Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux Ready For Lomachenko at 126 or Catch-Weight

[Sledgeweather17]

Yes sir . You have always fought the best in the olimpics , no cherry picking ...
Rigo beats Loma at 126 , no doubt . Rigos defense plus the power punch will be to much for loma . One of those bones of lomachenko will be broken.

I hope we can watch this great fight , I hope.

Hit and not be hit ; you can not hit what you don't see .

Honestly I feel like this one will be just like May-Pac were both guys are so fast and so good defensively and strategically that they'll be not much action and when there is it will be just the two of them missing each other by miles with the better man on the day just doing enough to win rounds.

True boxing scholars will be entertained and intrigued by the skill level and the strategic aptitude and tactics of the fighters, but most people will be turned off.

[darius45]

Nah, loma has good footwork & fast hands, Rigo probably faster at one punch at a time but loma moves & throws a lot of combos. Rigo has a higher skill level & more pop than loma too. Loma can stay busy to win on the cards. It can be a great fight, WE need to force bob's hand to make it happen.....

I agree the fans really need to push hard for this fight. Roc nation should just give Rigo a big guarantee to make this fight happen too...

As far as how the actual fight will materialize... Loma has a higher output, but this depends on him getting close to his opponent. He's been able so far to get in close to his opponents by having superior footwork and movement...But Rigo is a different animal who not only posses just as good footwork, but has a longer reach which might give Loma fits as a tries to close range (But unlike all of Rigo past opponent, Loma is not going to get discouraged and fight scared... If anything, Rigo will force Loma to be more aggressive, and this in turn will force Rigo to be more aggressive, thus bringing out the maximum potential in each fighter).... Loma has a great ability to time his opponents too... In the Gary Russel fight, he was able to completely neutralize Russel's speed with superior timing and footwork... But again, Rigo has INCREDIBLE timing too and has a way of making his opponents miss shots by a fraction of an inch...

Watching these two guys get into an exchange will be a beautiful sight to see. This is boxing on the highest level.

[Derranged]

Loma wont take the fight, he is scared of Rigo. He will fight guys like Sosa and Martinez instead of ever taking a real challenge.

You're an idiot.

[darius45]

Honestly I feel like this one will be just like May-Pac were both guys are so fast and so good defensively and strategically that they'll be not much action and when there is it will be just the two of them missing each other by miles with the better man on the day just doing enough to win rounds.

True boxing scholars will be entertained and intrigued by the skill level and the strategic aptitude and tactics of the fighters, but most people will be turned off.

I don't think this fight will be like May/Pac... I don't see Lomachenko giving up like Manny did... This is a guy that is very conscience if he winning rounds or not... He'll want to win rounds clearly, which means he will have to force the action, he will have to be the aggressor or he risks getting outpointed by Rigo who will most likely being landing very crisp counter-lefts throughout the night, just enough to win rounds... And historically so far, Loma has shown to win rounds by being much more active. If Rigo is able to completely neutralize Loma's offense the way Floyd did Manny... well, that will just be something to behold...But Loma has more skills than Manny and, unlike Manny, if he is down on the cards, Loma might put it all on the line... he is after all a young, hungry lion...While Manny was on his decline in the Floyd fight.

Loma will have to use his size advantage in this fight. We'll also see Loma's chin tested like never before, same with Rigo... p4p I think Rigo is the harder puncher but he will have a serious weight disadvantage.

[MisanthropicNY]

Too late, Vagina - Loma fights at 130 now - you had your chance to move to 126... Keep fighting bums on undercards...

Had the fight happened at 126 - think of Crawford v. Gamboa minus Gamboa's early success...

[j.razor]

I agree the fans really need to push hard for this fight. Roc nation should just give Rigo a big guarantee to make this fight happen too...

As far as how the actual fight will materialize... Loma has a higher output, but this depends on him getting close to his opponent. He's been able so far to get in close to his opponents by having superior footwork and movement...But Rigo is a different animal who not only posses just as good footwork, but has a longer reach which might give Loma fits as a tries to close range (But unlike all of Rigo past opponent, Loma is not going to get discouraged and fight scared... If anything, Rigo will force Loma to be more aggressive, and this in turn will force Rigo to be more aggressive, thus bringing out the maximum potential in each fighter).... Loma has a great ability to time his opponents too... In the Gary Russel fight, he was able to completely neutralize Russel's speed with superior timing and footwork... But again, Rigo has INCREDIBLE timing too and has a way of making his opponents miss shots by a fraction of an inch...

Watching these two guys get into an exchange will be a beautiful sight to see. This is boxing on the highest level.

But bob will do everything in his power to not make the fight. Ever since he beat nonito donair bob played him out & said he was boring (don't know how knockdowns & opponents face lumped up is boring) so right after he said that we had fans, journalist & certain media repeat bob. Tell them enough lies & they believe it (fans)....Lets hope it can be made. Tell bob he about to kick the bucket so just do it.

[darius45]

Too late, Vagina - Loma fights at 130 now - you had your chance to move to 126... Keep fighting bums on undercards...

Had the fight happened at 126 - think of Crawford v. Gamboa minus Gamboa's early success...

You must have boxing if you don't want to see this fight. Rigo is willing to meet Loma at 126 or little higher... Loma needs to respond now, if he is willing to come back down to make this historic fight.

This fight is nothing like Gamboa/Crawford. Rigo is on another level than Gamboa with a much better defense. Rigo doesn't gas either. If Crawford was smaller, Rigo would be the favorite if they fought too.

[darius45]

But bob will do everything in his power to not make the fight. Ever since he beat nonito donair bob played him out & said he was boring (don't know how knockdowns & opponents face lumped up is boring) so right after he said that we had fans, journalist & certain media repeat bob. Tell them enough lies & they believe it (fans)....Lets hope it can be made. Tell bob he about to kick the bucket so just do it.

I do believe Bob will try to block this fight with his last dying breath, unfortunately. HBO itself also has it in for Rigo. Loma needs to push for this fight, especially if he wants to be considered the best.

The fight either gets made relatively quickly or never. Once Loma gets to 135 the window for this fight will be closed forever.

[Biolink]

It's not in the cards pleh boi- Bob Arum

[MisanthropicNY]

You must have boxing if you don't want to see this fight. Rigo is willing to meet Loma at 126 or little higher... Loma needs to respond now, if he is willing to come back down to make this historic fight.

This fight is nothing like Gamboa/Crawford. Rigo is on another level than Gamboa with a much better defense. Rigo doesn't gas either. If Crawford was smaller, Rigo would be the favorite if they fought too.

Another delusional Rigo fan. Rigo has been dropped by nobodies - he beat Donaire and he got dropped in that fight - that's all he's done. If Rigo were White, he'd be getting the GGG bum resume criticism all day.

The Loma ship has sailed and Rigo let it happen by being afraid to fight Loma @ 126 - don't pretend it didn't happen - delusional fan boy.