slapbangwhallop wrote:yeah fair enough, Rigo was landing on Donaire's gloves alright! ;)crusader wrote:Rigo's the one landing on gloves while Donaire lands clean shots? You're seeing completely different things than I did.
Wasn't even close imo; Rigo outboxed Donaire in almost every round. And I've seen Rigo criticized several times for being so inactive, but he threw about 50 more punches than Donaire did, though I'm not sure of the round by round breakdown.
Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
Rigo was effective even when he landed on gloves!
Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
In my defence i did get up at god knows o'clock to watch the fight and had the colonel banging on in my ear about how donaire had won the round. I also just tallied up the score in my head so my maths abilities werent at their most potent.slapbangwhallop wrote:Jesus christ almighty! I had Donaire winning ONE round. Most of the time he couldnt lay a glove on Rigo.Finn wrote:All the rounds were tight but most of Rigos fight was footwork, donaire forced the fight and dropped him. It looked like he marginally outlanded him in the majority of rounds to me as well. Rigo was just really eye catching, apart from the last round which he clearly won.Tommy Gunn13 wrote:really
I think i had donaire up by 3.
When i rewatched the fight i had rigo up 1 round and had pretty much the same score as 2 of the judges and Bradley, i cant see where most of you are coming from with the rigo boxed his head off talk, he outclassed him in terms defensive ability and handspeed and made him look sloppy. It was 85 punches landed to 129 and the last round was one way traffic with rigo throwing a hell of a lot of punches and missing with absolutely nothing where as donaire didnt land a thing so in reality the punch tally (bar the last round and also a couple of the other rounds, like the 1st and one of the others where nonito lost the exchange and rigo unloaded) in the other rounds could only have been close and donito got a 10-8 in the 10th. I always score an even round to the aggressor anyway and i dont think two or 3 scuffing and barely touching punches match a decent body shot.
I'd actually like to see a rematch because i think Donaire has no choice but to go out all guns blazing and try and get the ko, and i think rigo will fancy stepping up the pace and stopping him as letting his hands go was very successful in the last round.
Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
crusader wrote:Rigo was effective even when he landed on gloves!
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Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
Actually I'd be tempted to seeing the force of impact carried onto Donaire's face !Finn wrote:crusader wrote:Rigo was effective even when he landed on gloves!you cant count that as a scoring punch crusader.
Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
I watched it Sunday night in between kids hassling me and the wife asking me when it was going to be over every 2 minutes…
I had it even going into round 12.
Rigondeux won his rounds by what seemed like a punch or 2…and Donaire, other than the 10th, seemed to win his rounds because Rigo let him.
I had it even going into round 12.
Rigondeux won his rounds by what seemed like a punch or 2…and Donaire, other than the 10th, seemed to win his rounds because Rigo let him.
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Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
Watched it the next day and scored 117-111 to Rigondeaux.
The Cuban was fantastic - unbelievable skills. He completely neutralised Donaire and made him look ordinary.
The Cuban was fantastic - unbelievable skills. He completely neutralised Donaire and made him look ordinary.
Re: Nonito Donaire v Guillermo Rigondeaux
Only managed to watch this last night after avoiding the result.
Very good performance from the Cuban although I agree with the poster who said he wouldn't staying up late to watch him again. Donaire on the other hand will be involved in plenty more interesting tussels.
Very good performance from the Cuban although I agree with the poster who said he wouldn't staying up late to watch him again. Donaire on the other hand will be involved in plenty more interesting tussels.
