Comments Thread For: Rigondeaux's Coach: Rigo Should Not Suffer Over One Bad Night

[deanrw]

I'm not going to hold anything against him. Loma seems to have developed an ability to drive his opponents insane with frustration in the ring. Everyone has a breaking point. Sure we all wish he would have taken a stand and went for it, but the human mind is fragile when it feels humiliated.

I hope he makes a comeback and beats a couple good opponents. Fighters at the end their career should always end it on a winning note. For sure he does not need that fight hanging over his head for the rest of his life.

[champion4ever]

Spoken like someone who wasn't following Rigo's social media leading up to the fight.

Yes, the pressure was on him, because of what he promised to do, and what he promised he would never do. Or whoever runs those accounts.

Then there's that "0". That creates pressure.

It's still a mystery why he quit unless he just got deflated off a big head. Hopkins got schooled just as bad by Kovalev yet he stuck it out. Lemieux got schooled by Saunders just as bad, he stuck it out. Somebody lied to this guy.

Oscar quit after cutting weight and getting his ass kicked by Pac. In addition, he quit again against the naturally larger and stronger Bernard Hopkins after being knocked out by a phantom body punch by him. Ironically, Oscar lied down and quit while he was up on the scorecards for crying out loud.

Also, the much larger and stronger Sergei Kovalev quit against Andre Ward after complaining about low blows. So there's no shame in quitting once a fighter has reached his limits and had had enough; Boxers quit all the time. It's no big deal.

Another example: When Vitali Klitschko quit while ahead on the scorecards in a fight in which he was dominating; against an over achieving and over matched natural Super middleweight in Chris Byrd. I can go on and on.

Hell, even the great Willie Pep quit against Sandy Saddler after claiming he couldn't see out of one of his eyes due to its swelling. So shlt like this been happening from the beginning of time in the sport of boxing.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Oscar quit after cutting weight and getting his ass kicked by Pac. In addition, he quit again against the naturally larger and stronger Bernard Hopkins after being knocked out by a phantom body punch by him. Ironically, Oscar lied down and quit while he was up on the scorecards for crying out loud.

Also, the much larger and stronger Sergei Kovalev quit against Andre Ward after complaining about low blows. So there's no shame in quitting once a fighter has reached his limits and had had enough; Boxers quit all the time. It's no big deal.

Another example: When Vitali Klitschko quit while ahead on the scorecards in a fight in which he was dominating; against an over achieving and over matched natural Super middleweight in Chris Byrd. I can go on and on.

Hell, even the great Willie Pep quit against Sandy Saddler after claiming he couldn't see out of one of his eyes due to its swelling. So shlt like this been happening from the beginning of time in the sport of boxing.

In all but one of the examples provided the quitter was hurt. Rigo was not hurt, not to any serious degree. That's the difference.

[champion4ever]

In all but one of the examples provided the quitter was hurt. Rigo was not hurt, not to any serious degree. That's the difference.

However, you don't know that and neither do I.

[jas]

rigos lack of dynamic offense was perfectly exposed by loma

rigo likes to shoot the left from the outside, loma used quick footwork and double jabs to close the distance and landed at closer range

[DinoCop]

Losing is part of any game and is natural and unpredictable. There is nothing wrong with Rigo's losing to Loma. It's some morons right here so obsessed with so called "unbeaten" epithet... Losing doesn't mean much, just get sad a little bit and enjoy the further fights.

[DuckAdonis]

Well let's reflect and examine why Rigo called out Loma in the first place. It's because fighters his own size wouldn't so much as dare as to step in the same ring with him.

None of the top guys at 122 or 126 wanted any part of El Jackal. Therefore, since he has to earn a living also. He dared to be great by leaping two weight divisions to get a fight with the very best fighter available.

He was forced in calling out a much larger champion because he was the only opponent available for him at the time. Cruz, Mares, Frampton and others wanted no part of Rigo.

However at the same time, Loma didn't prove much by defeating an older, smaller and weaker man. So what damn difference does it make? Nothing because he was the betting favorite going into the fight in the first place.

He was supposed to defeat Rigo; Just like Danny Garcia was supposed to defeat a shot and wash out Brandon Rios. It meant absolutely nothing because most boxing fans already knew what the outcome was going to be.

All he had to do was not quit after getting his ego hurt and keep on fighting and he would've gotten some credit from me man. I was also a Rigo fan but realised the dude just has no heart. I'm supposed to give him credit for quitting because he was being outboxed ? Lol yeah right.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Losing is part of any game and is natural and unpredictable. There is nothing wrong with Rigo's losing to Loma. It's some morons right here so obsessed with so called "unbeaten" epithet... Losing doesn't mean much, just get sad a little bit and enjoy the further fights.

People aren't criticizing Rigo simply for losing. He fought a bigger, younger, equally talented athlete. What everyone has a problem with is how Rigondeaux lost. He quit. Criticism will rain down upon you in such a case.

[CubanGuyNYC]

All he had to do was not quit after getting his ego hurt and keep on fighting and he would've gotten some credit from me man. I was also a Rigo fan but realised the dude just has no heart. I'm supposed to give him credit for quitting because he was being outboxed ? Lol yeah right.

My sentiments, exactly.

Rigo was not hit with a single good punch. Some of the Lomo fanboys act like Vasyl kicked his ass. That’s not what happened. Rigondeaux was clearly unwilling to fight from the opening bell. It was disgraceful.

[DinoCop]

People aren't criticizing Rigo simply for losing. He fought a bigger, younger, equally talented athlete. What everyone has a problem with is how Rigondeaux lost. He quit. Criticism will rain down upon you in such a case.

He knew it wasn't working, no matter what he did(be it skill or size difference no matter). He knew millions were watching him getting outboxed so he ended it. Nothing is that easy, he must've felt humiliated and stopped it.