By Ryan Burton
The much ballyhooed December 9th showdown between Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux turned out to be a very non-competitive affair.
The fight was the first in boxing history that matched two-time Olympic Gold medalists against each other.
Lomachenko (10-1, 8 KOs) dominated the fight from the opening bell and Rigondeaux ended up quitting on his stool after the sixth round citing a hand injury.
Former multi-division champion and current television analyst Robert Guerrero felt there wasn't a lot that could be taken from that fight.
"It is what it is. Lomachenko did what he had to do. (Rigondeaux) was a smaller guy and he said he hurt his hand," Guerrero told BoxingScene.com.
There has been a lot of talk about a potential fight in the lightweight division between Lomachenko, who would have to move up in weight and Mikey Garcia, who would be moving down a weight division.
If that fight were to come to fruition Guerrero believes that Garcia would come out on top.
"I think Mikey and Lomachenko - I think Mikey outboxes him. He is the bigger fighter and you look at his fundamentals, his skills and how he works the jab. I think he beats him," explained Guerrero.
Garcia, who holds the WBC lightweight title, will have his second bout at junior welterweight on February 10th, when he challenges IBF world champion Sergey Lipinets. He dominated Adrien Broner last July at 140-pounds. Win or lose against Lipinets, Garcia claims that he's moving back to 135-pounds to make a mandatory defense against Jorge Linares - to satisfy a recent order from the WBC.
Lomachenko on the other hand is running out of opponents at super featherweight and appears to be on the path to a lightweight jump in the very near future,
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