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Rigondeaux struggled in his last fight in America - sure it was Pacman undercard again Margarito - Too easy for him but his class showed and he could move up another weight

bfchunk wrote:Can't believe the commentator said Casey "ran in to a tsunami, a tsunami named Rigondeaux". Time and place and all that

Wasn't as good as 'A pair of southpaws and a pair of Willies'

simon fox wrote:Did you watch him lefty?

I should have put 'many more like him' but I didn't; Rigo was fabulous.

Yeah i did and ive seen him before,he's very good but i think you're getting abit ahead of yourself in terms of him being a truely special fighter based on one fight against a guy he was far superior to.

ThereByTheGrace wrote:Rigondeaux struggled in his last fight in America - sure it was Pacman undercard again Margarito - Too easy for him but his class showed and he could move up another weight

Him against gamboa would be some fight!

Casey is a decent fighter; well conditioned and game. Rigo looked like a missile; how accurate, brilliant composure. I've not seen Casey troubled before (at a lower level); the Cuban looked brilliant to me. Did he waste a punch? (Don Curry v Colin Jones type of exhibition imo).

Oh well, it's all down to Magee now. No pressure.....

What happened in the Anthony Fitzgerald vs Affif Belghecham fight?

Apparently Alfie hit ref after premature stoppage???

ApolloCreed wrote:Apparently Alfie hit ref after premature stoppage???

Yeah, Belghecam was doing what he does a lot - hides behinds his guard on the ropes while the opponent hammers him on the gloves and elbows. The ref decided to jump in as he felt Belghecam was taking to much punishment, which he wasn't. Belghecam didn't react too kindly and appeared to push/punch the ref in the chest on two occasions, his own trainer had to protect the ref from his fighter. Poor stoppage but no way for a fighter to react.

Here is a link (its second from bottom on scrolling bar on right handside, you also need Real Player installed): http://www.rte.ie/sport/other/2011/0319/boxing_av.html

The Referee behaved shamefully. I hope Belghecham doesn't get punished for that.

Horse wrote:The Referee behaved shamefully. I hope Belghecham doesn't get punished for that.

He deserves to get punished in my opinion. It was a bad stoppage but the ref didn't deserve to be manhandled the way he was. He obviously wasn't aware that Belghecam does the same thing in every fight. The reason he stopped it was because Belghecam wasn't attempting to fight back.

Deno1986 wrote:

Horse wrote:The Referee behaved shamefully. I hope Belghecham doesn't get punished for that.

He deserves to get punished in my opinion. It was a bad stoppage but the ref didn't deserve to be manhandled the way he was. He obviously wasn't aware that Belghecam does the same thing in every fight. The reason he stopped it was because Belghecam wasn't attempting to fight back.

Edited by Mod for legal reasons.