Comments Thread For: Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux Lands on BoxNation

[Jerzz]

We all know this fight should be at 126 for the sake of the fairest deal for both sides in order to maximize competitiveness. 126 I think rigo gets the win, 130 maybe too much of a size disadvantage in favor of loma... hope it's competitive

Rigo wont fight Loma at 126 before, he wants it at 124, but Loma keep going up and has plan to go to 135, Rigo realized and this is his last chance so he demanded it.

We all know its very difficult for boxer to go down in weight so Loma will never go back to 126.

[MexicanStyle#1]

What's interesting about theses type of silly comments is, if u watch the Salido fight, Loma lost due to inactivity and refusing to let his hands go (Very Boring)

I'm starting to wonder if Loma only looks spectacular when he's fighting someone completely overmatched ?

Even against the Axe Man he again started very slow and tentative, refusing to let his hands go until he realized that the Axe Man was only in their for a check and therefore was no real threat.

This Rigo fight will be interesting as Rigo won't come for just a check, but unfortunately Rigo (giving up too many concessions by stepping up 2 divisions) may not have his normal formidable power with him to have Loma looking like the usual deer in headlights like he does when he fights opponents with respectable power.

What's so silly about expressing my opinion?... that's my take on both fighters.... that's all...

[garfios]

A skill set both Rigo and Loma have is spending the early part of the fight programming the opponents movement in and how they can manipulate the other guys movement. First part of the fight might be a lot of those little feint punches they both throw while figuring out how the other guy is moving. Recently Loma has been stepping on the gas quite early, but will take a bit longer with Rigo.

vs Salido Loma simply didn't know how to pace himself for 12 (as never done it before) and he started out too slow - something he's acknowledged. Salido ended the fight with an empty gas tank (ie paced it perfectly) and Loma ended up with a half tank of gas still - a mistake he won't make again.

Rigo hasn't had the power to stop a lot of people at 122, and he's unlikely to pile on the pounds for this fight, so won't be a lot bigger. If he does pile on the pounds he'll pay in speed, which won't work well for him. Gary 'fastest hands in boxing' only got a 10% connect rate with Loma, Rigo won't do much better, and it might just be Loma realises he can walk through shots to get combos home late on.

Will be interesting to see the body work from both guys. They're both good body punchers with good head movement, and would expect Loma especially to invest down low early on rather than go for the more elusive head. But Loma mixes it up well too.

Just can't see any way Rigo avoids getting over-whelmed mid to late fight.

I disagreed with sentence. The boxers he hasn't stop is because they had run like marathon runners or hasn't throw a double digit punches in a single round...

[angkag]

I disagreed with sentence. The boxers he hasn't stop is because they had run like marathon runners or hasn't throw a double digit punches in a single round...

I think you're confusing Rigo with someone else. Agbeko and Donaire runners ? Watch the Francisco fight and count the number of backward steps Rigo takes vs the number of forward steps. What numbers did you get ?

Let me know which round vs the three named fighters the opponent didn't throw double digit punches (Agbeko its zero, Donaire its zero, not sure with Francisco).

This was written after the Francisco fight:

'The two-time Olympic gold medalist originally from Cuba was content to limit the action as much as possible, while Francisco appeared uncertain how to start his own offense in the face of Rigondeaux’s movement and clinching'

[moltres.]

i aint bought a fight on boxnation since floyd canelo. it was worth it, really enjoyed it. i said to myself that id only buy this fight. im buying it. boxnation all december. hoping for a decent undercard. hoping its still £15

[garfios]

I think you're confusing Rigo with someone else. Agbeko and Donaire runners ? Watch the Francisco fight and count the number of backward steps Rigo takes vs the number of forward steps. What numbers did you get ?

Let me know which round vs the three named fighters the opponent didn't throw double digit punches (Agbeko its zero, Donaire its zero, not sure with Francisco).

This was written after the Francisco fight:

'The two-time Olympic gold medalist originally from Cuba was content to limit the action as much as possible, while Francisco appeared uncertain how to start his own offense in the face of Rigondeaux’s movement and clinching'

agbeko, really? Below is the compubox stats for Rigondeaux vs. agbeko. This is the same boxer that threw almost 750 punches against mares
Rigondeaux
11/63
10/76
11/83
13/73
15/78
17/77
15/85
10/67
12/64
8/58
12/68
10/67

Agbeko
6/37
3/23
6/31
5/35
1/29
4/21
1/26
6/30
7/27
3/30
5/31
1/29
He averaged 29 punches per round.
And donaire averaged the same amount, 29. And only landed double digit punches in the 10th round. Boxers get gun shy once the Cuban hit them. We all know that. And you know that the francisco fight was a joke. Rigondeaux was on the shelf for almost two year. In any case we going to see what lomachenko can do.