Vasily Lomachenko: Rigondeaux refused to fight me

Lomachenko: "When we started to talk with them about details, they put forward different conditions, - said Vasily. - They told us amount of money, that they want, and we agreed. They wanted rehydration limit 62.5 kg (137.79 lbs). I agreed. But yesterday they told us that they are not ready to organize the fight, and at the moment they do not want to fight. " Source: http://allboxing.ru/news/20150828-2057/vasiliy-lomachenko-rigondo-otkazalsya-ot-boya-so-mnoy In this video Vasily answers the question asked by many people "Why he is calling out the smaller guy" and Lomachenko answers: Before I called Rigondeaux out he was making pictures in social media with text "Lets do it" and his promotional company contacted Top Rank in order to organize this fight...". (The rest is in the text above)

Comments (20)

Mukuro

It's ridiculous. Than you have people coming in here talking about Arum possibly being an obstacle right after Loma explained the entire situation lol. It's sickening, it's quite interesting that fighters everyone labels technical and with high in ring iq are followed by some of the most simple minded fans out there. I suppose they have to compensate somehow. "Me no hi eye queue, but my flavor it fighter be, cheah." That is a good point. The fighters with the highest supposed ring IQ's tend to have the dumbest fans :lol1:

10y ago

Dinamita_03

Have to hear tge other side of the story. Top Rank is not honest when it comes to these things. This didn't come from top rank though, directly from Lomachenko's mouth. This wasn't Arum's "Yesterday I was lying, but today I'm telling the truth".

10y ago

Jsmooth9876

The only chance Rigo has to get big fights and become a superstar is to sign with Haymon and get on The PBC. I'm guessing Haymon could get him fights with Frampton, quigg,selby if he was on board. Nobody is gonna fight him otherwise, he's too good and doesn't bring any $ I'm guessing.

10y ago

FeFist

Have to hear tge other side of the story. Top Rank is not honest when it comes to these things.

10y ago

Aztekkas

hahaha so true It's ridiculous. Than you have people coming in here talking about Arum possibly being an obstacle right after Loma explained the entire situation lol. It's sickening, it's quite interesting that fighters everyone labels technical and with high in ring iq are followed by some of the most simple minded fans out there. I suppose they have to compensate somehow. "Me no hi eye queue, but my flavor it fighter be, cheah."

10y ago

Elblanco

Rigonduck is avoiding Loma. :lol1: Rigo: let's do it! rigo fans: yeah! Loma is all hype, Rigo schools him easy. Loma: alright, let's do it. Rigo: ok, first u agree to all my stipulations and clauses, then we fight! Easy work. Loma: okay. Done. Rigo: nah, I don't want to fight right now. I'm not saying I don't want to fight you, it's just I don't want to fight you at this specific moment. Rigo fans: Rigo would school him easy! It's just caribe, Hyde, Loma is picking on smaller fighters, Arum, etc... We not ducking doe, we would school him any time, any date, just not now. :lol1: hahaha so true

10y ago

Aztekkas

10y ago

BrometheusBob

EDIT: 62.5kg sounds pretty big for Rigondeaux, can't necessarily blame him for not wanting this fight. But this is just one side of the story,so who knows what else happened Guarantee if this were Ward saying this about GGG, you wouldn't be saying "who knows what happened." You and Dirk would be going off on Golovkin about the rehydration clause.

10y ago

garfios

Loma said the response from Rigo's side was that they weren't ready to organise the fight. So yeah, the problem could be the promoter.I spoke with someone very close to GR and he told me there was nothing on the table, there is a lot to do when trying to make a fight of this magnitud, Rigondeuax hasn't say no, and he wants Gary out og the way, the guy is just collecting checks and hasn't done $h1t for GR career...

10y ago

285Kid

Just get back in the ring bro , Why can Loma just some fights in his country?

10y ago

otrocubiche

It's not just caribe at fault alot of the blame is on Gary hyde. Caribe has other fighters that fight regularly who are the other fighters under caribe? can't find them in the web. Thanks

10y ago

Tyler_Durden

I have a feeling that Rigo didn't accept this fight cause he's secretly gay.

10y ago

Pinoy4ever

Rigo is at that staged where he CAN'T dictate. Should have taken this fight to prove that he truly is tblg = the best little guy in the lower divisions.

10y ago

RetroSpeed05

Here's the translated version.

10y ago

JQside

Don't even know why team Rigo wants to fight a TR fighter. I thought he left TR, and now wants to do business with Arum? Isn't that stupid? People say Rigo should sign up with Haymon. But then they also say he can't leave his current promoter. But why? Are they pointing a gun on his head?

10y ago

GMAN_SUPREME

Can't call it a duck if they don't fight in the same weight class.NOPE lomachenko agreed to everything rigo still refused therefore its clearly a duck move on rigo's part.

10y ago

kafkod

if confirmed, this is really bad, those caribe leeches are the worst "promoters" in the history of boxing, rigo must be the dumbest person in the world if he is staying with those jokers Loma said the response from Rigo's side was that they weren't ready to organise the fight. So yeah, the problem could be the promoter.

10y ago

GMAN_SUPREME

FUK rigo for ducking loma.hey rigo enjoy being inactive wasting your career away sh1t for brains. respect to lomachencko for doing everything in his power to make the fight.

10y ago

kafkod

Yes let's just blindly believe one side. Kinda like how Kenny Porter says Thurman is ducking and everyone eats it up. Then Thurman says he's accepted the fight three times already That's what you usually do. So what's different this time?

10y ago

Pito

Its only so long these guys can pretend before their card gets pulled. Anyone with two eyes could see Rigo was one elite opponent from getting KOd himself. Dude is like porcelain. Can I ask where did you get that impression? About his chin that is? I haven't seen him hurt ever and when nonito rocked him he got back up like nothing. His legs have never wobbled......id just like to know where everybody's gotten the impression that he gets hurt or has a terrible chin. Juan Manuel has gotten knocked down and he's far from being to sidered to have a terrible chin. What makes you say this? I'd like to know

10y ago