn't Donaires fault, who keep chasing RIGO who doesnt want to fight.

If all fights are like this, im done with boxing.

[Andre]

I had Rigo on top 10 to 2 personally I found the majority of the rounds extremely boring. Rigo simply is not an action fighter he's a counter move counter punch boxer that simply is not a big draw! You can say its beautifull boxing but he doesn't do enough for me!!! Its like a remake of Wilfred Benetez or a Jimmy Young although he's a superior boxer to both of them. He actually makes Mayweather look like an "action fighter", imagine that!!!! Ray

Gee I had fun seeing what they were thinking and trying out, I thought it very technical and interesting to see the risk rewards being taken and had by both with their different styles.

Some of the so so fans will say Rigo ran (how can he win) but he was moving stopping catching Donaire clean but not with as much power as Donaire could muster at times.

[Mars_ax]

We are really on a good run of 'the right guy' getting wins on the cards so far this year..

The right guy won, but Lederman's scorecard was just insane, the only round he gave to Donaire was the 10th the KD round.

Not to take anything away from Rigon, he fought a brilliant fight and clearly won.

[Andre]

Hello Andre my friend,

Back to the fight,if Rigo won convincingly as many of you thought, were you excited about the fight?

How come people booed Rigo for not getting into the fight?

It wasn't Donaires fault, who keep chasing RIGO who doesnt want to fight.

If all fights are like this, im done with boxing.

Mate,nice to see you too, he out fought Donaire look closer and he wasnt just running he was moving then stopping and catching him too.

[IamInuit]

I know people are gonna say ooohh he was distracted, took it for granted, didn't train, was injured, blah blah blah.

I say bullshit. Rigondeaux is slick as grease and Donaire couldn't handle it.

So many people on forums laughing at the notion that Rigo was faster then Donaire or just as fast. He made Donaire look like a sloth.

Honestly, I thought Donaire was going to blitz Rigon who turned out to be anything but an overrated amateur as a Pro. Great offensive and defensive performance by Rigon, Donaire couldn't find him the whole night and the KD was more of a fluke then anything.

I'd love to see the rematch.

Was not directed at you but generally in forums. At least you acknowledged the points of others leading up to the fight in discussion. The people booing made me chuckle. Crippled in drunken misery because they had to sit through a boxing match.

[Violent Demise]

That was great to watch. I like how Donaire said he wasn't gonna make excuses than proceeds to give 3 of them

[DavilaJones]

The thing, he landed hard punches too and did out land Donaire in every round but the KD round. I have to agree with Leaderman on this one, I don't always but I just did not see how Donaire won more than one. But I might have tunnel vision as I did bet on Rigo. I will watch the fight next week again.

[spade]

We are really on a good run of 'the right guy' getting wins on the cards so far this year..

The right guy won, but Lederman's scorecard was just insane, the only round he gave to Donaire was the 10th the KD round.

Not to take anything away from Rigon, he fought a brilliant fight and clearly won.

I'm not convinced Rigo won convincingly, he did not fight!!, just do some counter and walk. So much also with Donaire, he was just lazy this evening.

Rematch would be great.

[Mars_ax]

I know people are gonna say ooohh he was distracted, took it for granted, didn't train, was injured, blah blah blah.

I say bullshit. Rigondeaux is slick as grease and Donaire couldn't handle it.

So many people on forums laughing at the notion that Rigo was faster then Donaire or just as fast. He made Donaire look like a sloth.

Honestly, I thought Donaire was going to blitz Rigon who turned out to be anything but an overrated amateur as a Pro. Great offensive and defensive performance by Rigon, Donaire couldn't find him the whole night and the KD was more of a fluke then anything.

I'd love to see the rematch.

I can't see a rematch happening. I don't see any top fighter wanting to fight Rigo really as either he'll make them look bad or the public won't have a big demand for it. Its a shame, as I think Donaire could do much better in a rematch.

A big part of Donaire's problem was finding Rigo with punches, he's excellent at hitting and not being hit. So because of this, you've got to wonder if Donaire would do better in a rematch.

[Andre]

The thing, he landed hard punches too and did out land Donaire in every round but the KD round. I have to agree with Leaderman on this one, I don't always but I just did not see how Donaire won more than one. But I might have tunnel vision as I did bet on Rigo. I will watch the fight next week again.

gOOD FOR YOU Mate.

WHAT ODDS YOU GET ?

[Spicoli]

Anyone else know what this crap is on SnL

By all accounts it was superman Donaires fight to make and force, he let himself be boiled down and react..hardly..rather than assert size and much hyped power and stardom. He fought the other guys fight, fell into feints and counters...and got beat. Simple as. Outclassed.