By Edward Chaykovsky
Trainer Freddie Roach would love to see a battle of world champions between two of the best amateur fighters in history Vasyl Lomachenko (4-1, 2KOs) and Guillermo Rigondeaux (15-0, 10KOs). Each boxer has captured two Olympic gold medals.
Lomachenko is the WBO's champion at featherweight and Rigondeaux has the WBA/WBO world titles at super bantamweight.
The two camps have discussed the idea of facing each other, but they can't seem to agree on a catch-weight.
Roach, who doesn't train either man, is excited about the match and views it as the best fight to make in boxing.
“I like to be a matchmaker in my head – and the best fight in the world is Lomachenko against Rigondeaux. You’ve got one guy who has won 200 fights in a row and the other guy who has a record which is like 500-1. Rigondeaux is the best defensive fighter in the world and he would be up against a very sharp offensive fighter. If I was a matchmaker that’s the fight I would make. I’m not sure who wins. I think Lomachenko might hit too hard,” Roach said to Boxing News.
“But ‘Rigo’ is a master and he also hits hard… I’d love to have him [back] because he’s a great fighter. That would be the greatest fight out there.”