Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux Smiles: Top Rank Will Never Recover From Loma Loss!

[hyeduk]

Comparing Loma to Nonito doesnt make sense. Nonito was behind when he stopped Darchinyan in their 10 round bout and Vic was 37 year old. Meaning that Nonito passed his prime at that moment. Plus, Nonito skills are far less superior compared to Loma.
It's gonna be a good fight though

[g27region]

Comparing Loma to Nonito doesnt make sense. Nonito was behind when he stopped Darchinyan in their 10 round bout and Vic was 37 year old. Meaning that Nonito passed his prime at that moment. Plus, Nonito skills are far less superior compared to Loma.
It's gonna be a good fight though

There's a countless amount of arguments why Lomachenko is not Nonito, but only one of them would be enough - Nonito always moves in straight lines, back and forward, Loma always try to move to the side and stay out of range of lead hand of his opponent, in other words he's not a stationary target like Donaire, like I've said it's only one example out of many, so that comparison is not accurate

[MindGame]

Rigo's just doing his part to hype the fight, Top Rank is sleepwalking through this promotion...

I think Lomachenko wins convincingly one way or the other... I'm pleased to see this fight finally take place, these are 2 of the finest boxers on the planet... This is a boxing fans match, no KO needed despite it's likelihood...

It's going to be cat & mouse, traps being set by both boxers all night, can't wait !!!

I just wished it took place a couple of years ago when Rigo's chances were much better...

[rrayvez]

Lol Sometimes I think they ought to give a test before people are allowed to post.

some comments are just ridiculous. If you want to say you think Loma wins because he's bigger, younger, has been more active recently, then cool. But don't say rigo lacks the skill when dude is 1 of the most skilled fighters ever. Ima be at the fight and I hope rigo pulls it out.

[CubanGuyNYC]

some comments are just ridiculous. If you want to say you think Loma wins because he's bigger, younger, has been more active recently, then cool. But don't say rigo lacks the skill when dude is 1 of the most skilled fighters ever. Ima be at the fight and I hope rigo pulls it out.

I envy you. I was at the Donaire fight, and wanted to attend this one. Tickets sold out fast, and I wasn’t sure my schedule would allow me to make it anyway. I think it’s gonna be a good one, despite Rigo’s lack of skill. Haha

[PunchyPotorff]

A win for Rigo would be excellent. Arum was just flat out disgustingly nasty towards Rigo after the Donut Aire fight. Totally unprofessional of the old geezer to treat one of his then top fighters that way... especially after such a commanding win over (at that point) an unbeatable fighter.

Rigo will indeed have to be at or near perfect to pull it off, and Bob will have to have not ordered a Loma win, but it could conceivably happen.

[j.razor]

"Those things always happen to me, why is that? Those people are always inventing things."

Rigondeaux vs lomo, bob arum fat rafael, espn & wbs....I mean wba.

[trippleupper]

No-lose situation

The best thing for Rigo would be to win a very convincing UD and then get robbed on the cards. I think Loma is the kind of guy that would acknowledge if he truly lost (unlike Bradley in the first Pac fight)... It sets up a big rematch (Loma would have no choice but give him to rematch or else his reputation would take a huge hit and he seems to care very much about his boxing reputation)... OR a split decision that goes to Rigo where a lot of fans thought Loma won, would also set up a big rematch (Loma can play up how now he'll be more aggressive/go for the KO) Because the fact is, Loma is the best Rigo will ever face. It's only downhill for Rigo in terms of competition after Loma while Loma can still move up in weight to test himself.

The WORST thing that could happen to Rigo is he loses decisively on the cards or gets KO'd...then there's no chance for a rematch.

As long he Rigo wins convincingly even if he gets robbed he ensures another career high pay day with Loma.

The least likely thing seems to me (given the corruption in boxing) is Rigo winning convincingly and not getting robbed...But if that happens, there might not be any interest in a rematch. It either needs to be close or the guy that clearly won needs to get robbed for there to be interest in a rematch.

This is a no-lose fight for Rigo. Whatever happens, he wins. If he loses -- well, you jumped up two weight classes and lost to a bigger guy.

[pesticid]

There's a countless amount of arguments why Lomachenko is not Nonito, but only one of them would be enough - Nonito always moves in straight lines, back and forward, Loma always try to move to the side and stay out of range of lead hand of his opponent, in other words he's not a stationary target like Donaire, like I've said it's only one example out of many, so that comparison is not accurate

Nonito did move to his left against Rigondeaux and did get some angles. Problem is/was, Rigo is so good at this he makes your angles his angles if that makes any sense to you. So when Donaire would move to his left, Rigo would move to his left, next time Donaire gets a lead foot dominance with the jab, Rigo would counter so Donaire had to stop going to his left. The sign of a great fighter is when you've done everything right against him, and when you think you've gotten an edge/advantage in a certain moment only for the great fighter to turn it to his edge/advantage, and that's what happened to Nonito Donaire.

PS: Loma's angle game of stepping around the lead foot will be mute against Rigo. He'll move to his left instead and this is where Rigo is dangerous with his long left hand. I hope he still has the reflexes and energy to go through 12 intense rounds.

[SkillspayBills]

Boxingscene's editor needs to be ****ing fired. First damn sentence and a grammatical error.