Bets Fighter Alive is Rigondeaux - New Deadspin Article

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The Greatest Boxer Alive Is Too Good For His Sport

It’s one of the easiest things to call a fighter who beats you, but isn’t willing to take the punches you’ve got to take. Two of Sugar Ray Leonard’s greatest opponents, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler, blamed their losses to Leonard on his unwillingness to stand and fight with them.

Back when we were business partners, Pat Petronelli, who managed and trained Hagler, told me that Hagler would return to the corner between rounds during the Leonard fight saying, “He hits like a p*ssy.” He was unable to entertain the thought that he might be losing to a guy who wasn’t actually hurting him and was unwilling to trade even-up.

In point of fact, Rigondeaux has the most developed arsenal and defense system in boxing today. He’s a southpaw, a stance which alone gives a lot of his opponents trouble. Rigondeaux fights with his right shoulder well forward, his body leaving little in the way of a target. For the most part, the right is held high, protecting his chin, although he will occasionally drop his guard to invite attack. He varies the power of his punches, he throws ghost punches (a Cuban amateur program specialty—a nearly dreamlike pitty-pat that serves as a palimpsest for the jackpot shot to follow), he throws sneak left leads, he feints constantly, he can parry and pick off punches like Jack Johnson incarnate. Rigondeaux knows the advanced trick of blinding opponents with right jabs, delivered deliberately slightly short, behind which he will immediately bring up a slicing left cross. Nobody has better punch placement; any liver shot he lands will end a fight. His sense of where he is, relative to the ropes, surpasses even Floyd Mayweather’s. And, although he fights in a classic, nearly formal style, he can dip and dodge like Pernell Whitaker.

 

[Newzz]

The Greatest Boxer Alive Is Too Good For His Sport

RiGOAT is the most skilled fighter in the sport imo. Rigo, SOG, Floyd....all are too skilled for anyone around their weight class which is why I think all 3 can retire undefeated. Only person that can beat them is Father Time

 

[NZA]

he gets knocked down too much to be the best, but he is up there

 

[Mook]

Rigoat is more entertaining than mayweather. He actually slugs it out alot, just doesnt get hit that often.

 

[patscorpio]

Rigo is up there but he will be leaving his physical prime..hopefully he makes moves soon enough

 

[krackdagawd]

Floyd, Ward, Wlad >>>>

 

[SuikodenII]

Rigondeaux has the most developed arsenal and defense system in boxing today.

Yeah. About that.....

I really REALLY don't want to say it.......... but he's worrying me something bad brehs

 

[mr. smoke weed]

We ain't seen great Rigo in quite some time

 

[King P]

Rigondeaux won’t lose to a better fighter, because there are none around. He’ll lose soon because he’ll be forced, through a lack of options both economic and fistic, to overcome obstacles too great for a man of his size and age to handle. Whoever beats Rigondeaux will be much bigger and much younger than he.

That's what I fear the most

 

[Drones]

I miss watching Rigo, I wish Leo Santa Cruz and these other busters would stop ducking him.

 

[TrebleMan]

I can't give him that title to be honest. When dude is on, he's nice no doubt, but I've seen him get hit very clean a few times. Who's to say if those punches connect in a heavier division that they won't finish him.

I hate to get theoretical here, but there are cats who are really sharp today that fight in heavier divisions with the same style who have yet to taste canvas. However, I do think he may be the most skilled fighter today.

 

[blackestofpanthers]

Hipster bullshyt. Try to attach themselves to an "unknown fighter" and hype them, IF he becomes a star they can point back to this bullshyt. fakkits always doing shyt like this. Ward is CLEARLY the second best fighter and has an argument for number 1, wlad is clearly 3rd.

 

[#SOG_soldier]

Ward

Illiterate midget


Gawdimir



In that order. Rigo ugly and overrated

 

[Jello Biafra]

I figured Rigo would have already signed up with Allah Haymon by now and at least been getting some shine on Bounce or Centric or something.

 

[TheNig]

RiGOAT is the most skilled fighter in the sport imo. Rigo, SOG, Floyd....all are too skilled for anyone around their weight class which is why I think all 3 can retire undefeated. Only person that can beat them is Father Time

I will unwillingly put Loma in there. He beat my boy GRJ but dude is the epitome of a technician.