Does Lomanchenko losing make Rigo look better ?

[brickcityboxing]

Lol... if that's what you need to tell yourself to wake up each day, sure.

I don't need to tell myself anything. I asked a simple question and you chose to troll with your response to it. So I chose to stoop to your level but at least there is some truth to it. Rigo stops Santa Cruz and beats the brakes of Loma too...

[dan_cov]

I think its a loss for Rigo. If Loma had won he'd of made history and the bandwagon would be ridiculous and many would pick him over Rigo.
He'd of had a decent win and some momentum and it would of been two of the greatest amateurs to ever live going at it for all the marbles.

Rigondeaux would of absolutely destroyed Lomachenko and captured another world title in another division.

Rigo is probably a bit gutted he lost especially with the lack of opponents lining up.

[Cuban Linx]

Rigo is the greatest Cuban fighter of all time imo.

It's a different level. While I like Loma, I think he's going to be great, he's not on that level.

The lack of experience was a key. When Rigo fought for his first world title against Cordoba, that was probably his toughest fight ever. He was facing someone with like 30+ professional bouts, and Rigo only had 6. He even got dropped which was a fluke.

Had he fought that same Cordoba now, he would have knocked him out. It takes time to adapt to the pro game.

[brickcityboxing]

I think its a loss for Rigo. If Loma had won he'd of made history and the bandwagon would be ridiculous and many would pick him over Rigo.
He'd of had a decent win and some momentum and it would of been two of the greatest amateurs to ever live going at it for all the marbles.

Rigondeaux would of absolutely destroyed Lomachenko and captured another world title in another division.

Rigo is probably a bit gutted he lost especially with the lack of opponents lining up.

Hmmm youre right never thought of that ...Felt the same way about broner/maidana, I felt like they were setting us up for a broner/garcia matchup at some point and was absolutely positive Danny would ice him. Not To to mention broner and angel going back and fourth it would've been must see tv but maidana squashed all that lol ... I know your not big on DSG ... But yea

[damit305]

Wether you want to believe it or not the comparisons were there to begin with. The two gold medals, the gaudy amateur records, the obvious talent/blinding speed. I know the revisionists will say its apples and oranges, they will also note that Loma's in a different space having only had 1 pro bout prior, which is debatable. But Loma was being touted by some as the next Rigo. Regardless of how the fight played out (ref,low blows,scoring etc...), do you feel seeing Loma having been "cut from the same cloth" as Rigo, struggling and losing, shows just how remarkable and how difficult it is to accomplish what Rigo did in under 10 fights (not counting Donaire). In other words is Loma's loss Rigo's win ?

Not sure how Lomer will handle a 1-1 record. Boxing is very unforgiving, normally a loss with a winning record is incurable.
TBH, fuck Arum and HBO lmaoooooooooo

[Ray*]

Maybe but then maybe not, Rigo is a seasoned amateur who has fought more at that level than loma before turning pro, and even after turning pro both their careers have also been different, with Loma choosing to fight a seasoned veteran titleholder in only his second fight. I wouldn't necessarily give Rigo extra credit because Loma is younger, less experience, has less fights both in the ama and pro and he undoubtedly faced a better opponent in only his second fight compare to Rigo.

[A-Wolf]

Rigo is definitely more entertaining. That's probably the most apparent thing that came to light. And he's waaay better.

[-Kev-]

I think if Lomachenko gets a title, every one would line up to fight him. He looks robotic, weak, and like if he can be outpointed with activity. It also looks like he's a herb, he lets himself get fouled without saying or doing anything. A great fighter find a way to either get the refs attention or adjust to avoid fouls, or foul back when all else fails. 395-1, for what, all of those fights, all of those wins, for nothing. He just looks like a poor man's Mikkel Kessler.

Lomachenko looks like the normally "good" 50-fight amateur, not the great, legendary, better than Rigondeaux, better than Mayweather, on par with SRR 395-1 amateur that people were talking about.

And why is his nickname Hi-Tech? It doesn't match his first name or surname but I guess it matches his style, he's a hi-technology robot.

[Holywarrior]

Rigo being 13-0 and Loma being 1-1 makes Rigo look better.

[brickcityboxing]

Maybe but then maybe not, Rigo is a seasoned amateur who has fought more at that level than loma before turning pro, and even after turning pro both their careers have also been different, with Loma choosing to fight a seasoned veteran titleholder in only his second fight. I wouldn't necessarily give Rigo extra credit because Loma is younger, less experience, has less fights both in the ama and pro and he undoubtedly faced a better opponent in only his second fight compare to Rigo.

at the weight they are fighting at I would think Loma being younger would give him an edge over Rigo ? I get the fact they havent faced the same opposition in the AM's and forget about the pro's but... I mean can you imagine if all things were the same and Rigo was only 26 ?