Comments Thread For: Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux Finalized For December 9

[aboutfkntime]

mutual respect. when it comes to boxing IQ this is as good as it gets..

out-fkn-standing !!

[CubanGuyNYC]

donaire vs rigo was a very intense and entertaining fight despite it being one sided. I think its one of a few fights held in radio city music hall too.

Only the second fight held there. Roy Jones was the first. Theaters are strange venues for a fight. The audience is on only one side.

I thought it was a pretty good fight myself. I would've given it an 8/10 for entertainment value. Just recently I was reading Dan Rafael's assessment the following day, and was surprised to see he described it as boring. (Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, Rafael is a Rigo-hater.)

[CubanGuyNYC]

mutual respect. when it comes to boxing IQ this is as good as it gets..

Fuck yes. I love to see the mutual respect. These are two of the greatest amateur fighters of all time. Now they'll finally get to meet inside the pro ring. Wish they were more evenly matched physically, but the level of talent in the ring when they both step inside will be off the charts!

[Boxing Logic]

the winner should be the number 1 p4p fighter in the world

Agreed. Loma already beat GRJ and Walters in their primes, who are as good of wins as basically anyone has in boxing right now. Compare those to Indongo, Postol, etc there is no comparison, in terms of Crawford's claim, and losing to a 4-round past his best Kovalev the first time, then having an even fight and KOing him to the nuts in the rematch (after he gassed two seconds into the fight again), is not any better either. If either Loma, Rigo, Canelo, or GGG can get a DOMINANT win over a prime top guy, that will usurp anything Ward or Crawford has done. Neither of them have ever dominated a top, prime guy. Ward even lost the first fight vs Kovalev IMO to a non-prime Kovalev. And that's not me saying it after the fact, everyone remembers he gassed vs Chilemba the fight before too, and Ward's team was saying how he has drinking problems and stuff they've heard outside the gym which is why they cherry picked him at what they thought was the right time in the first place, only for him to still beat them the first fight and he may have still beaten them the second fight if not for Tony Weeks.

So we'll have to see where it goes, but clear wins over prime, elite opponents is the only thing they can separate one of them from each other at this point in my opinion, and neither Ward or Crawford have that. If Lomachenko, Rigo, Canelo, or GGG can deliver that before the end of the year in their fights, then they will have separated themselves as #1 P4P.

[TexasCowBoy]

Hide the womem and the children....Loma will dismantle Boringdeaux

[HanzGruber]

get your excuses in now lol rigo had a chance to make the fight at 126 he himself turned it down. weren't you one of those that said loma would never fight rigo? hahaha

Here's what I said a year ago

That ship has sailed. Loma is a big mofo already talking about 135

Now here's what you said in the same thread only 3 posts after mine. Now let's see you lie your way out of this one moron

rigo's career appears to be dead that's for sure.there's been no word about his next fight.rigo refused to move up he wanted no part of loma.loma would have beaten him.

why are you ducking me son.. admit youre a liar and a hypocritical phaggot so we can move on

[DannYankee]

[FightingWords]

At this point Lomo is too big and has looked more and more spectacular with every performance. I have Lomo with possible stoppage in the later rounds.

[Baltimore]

Respect to both fighters.

I got Loma by stoppage.

Best year of boxing in so long gets even better. Awesome year for us hardcores!

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Would be an amazing fight is both were the same size. Rigo is already tiny at this weight class and he's moving up two weight classes to fight arguably the most skilled guy boxing today in his prime? If he pulls it off this has to be one of the greatest victories ever in boxing history.