He's the best practitioner I've ever seen of the Cuban style. But I think that what Rigondeaux sees as an immaculate performance has no corollary to what fans see as a perfect performance. In his mind, to make an opponent look terrible who has been lauded as exciting or favored against him gives him satisfaction.

As far as cities go, Havana is a festering treasure chest, a primary color.

You can't learn to take a punch. Whether you have a glass chin or you don't, the only way of finding out is having it land.

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