The Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux prediction thread

Either. But I'm leaning toward left hook more.

Rigo, as good a boxer as he is, still has some bad habits. He keeps his right hand low. Judah had the same habits until he got clipped by Tszyu. And numerous other fighters who got hurt by keeping their right hand low.

Lomachenko is an intelligent fighter. He already know Rigo's weakness and he's going to take advantage of it every opportunity he gets.

 

Rigo wins, late stoppage.

 

I can’t see that bro

 

Yup. And he wont get any real credit being the bigger man. Its Loma's fight to lose. If Rigo somehow beats him it will be tremendous for his legacy.

 

Loma too big too strong. Fight would have been closer at 126 for sure
Loma wins

 

Lomachenko knocks him out with a right hook in the sixth round after outskilling him in every round apart from the first.

 

I think Loma will get credit if he beats Rigondeaux decisively. But it is Loma's fight to lose, indeed (actually Vasiliy said it himself long ago). If he loses, his boxing career is almost done moneywise...

 

Loma will certainly get credit for beating Rig, especially if he does it in a way that separates him from someone who many view as his equal from a skills perspective. Loma would become viewed as the #1 p4p fighter and it would be his first career defining victory. However, should Rig win....it would be an upset and be viewed as a much bigger win due to the age and size disadvantage

 

Loma round 10.

 

His accuracy is atrocious and his punch stats are padded. Just watch his fights. The only reason Loma wins is punch output. That’s it. Rigo will land the better shots and do more damage.

 

Yeah it's laughable hearing people tout his punch accuracy, then cite compubox, you can watch his fights, and see him missing repeatedly. Just look at the Marriaga fight.

 

He misses more than he lands but all boxers do. There is not one boxer who lands more than 50% of their punches. Loma throws so he misses more punches by default....however he is one of the only combination punchers in the sport that can land 6 or 7 punches in a 10 punch combo. He’s landing on average around 40% of his shots....against Miguel he landed around 34% so while the punch stats aren’t completely reliable, they are a good measure of a fighters accuracy.

 

I'm aware that no boxer lands more than 50% in their career. That doesn't negate the fact that Lomachenko wasn't very accurate against Marriaga, yet people tout his accuracy. Most guys aren't very accurate. Also, CompuBox isn't reliable at all, it is fraudulent. Video analysis post fight is the only way to get accurate punch stats. If a punch stat isn't accurate it isn't a good measure of anything. lol.