Comments Thread For: Arum Not Least Bit Surprised Lomachenko Made Rigondeaux Quit

[MrClutch85]

Rigo the added 8 pounds effected his performance Loma was roughing him up he hurt his hand and decided to quit hopefully he will come back.

[megas30]

I think this was quite sad to see. Loma was excellent on the night and put on a great display, he is truley in his prime and showed it. I am sorry to say it but i think Rigondeaux has now declined to the point where guys will probably beat him in his division that could not beat him before. He just could not keep up with Loma and then you add in the size that Loma has on Rigo. It was just a lose - lose situation so Rigondeaux wanted out.

Personally i believe Rigondeaux was going to get stopped and he is experienced enough to know this himself. Rigondeaux looked very shocked in this fight on how well Loma moved for his weight. Personally i would of respected Rigondeaux more if he had went out on his shield. I hope he has made some good money because i dont think he is going to be around for much longer.

This is what i saw as well. Rigo looked aged. He was slow and his punches weren't as crisped as they used to be. Fighter like Loma can exposed an aged fighter real quick with his movements and Rhythm. I, personally, thought Rigo would have looked better than, but maybe his hand injury is legit, because he looked really bad. Loma didn't do much in terms of hurting him, other than the hammer punches in the back of the head when he is bending low. It was an awful fight i am very disappointed.

[landotter]

December 11, 2017:

The topic came up in last week’s Magno’s Bulging Mail Sack about whether I’d give Lomachenko full credit for a dominant win over Rigondeaux, but it’s hard to determine what “full credit” should be in a case like this. Lomachenko DID—easily and decisively-- beat a great fighter and someone who had legitimately earned a spot in pound-for-pound rankings (if that’s your thing), but, again, there were A LOT of extenuating circumstances attached to the win.

If Gennady Golovkin destroys a beefed up, inactive Manny Pacquiao at 160 in six rounds and makes the Filipino legend quit on his stool, what amount of credit would be given to “Triple G” for the victory?

Whatever answer you give to that question will give you the answer to the question of how much credit Lomachenko deserves for doing away with Rigondeaux.

http://www.fighthype.com/news/article31557.html

Interesting way to look at it. It isn't a pure apples to apples example as Rigo was pounding out people fairly recently, and Pac has been sliding for some time. But it is an interesting point.

[landotter]

lol man there was no injury

Yeah.....where I am too. Ugly way to get out of a fight. At least Walters was honest when he quit.