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Not sure why I don't see more people talking about this, maybe y'all just don't notice the finer details. I found 22 fouls from Lomachenko during his fight with Rigondeaux. Many of which precipitated Rigondeaux retaliating so in basically, Rigondeaux was returning the favor but got a point taken and a bunch of warnings where Lomachenko got very few.
When you're fighting a bigger guy two weight divisions ahead thats fouling at an exponential rate, fighting the venue (ref, judges), fighting your old promotional company (Top Rank) who are known for fight fixing (FACT), and fighting the Commission (no solid reasons he should be stripped), is it really a shock he quit?
By the referee not breaking the fighters up Rigondeaux was not getting the proper que's needed to reset and get back to work. There is a clinch, ref breaks it up, fighters fight...rinse/repeat. Not some absentee ref who keeps saying break or fight out. Thats not referee'ing.
During my focus on these clips I noticed something very interesting, Lomachenko would initiate most of the clinches so even if someone wanted to say Rigondeaux was holding, Lomachenko iniated the clinch.
I'm going to do 5 gives per post so it's easy for anyone to respond and hopefully the page doesn't overload with processes.
FOUL #1: Back of Head #1
FOUL #2: Back of Head #2
FOUL #3: Back of Head #3
FOUL #4: Elbow on Neck #1
FOUL #5: Back of Head #4 (3x)
When you're fighting a bigger guy two weight divisions ahead thats fouling at an exponential rate, fighting the venue (ref, judges), fighting your old promotional company (Top Rank) who are known for fight fixing (FACT), and fighting the Commission (no solid reasons he should be stripped), is it really a shock he quit?
By the referee not breaking the fighters up Rigondeaux was not getting the proper que's needed to reset and get back to work. There is a clinch, ref breaks it up, fighters fight...rinse/repeat. Not some absentee ref who keeps saying break or fight out. Thats not referee'ing.
During my focus on these clips I noticed something very interesting, Lomachenko would initiate most of the clinches so even if someone wanted to say Rigondeaux was holding, Lomachenko iniated the clinch.
I'm going to do 5 gives per post so it's easy for anyone to respond and hopefully the page doesn't overload with processes.
FOUL #1: Back of Head #1
FOUL #2: Back of Head #2
FOUL #3: Back of Head #3
FOUL #4: Elbow on Neck #1
FOUL #5: Back of Head #4 (3x)
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