do people genuinely think rigo would have won at 126?

[Madison Boxing]

Would he have suddenly gone from landing an absolutely pathetic 3 punches per round to putting on some sort of boxing clinic against lomachenko? Would 4 lbs have made the difference? what do people think?

[oscar9992]

Nope, Loma said after the fight it would have been much closer if this fight happened 3-4 years ago at 126 lbs, but not now...

Current Loma easily beats Rigo at 126 lbs too.

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Would he have suddenly gone from landing an absolutely pathetic 3 punches per round to putting on some sort of boxing clinic against lomachenko? Would 4 lbs have made the difference? what do people think?

Bro get it right, it was 2.5 punches landed per round for Rigo, not 3.

6 x 2.5 = 15, though I appreciate you trying to make the one-sided WHOOPING less painful for the haters on here!

[Madison Boxing]

Bro get it right, it was 2.5 punches landed per round for Rigo, not 3.

6 x 2.5 = 15, though I appreciate you trying to make the one-sided WHOOPING less painful for the haters on here!

i thought i'd give him the benefit of the doubt and round it up

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i thought i'd give him the benefit of the doubt and round it up

You'd only be appeasing the most dedicated of the trolls, most of them scurried off soon after! Plus, it must agitate them to eat crow while others are laughing!

[IronDanHamza]

Nah I don't think so.

Size did play a factor yes but skillwise Lomachenko was also clearly superior. Which shocked me.

I expected Rigondeaux to pick up the early rounds, be ahead going into round 7 and Lomachenko take him out down the stretch but Lomachenko had him figured out very early.

Fair play, top fighter.

[GrandmasterWang]

Would he have suddenly gone from landing an absolutely pathetic 3 punches per round to putting on some sort of boxing clinic against lomachenko? Would 4 lbs have made the difference? what do people think?

A couple years ago at a lighter weight I'd wager Rigo would have been able to land 6 punches a round.

[The Big Dunn]

Well Loma himself discussed the difference in size and how that mitigated the win. I think if the fight happened earlier at lower weight it may have looked different.

[artfuL_]

Rigo actually weighed in at 128.5 and stipulated a rehydration clause.

So, that 2.5 pound weight difference form his weighin weight and the SBW limit should not matter, you'd think.

Loma also came in at 129, so 3 pounds above SBW. Again, 2.5 or 3 pounds should not be that impactful for either guy.

[SthPaw]

For a fighter of that calibration and skill level, a couple of lbs should not make a difference.

These guys where the absolute peak and pinnacle of technical skill and a few lbs scattered between them is, or should be, negated by that, one would think.

Yes, Loma had a size advantage, but let’s not act like smaller fighters haven’t overcome size odds before when they are the more skilled man in there.

There was a gulf in levels, not lbs.