yeseye
Well-Known Member
Fuck fuck fuck, i’m a celebrity , get me out of here, make me unsee it,
i’m watching it later!
i’m watching it later!
Loma is the best boxer in the world.
Unreal performance.
Were you really that impressed? I don't think he ever had to get out of first gear to win that comfortably.
My hunch was completely and utterly off the mark I thought that was an embarrassing performance from Rigondeaux considering the skillset he possesses. Constantly ducking well below the waist, excessive holding and refusing to pull the trigger, and then basically jacking it in despite not exactly taking any real damage himself. Lomachenko was slightly sharper, obviously bigger and busy enough to catch the eye and win every round, but that was not vintage Lomachenko by any means. Rigondeaux was scandalously negative. Only thing I could give him credit for were the occasional classy pivots in and out of range, showig tremendous balance. The issue he had was Lomachenko was just as good in that department and therefore Rigo couldn't spin off into a position where he could threaten Lomachenko on the counter. Half the time Lomachenko just landed flurries of pitter patter punches on Rigo as he leaned on his back foot and tried to stay out of danger, presumably to try and lull Lomachenko into extending too much with his back and and leaving himself open to the possibility of falling into a sharp Rigo counter. That just never happened. Loma kept it nice and short when he had to, peppered him with jabs in those exchanges and racked up the points. No damage done, but points in the bag. He was very smart for sure, but the beyond extraordinary stuff we've seen from Lomachenko in the past just wasn't required last night. Massive let down and Rigo reverted to the other side of his character that I didn't mention when talking before the fight, in that he has a real capacity for stinking out the joint with horribly negative and non-commital performances. He saved the worst one for the biggest fight of his career and then blamed a sore hand. He's had nearly 500 amateur and pro fights in his life and I bet he's fought on with worse injuries before. Pathetic way to toss away a major opportunity on the biggest stage..