Guillermo Rigondeaux

Should effective aggression have more value, when scoring a fight?

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de la hoya2By Gerardo Granados: There are others factors to take in account to properly score a bout but is it possible to modify the rules in order to benefit the ratings and earnings? A friend of mine asked me if Guillermo Rigondeaux will become the next Oscar De la Hoya just after seen him defeat 2012 unofficial Boxingnews24 fighter of the year Nonito Donaire, but does Rigondeaux future looks so bright and unlimited?

Golden Boy´s fighting style allow him to achieve world titles in six different weight divisions, fame and glory, multimillion dollar purses and became a huge pay per view attraction; but is Rigondeaux fighting style appreciated mainly by boxing purists?

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Donaire recovering from shoulder surgery

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donaire222By Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Nonito Donaire is recovering from his shoulder surgery that was performed last Friday to repair torn ligaments in his right shoulder. Donaire is saying that the surgery on his right shoulder was a success and that he should heal up fine and be back in the ring shortly.

Donaire said on his twitter “Surgery went well. Surgery was Friday and I only took 2 doses of Vicodin Dr. gave me. I have a high pain tolerance.”

Some boxing fans think Donaire’s excuse about needing shoulder surgery was a way for him to explain away his 12 round unanimous decision loss to WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux on April 13th of this month. Donaire lost the fight by the scores of 116-111, 115-112 and 114-113.

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Mikey Garcia: Donaire just had an off night against Rigondeaux

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donaire55By Chris Williams: WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia thinks that former WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (31-2, 20 KO’s) merely had an off night in getting beaten soundly by WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux last Saturday night in New York.

Garcia thinks Donaire will be able to come back from this loss and resume his place at the top wherever he ends up fighting.

Speaking with hustleboss.com, Mikey said “For Donaire. He’s still a great fighter; he just had one of those off nights and that’s it.

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What Makes a Good/Bad Fight?

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donaire1By Alex Aviles: Last Saturday night Cuban Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux defeated Filipino star Nonito Donaire in convincing fashion. Post-fight there was talk among the boxing community about how the fight played out on an entertainment scale. Some fans considered it a good (albeit not great) fight. While some just considered it flat out boring.

The thoughts on both sides had their opinions based on a few points. Fans that considered it great base it on the appreciation of Rigo’s skill level and ability to take a fighter who is top 5 on a lot of fans P4P list and made it look easy. While on the flip-side the fans just didn’t see a toe-to-toe war (i.e Rios/Alvarado, Corrales/Castillo, Gatti/Ward etc.) thus immediately denouncing it as “boring”.

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Rachel: Donaire had problems getting below the 130s in training camp

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donaire012By Chris Williams: Nonito Donaire’s wife Rachel say that he could be back in the fall, but not at super bantamweight. He’ll be moving up to 126 to fight in the featherweight division following his 12 round unanimous decision loss to WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux last Saturday night. Rachel told ESPN that he struggled badly to get down from the 130s during training camp for the fight. I have a feeling that 126 might not be a weight that he can make either without struggle.

Donaire may have to move up to 130 and campaign as a lightweight if he really wants to avoid having to battle with his weight because he’s a huge fighter that looks the same size as Adrien Broner.

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Quigg and Frampton are possibilities for Rigondeaux’s next fight

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frampton21By Scott Gilfoid: WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) is in need of an opponent for his next title defense of his two 122 pound straps. Rigondeaux’s manager Gary Hyde is interested in matching Rigondeaux up against the #7 WBA Carl Frampton (16-0, 11 KO’s) or former two division world champion Abner Mares.

However, due to the Golden Boy – Top Rank feud that’s still going on, a fight between the Top Rank promoted Rigondeaux and the Golden Boy promoted Mares would seem to be all but impossible. As such, that leaves Frampton or the WBA interim super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg (25-0-1, 18 KO’s) as viable targets for the 32-year-old Rigondeaux to pick from.

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At least Donaire can say he won the stare-down against Rigondeaux

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donaire#12By Chris Williams: Former WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (31-2, 20 KO’s) may have been beaten soundly by WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) last Saturday night in New York, but at least Donaire can say he beat Rigondeaux in their stare downs in the week of the fight.

Donaire took great pride in out-staring Rigondeaux during the final press conference with him followed by the weigh-in the day before the fight. Indeed, I’ve never seen a fighter take as much satisfaction of winning a stare down as Donaire did because he was really blowing his own horn about it. I got the sense that he felt the fight was won after the stare down.

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Rigondeaux completely took away Donaire’s left hook, says Cunningham

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rigondeaux111`By Chris Williams: Kevin Cunningham, the trainer for IBF welterweight champion Devon Alexander, was mesmerized by the incredibly impressive performance by WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) last Saturday night in him defeating the heavily hyped WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (31-2, 20 KO’s) and making him look like a rank amateur in beating him by what should have been a lopsided 12 round unanimous decision.

In particular, Cunningham was impressive with the way that Rigondeaux completely shut down Donaire’s powerful left hook that he’d used to knockout many of his previous opponents.

Rigondeaux was able to take away Donaire’s left hook completely. The only time he did land it was when he shoved Rigondeaux in the 10th and hit him when he wasn’t ready.

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Donaire thinks he should have won against Rigondeaux

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donaire5By Chris Williams: Former WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (31-2, 20 KO’s) claims that WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 9 KO’s) didn’t do enough to beat him last Saturday night in their fight at the Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York.

Donaire lost the fight by a 12 round unanimous decision with two of the judges having the fight scored closely with Rigondeaux barely winning by the scores 114-113, 115-112 and 116-111. The sad fact of the matter is that Rigondeaux out-landed Donaire in 11 of the 12 rounds of the fight.

The only round where Donaire landed more punches was in the 10th, which was the round that Donaire knocked Rigondeaux down in. The rest of the rounds, Rigondeaux out-landed Donaire by anywhere from 3 to 15 punches.

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Arum to match Donaire against Juan Manuel Lopez next

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donaire12352By Chris Williams: Just as I thought; Bob Arum, the promoter for Nonito Donaire (31-2, 20 KO’s), doesn’t have any plans on matching him against WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) for his next fight to see if Donaire can get revenge for his 12 round unanimous decision loss at the hands of the Cuban from last Saturday night.

Instead, Arum is going to match Donaire against one of his Top Rank stable fighters former two division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (32-2, 29 KO’s) near the end of the year after Donaire returns from his shoulder surgery.

Arum said to the Manila Standard “[Donaire] really struggled to make weight and I think that took a little zip out of him and this kid Rigondeaux was awfully fast and awfully elusive. [Donaire will] fight Lopez at 126 pounds in Puerto Rico towards the end of the year. [It] depends on the operation.”

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