Rigo agrees to fight Loma at 126

Rigondeaux will not get a decent fight, you know it, I know it, rigo knows it, that's why he's accepting the challenge. He has no choice if he wants to make money. That's as sad as true.

I think the way you do, btw. I dont like cw, true, but i dont like size missmatches either.

 

By the way whatever happened to Lomachenko only seeking unification bouts?

His team vehemently dismissed Walters as a possible opponent the morning after the Marriaga fight with their reasoning being that he no longer had a belt and that they were only seeking unifications... Well, which belt does Rigondeaux hold at 126 again? Smells like Walters losing his belt on the scale was everything but the reason they are not seeking him as an opponent.

And that is why you folks who listen to what fighters and their teams say look like complete morons time and time again.

 

You didn't answer my question, and sure Zou is quite an anomaly (which is why you keep bringing him up for you argument, and I've seen people dispute his amateur credentials, as in they're fraudulent).

But even with him, if you just look at his boxing technique, he's not unskilled. Amnat obviously had better ins and outs of the pro game and he himself is a very skilled fighter + had other things going for him (reach, power, experience), his technique is still sound though.

 

Is Walters a top p4p fighter with olympic pedigree of Rigo?

 

I wouldnt like my favourite boxer to be beaten by a bigger guy. Anyway, I understand him accepting the fight at 126, he fights lomachenko or john doe, no other options for him. Yet, I think that rigo will win, but obviously, im biased .

 

Since you apparently want an answer to your previous question, Cafe, I will give you one. Rigondeaux has epic skill sets but I can't at this moment say he is a more skilled professional than Hall of Famer Jake LaMotta, who certainly possessed some great skills himself. Should Rigondeaux continue his pro career with the success he has had and continue to duplicate his performances, perhaps that will change in time. Wholly unfair and pointless to ask such a question, especially at this point in time (Rigondeaux still 15 fights into his career; LaMotta long retired from a past era).

Walters is not on any P4P lists that I have seen.

He does not have Olympic credentials that match Rigondeaux.

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However, Walters is the #1 Featherweight. Lomachenko is a Featherweight who claimed to want to unify the division. He cited Walters not having a belt anymore as the reason why he will not consider facing him. Many of Lomachenko's fans supported this claim and used it to justify Lomachenko's team clearly stating they will not consider Walters as an opponent.

So I ask... which belt does Rigondeaux have at 126?

 

Lol, the more iron in their chins the funnier the fight. There is only one guy whose power is as underrated as rigo's, mayweather. It's like people refuse to accept that high technical guys can actually hit hard as f****.

 

Unless Rigo's chin fails him, I think he will beat Lomachenko. The only problem is the size difference but I think Rigo's speed and athleticism will tame Lomachenko, making him think twice.

 

I got Rigo.

Glad the weight issue was put the rest. The Jackal got my vote.

 

Sometimes it translates. But it is certainly no rule. Just as often and probably more so, amateur success doesn't translate to equivalent success in the pros. That's all I'm saying. It doesn't have to be your opinion but it is a legitimate opinion to have and I have been consistent with this forever. I've only been proven to be correct to not buy into amateur hype and accomplishments as many others, yourself included, have.

Undefeated Olympic gold medalist Yan Barthelemy lost to Ernie Marquez, a doped up construction worker out of Denver/Pueblo whom calling a journeyman might be too complimentary. I know this because my cousin is friends with him and grew up with him. And Yans' career didn't get any better from there.

And c'mon really? I'm only using Zou? And he's "quite an anomaly?" Should I use Audley Harrison as an example instead? Pete Radmacher?

 

32-17 in favor of Lomachenko. Hmm... My sarcasm is oozing when I say, "big surprise there."

 

I do agree with this.