Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux Trainer Reacts To Critics: My Fighter is No Quitter!

[hurricanelu]

I am a Rigo fan , but I call it as I see it. It was downright embarrassing the performance he gave. He didn’t even try , I don’t know if he sold out or just couldn’t do ****. Either way , he deserves everything that’s coming his way.

[MrShakeAndBake]

"Rigondeaux, who was moving up by two weight divisions to take the fight,*was dominated in a one-sided contest where the Cuban boxer did more holding than punching"

Why did he hold & not punch in the fight? He was not getting hit with a lot of shots so why did he not punch? Was his hand really hurt? Did the weight cause an issue? Was it ALL the disadvantages from in the ring to outside the ring? As they are saying in social media did bob pay him off & we'll never see him fight again? Did he just scream for this fight for a pay-check?

Why did he not throw punches?

Watch the fight again then...
Rigo does not throw much punches period, but he threw plenty which never found their target Loma was way slicker and in return punished him.

[chrisJS]

"Rigondeaux, who was moving up by two weight divisions to take the fight,*was dominated in a one-sided contest where the Cuban boxer did more holding than punching"

Why did he hold & not punch in the fight? He was not getting hit with a lot of shots so why did he not punch? Was his hand really hurt? Did the weight cause an issue? Was it ALL the disadvantages from in the ring to outside the ring? As they are saying in social media did bob pay him off & we'll never see him fight again? Did he just scream for this fight for a pay-check?

Why did he not throw punches?

GTFOH with the fix stuff already. Your prediction was way off base and Loma proved you wrong AGAIN. Just take the L move on. I TOLD YOU you would front and give no credit and not own up to your call and you said you would give props and all you've done is try to **** on it and taint it.

He stopped throwing because he doesn't throw much and he's a precision puncher that looks for openings. They weren't there so his offense was shut down and he got into survival mode. It's not the first time this has happened in a boxing match and it won't be the last time.

[Bjl12]

Rigo is a very talented fighter, you do Loma a disservice saying he is not. If he just beat a bum who moved up two weight classes why should anyone celebrate that predictable win? Why did team Loma need a strategy? By discrediting Rigo you discredit Loma. Strategy applied is a change in how the fighter fights. I saw very little just the best of what Loma always does. Is there a fight where Loma will not use angles lateral movement and pull out at an angle before counter?Keep in mind Loma wasn’t able to land cleanly on Rigo until the later rounds, the adjustment we saw is him doing everything he could to score and frustrate Rigo. It worked but it shouldn’t have given the challenge, if Rigo’s team prepared him mentally. Not saying Rigo would win but why didn’t he know the first rounds were going to be challenging for both fighters. Loma was ready for that Rigo wasn’t. The fans paid for Rigo’s quit with a fight that had no real offensive action.

Wrong. Saying Rigo is NOT an incredible boxer does NOT mean he's a bum.

Are you okay, bro? Taking your meds lately? ?? Might want to get checked out soon

[Bjl12]

The dude is 37 for crying out loud. This is when most boxers hang them up.

Right but he's always fought the same way. Definitely talented, no doubt, but he lacks versatility and against a truly great opponent it shows.

That's all I'm saying. At any age and any weight class Loma is too much. He simply has too many skills

[chepboxingking]

That’s really not a lot of money, he should have made that at 122 if the other fighters weren’t ducking him. But Rigo causes a lot of his problems with garbage like this. If he was going to lose show up and fight off the front foot or take him into deep waters. But to quit playing defense was a waste of the world’s time.

Agree. it's not a lot of money, but it's a lot more than any option he had at 122 or even 126

[Madison Boxing]

so what happened then if hes not a quitter?

[megas30]

Right but he's always fought the same way. Definitely talented, no doubt, but he lacks versatility and against a truly great opponent it shows.

That's all I'm saying. At any age and any weight class Loma is too much. He simply has too many skills

No. Nothing shows, except Rigo's age. He couldn't pull the trigger against a prime opponent who was quicker and stronger, bigger. It was just like Dela Hoya thought he still had it until he went against a younger, prime Manny, a quickly realized he didn't have it like before. We were hoping Rigo still had it, however, the fight prove otherwise. Loma didn't do much, just that Rigo, with his hand injury and his age, just couldn't pull the trigger. He can still beat low level opponents, but i think he is done at elite level.

[Elroy The Great]

lmmfao if those are legit tweets

[Bjl12]

No. Nothing shows, except Rigo's age. He couldn't pull the trigger against a prime opponent who was quicker and stronger, bigger. It was just like Dela Hoya thought he still had it until he went against a younger, prime Manny, a quickly realized he didn't have it like before. We were hoping Rigo still had it, however, the fight prove otherwise. Loma didn't do much, just that Rigo, with his hand injury and his age, just couldn't pull the trigger. He can still beat low level opponents, but i think he is done at elite level.

At no age could Rigo have beaten Loma. None.