Is Guillermo Rigondeaux Simply Too Good?







The University is open and the Professor is a “master Teacher.”  Unified Junior Featherweight Champion Guillermo Rigondeaux  12-0-8 KO’s has the boxing world abuzz. The “squabble” appears to be over Rigondeaux’s defensive boxing style. There are some analyst who believe that Rigo has the power and ability to knock many of his opponents out but continue to play it safe. Many experts say that Rigos lengthy amateur career has him still fighting in an amateur posture. Then there are those who feel that Rigo should jump up in weight class to challenge tougher opponents that may bring out the puncher in him.  I would agree that Rigo (at this time) needs to move up in weight class to draw better fights with tougher opponents, yet I believe that fighters in the Featherweight division will simply run to other weight classes like Abner Mares did last year.

 

In the final analysis, Rigo does not fight himself. His opponents has to come to fight as well. Don't blame Rigo if his opponents get gun shy after tasting his leather. After all, Rigo is a "prize fighter." His job is to hit people and not get hit back. Fights are scored on a 10 point must system. If the knockout comes, good, but if not, the strategy is to outscore your opponent. Any night that a boxer goes home without a concussion, broken Nose, Jaw, orbital bone, serious brain injury or dies is a good night. 32 year old Heavyweight boxing contender Magomed Abdusalamov is just coming out of a medically induces coma for head shots he sustained in his Nov 2nd 10 round fight with Mike Perez. As a boxing analyst and fan it hurts me to see this father of 3 almost losing his life in the ring. The night of the Abdusalamov fight, the analyst from HBO lauded Magomed as a straight ahead boxer puncher who was sure to get Perez out of there by Knockout. One boxing writer even called the James Kirkland fight a better fight than Rigo’s headline fight. These boxing analyst need to get in the ring, fight for twelve rounds and get hit upside their heads for a few rounds. I'm sure they wouldn't be so hard on Rigo if they walked in his shoes. As for James Kirkland, I love to see him fight, I am a big fan of his, but I fear that his career will be a short one because of his "take a punch – give a punch" style of boxing. Kirkland comes straight forward with very little head movement and that’s “dangerous.” Kirkland speaks as if he is already "punch drunk" which is not a good sign for a young boxer.  

 

Ask Leon Spinks if he would have rather not taken all of those punches to his head and still beat all of his opponents. Punches to the head can give fighters the same symptoms as having a stroke. WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley told HBO Boxing commentator and analyst Max Kellerman that the punches he sustained in his title defense against Siberian slugger  Ruslan Provodnikov slurred his speech for a few weeks. I suppose the boxing analyst of today are upset with Rigo because he has the audacity to not “stick his chin out” to a left hook shot a time or two. As for possible opponents to Rigo, there is a possible rematch with Nonito Donaire 32-2 which would be interesting. How about Leo Santa Cruz 25-0-1, who will be defending his WBC title this weekend in Brooklyn on the Broner,  Maidana undercard. However, no matter who they put in the ring with Rigo, I fear the Olympic Gold medalist would simply dissect that opponent and make it actually look easy. Guillermo Rigondeaux may very well be a master at his craft and the boxing analyst and commentators simply have not gotten the memo yet. In any event, we need to give Rigo a fair chance to prove his worthiness to be amongst boxing’s elite.

 

Eric M. Deadwiley is a Freelance Op-Ed Columnist, Investigative Reporter and Author

 

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