Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux: I Can't Wait To Make a Statement on Lomachenko!

[deanrw]

Amazing how people consistently mispronounce his name.

It's a FRENCH name like Thibodeaux...Boudreaux or Arceneaux.

It's pronounced

Reegandoe

I hate the ones that pronounce it like: Ree-Gone-Dee-Oww

[Kigali]

I hate the ones that pronounce it like: Ree-Gone-Dee-Oww

I cringe everytime.
Teddy Atlas is the worst....he started it.

It is so ignorant.

That is like calling someone name Boudreuax: Boo-Droe-EE-Oww


Him being from a Spanish Country and a spanish speaker leaves them stumped.

[landotter]

Fact: Rigo is 17-0 with 11 KO's & his last fight ended in a KO before jim FORCED a different call.....Rigo got a punch while loma has to put many punches together for a KO so I don't know where & how you came up with that opinion. They both had over 300 fights before going pro. In their pro record Rigo has 17 fights & loma has 10.

Both you and Cu****uyNYC have taken me to task on the power comment.... So I went and looked up his record and looked at some You Tube videos. I will absolutely give a nod to you both. I did not give Rigo enough credit for the KO instinct he has. He has very good power. My apologies

[pesticid]

I cringe everytime.
Teddy Atlas is the worst....he started it.

It is so ignorant.

That is like calling someone name Boudreuax: Boo-Droe-EE-Oww


Him being from a Spanish Country and a spanish speaker leaves them stumped.

I would agree that you would pronounce it the French way, however he is from Cuba and in Spanish you pronounce each letter so Teddy Atlas as much as I hate him pronounces it correctly. That's how the people in Cuba would pronounce it too.

[Kigali]

I would agree that you would pronounce it the French way, however he is from Cuba and in Spanish you pronounce each letter so Teddy Atlas as much as I hate him pronounces it correctly. That's how the people in Cuba would pronounce it too.

Being in a spanish country doesn't change the pronunciation.

It is pronounced

Ree-gon-doe

[pesticid]

Being in a spanish country doesn't change the pronunciation.

It is pronounced

Ree-gon-doe

Like I said I agree but the Spanish people would pronounce it the way Teddy pronounces it and while Rigondeaux sounds like a French name I've never heard it in the French speaking world. So it's not a given that it's a French name. So if Rigo himself pronounces his name as Teddy does then that's how it is.

Have you heard of anybody else whose last name is Rigondeaux?

[MDPopescu]

Rigondeaux got balls , went up 2 weight to fight Loma and Loma didn't want to meet at 126 , or they could have the weight room in the same day of the fight , like it is done in the olimpic s .
And Loma wouldn't go up 2 weight to fight Crawford? Haha .

Rigo will win , his power punch and counter skills will be the winning factor.

I want to see what Loma does when rigo hits him , I'm pretty sure that loma will stop throwing punches and then rigondeaux will impose his style and win it .

Rigo by the ko ....

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

... (I'm a Rigo fun)... but it was Rigo who didn't want 126... he asked for 124 instead...

[MDPopescu]

rehydration limit for this fight is 138

Thanks God!... this at least...

The weight difference is not going to matter. That only matters when one fighter mauls another and leans on him which causes a fighter back pain and wears the fighter down. The styles involved are not conducive to that. As to the 2 inch difference in height - history is dotted with countless taller fighters losing to shorter ones. It will come down to skills and I wouldnt bet any money on this fight. I see a draw.

In case they land 8-10 punches per round (together)

Giving up 8 years and 2 weight divisions. If Rigondeaux pulls this off it will be one of the best victories in boxing history.

... If Rigondeaux pulls this Arum will die that very night...

[Kigali]

... (I'm a Rigo fun)... but it was Rigo who didn't want 126... he asked for 124 instead...

As he should have....and Loma should have accepted.

[Kigali]

Like I said I agree but the Spanish people would pronounce it the way Teddy pronounces it and while Rigondeaux sounds like a French name I've never heard it in the French speaking world. So it's not a given that it's a French name. So if Rigo himself pronounces his name as Teddy does then that's how it is.

Have you heard of anybody else whose last name is Rigondeaux?

The spanish people pronounce it the same way everybody else does.

Ree-gon-doe.

That is EASY for the spanish people.