Comments Thread For: Bob Arum Talks Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Guillermo Rigondeaux

[A.K]

Give him 1.1 and let him get his ass kicked into oblivion aka the Russell jr Walters category of supposable "nobodies" .

[Gunpowdergreg]

This has been my fight of the year all along if it makes. Rigo has to do the 130 he doesn't have any big money paydays ahead; he maxes out fighting at 130. Lomo has already stepped up and his money is at 135 and above with plenty there and up to 147. This is a fan fight and a cheap fight for Lomo and Arum because the price of Rigo less a defeat is cheaper than the promotional cost to get Lomo international attention and into PPV.

[Butch.McRae]

1 million seems fair. Anything less and it's not a serious offer imo. The fight would do better ratings than anything they have minus Manny.

[Gunpowdergreg]

Rigo is rodent sized a tiny child 3rd grader. Match Lomo with Mikey then and make a decent scrap. Why waste time on little bug sized Rigo-nothing?? Dumb idea

Dude, this is the fight we have all been wanting for a while, Garcia next.

[Boxing Logic]

the dong is getting 1 million? that's awesome. so happy for the guy. dude is a cop from namibia and now is at the biggest stage

He's getting a million to lose the final two belts to Crawford. Just like BJS will get overpaid if GGG ever fights him. The belts have value especially to a guy trying to unify all four. If Rigo had two belts at 130, he would get 1 mil no problem, but he doesn't.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Rigondeaux has great talent, but Lomachenko has great talent and even greater size. It's a physical mismatch, and that's the only reason Arum & Team Lomachenko are interested in the fight. They need opponents that Lomachenko can showboat against. He's recently developed a habit of gyrating his hips, taunting opponents, and acting foolish. He won't be able to do that against opponents who are not undersized or over-matched.

[Banderivets]

So it sounds like Arum is willing to give Rigo close to 1mil.

Rigo needs to take this, he will NEVER get more money from fighting anyone at the moment. This is his only choice.

If he beats Loma he's King **** of **** Mountain.

If he looses, he went up two weight divisions, so no shame.

Make it happen.

Bottom line is that Rigo needs to make some money, and even at 800k there is no better fight for him now or near future...

And if he does win, well...he is set to make a few more mil guaranteed.

[robbyheartbaby]

Give him 1.1 and let him get his ass kicked into oblivion aka the Russell jr Walters category of supposable "nobodies" .

Great comment couldn't agree more!

[Shape up]

If Indongo gets a million they should offer that to Rigondeaux, too.

He's bringing two belts to the table in a unification fight, that's why he's getting that much

[Mammoth]

He's bringing two belts to the table in a unification fight, that's why he's getting that much

He isn't considered elite or pound for pound by anybody though...