Comments Thread For: Lomachenko's Manager Calls For Rigondeaux at 126

[Jim Jeffries]

1) I don't think Golovkin is a small middleweight at all.

Fair enough, you're entitled to that opinion. Would you agree that he would be a tiny SMW?

2) Rigondeaux and Ward being better than Lomachenko and Golovkin is debatable.

I don't think Ward being better than Golovkin is debatable. At all.

3) Experience: Golovkin has more pro fights than Ward and a longer amateur career as well.

I'm not sure GGGs number of pro fights means anything. There's certainly nobody on his resume anywhere close to Froch, Kessler or Dawson. I don't see an Olympic Gold Medal on GGGs resume. Quality matters more than quantity.

4) Rigondeaux is more accomplished than Lomachenko thanks to one big win. Salido and Russell Jr. are better than anyone on his resume not named Donaire.

Pretty sure Loma lost the Salido fight. The bold is what matters.

I agree with the rest.

Was there anything left?

[tiliheels]

Rigo needs to take this. I've been critical of guys like GGG, Thurman and others for not fighting the best in the neighborhood of their weight division and I'm not giving my dude a pass for it either.

It's a big enough fight for him to take the risk, move up and go back down after. Get it done.

one difference tho..rigo weighs in at 122 and fights at 122...the guys u named hydrated up a class or two..ggg was 175 or clos at a 30 day weight in..thurman is 160 at rehydration...lomo goes to 135 or above...and he's not fightin ax man bc he says he rehydrated too much...well that is a near 15lb advan for him if rigo goes up with no weight clause..but rigo has balls..i wouldnt do it..ppl forget rigo should be ruling the 112 divisions at this point and likely ending his career at 122 or 26 and that he is well over 30...

[Build That Wall]

Bob Arum wouldn't let any of his fighters in the ring with Rigondeaux.

[lazaron72]

Hope it is not just talking ....
Rigondeaux and Loma would be a great fight . Make it happen .....
Weight in same day of the fight , as in the olimpics .....

Hit and not be hit .

[Tobi.G]

Rigo needs to take this. I've been critical of guys like GGG, Thurman and others for not fighting the best in the neighborhood of their weight division and I'm not giving my dude a pass for it either.

It's a big enough fight for him to take the risk, move up and go back down after. Get it done.

I dont think one can blame a fighter for not fighting in a weight-class he dont belong to. Its the fighters decision fans have to accept.

[i'm a fun haver]

So loma calls out rigo at 126 after reports surface he is signing with haymon and a week after him saying he didn't want to fight a heavier guy in walters.

Lomachenko said it, or Egis Klimas said it?
This place is full of idiots

[-PBP-]

I dont think one can blame a fighter for not fighting in a weight-class he dont belong to. Its the fighters decision fans have to accept.

No you can't. But if you are so avoided to the point where you are wasting your prime years on bums, then find the best opposition in the neighboring divisions.

[lazaron72]

Good fight , Loma is 126 and rigo is a small 122 . This should be done at 124 , half way for both .
Or at 126 , weight in the same day of the fight , as in the olimpics , and Loma can not weight more than 136 ...
This would be fair , Loma comes at 135 and rigo at 126 , or less , fight night .....

If this gets done : rigo school Loma , hands down . These two guys were meant to meet in the olimpics in 2008 , but rigo came to usa .
Rigo won 2000 and 2004 at 119 ... Batan weight ...
Loma won 2008 at batam weight and 2012 at feterweight ....

Make it happen : rigo by Ud , schooling ........

Hit and not be hit .

[BendOver]

I agree... if Rigo says no...then Loma should get the Salido rematch...Salido had an unfair weight advantage... and was not randomly-blood tested..he's a known cheat...

I'd like to see rematch at maybe 128..with random blood-testing

So it is ok for lomachenko to fight at 128 against a 130 pounder but not to go 2 pounds down to meet Rigondeaux, by the way Rigondeaux has say that he will fight anyone from 126 at a catch weight of 124, specially the Russian kid, and salido was cleared of any wrong doing just to update you on that matter...

[BendOver]

Rigo is no Gamboa...
(With Loma, Rigo would stay at the distance and exercise the "Cuban style", which usually exasperates the guys from the "Soviet school".)

and he can punch too, every time he hits someone they take a step or 2 back, and all of them have outweighed the Cuban by a lot, which means he can really punch...