Freddie Roach — who was in the corner of Top Rank prospect Zou Shiming, the two-time gold medalist from China, last Saturday in Macau — chatted with NYFightblog about the faceoff between Nonito Donaire and Guillermo Rigondeaux, which unfolds Saturday night at Radio City Music Hall.
Roach trained the Cuban-born Rigo for a couple fights in 2010, but that boxer has a tendency to switch support personnel more than most people change toothbrushes.
Who does Roach see getting his hand raised in the showdown between the two super-bantam aces?
“I like both guys,” he said. “It’s a tossup, 50-50. Whoever lands the most clean punches. … It’ll be a thinking-man’s fight, with both countering. I see someone being knocked down, I’m not sure which one. I’m down the middle that one.”
