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I see the Rigo/Donaire situation is starting to rise to Ward/Bute levels.
Rigo has the goods, but dude hasn't beaten anybody of note yet. He just been fighting scrubs on ppv undercards and was even stunned/rattled a couple times in his last fight. I don't see it as a duck move from Donaire yet. Rigo needs to at least beat one common opponent or someone with a name. He can fight Arce or Leo Santa Cruz. Just somebody that we've heard of. Nobody knows if he's really ready for Donaire.
We all saw what happened to Bute when he finally fought somebody who was a top 3 guy in his division. I'm not saying that's gonna happen to Rigo but you never know. If Donaire leaves the division without fighting the Mares/Moreno winner than yeah that's a duck but Rigo for as good as he is hasn't done enough yet to say somebody is ducking him.
Say what you want about Nishioka but he at least beat a past it Marquez and he did get off the canvas to soul clap Johnny Gonzales into orbit so I had no problem with him getting the Donaire fight.
Rigo has an unbelievable amateur background. Bute's amateur background was basically him getting KO'd by GGG, followed by his professional career of being fed "opponents" in his hometown. I don't think you can compare those two. Also, I wouldn't classify Teon Kennedy is a scrub. I'm not sure if he is ready for Donaire, but it probably would be a good scrap.