Educating Fools: Lomachenko Did Not Duck Rigondeaux!

Exactly, it shows how disgusting the agenda is on the Loma haters (they do hate Loma, they have to respect his skills but they criticise him in extremist ways).
Rigo has been fighting unranked bums, one after the other for the past 4 years AND IS NO LONGER IN MY P4P LIST.

Edit: People say he's too small for 122? Well why isn't he fighting the best at 118 for the past 8 years either? He could easily fight in both weight classes.

Yet Loma is expected to take fights in 126, 130 and 135 simultaneously or else be criticised.

 

No, it's...make a fight with Marriaga who will actually take the fight in short notice and prepare vs go to a time waster who didn't want Loma at 126, thought this fight is worth millions and expect him to really follow through with a fight at 130....
all with 4 weeks till the fight, and additionally leaving Loma having to spend more time in these crucial weeks making 126...Nah.

Marriaga is a good fighter, time to take that W and chase bigger, badder men at 130 and 135. This shitstorm only happened because Salido pulled some Rigo-esque antics and ran away.

 

Yes, that's the point I'm trying to make! Rigo accepted everything, but Arum offered Rigo $500k where winner takes the extra $500k...a deal bettered by the original one Rigo was proposing - right from the horses mouth.
Rigo agreed to the money, and then he bounced out saying the fight is worth MILLIONS...erm, sure buddy. Rigo doesn't get purses that high, anyway. It would've been red panty night for him.

Edit: The very last of all of these negotiations was not money, but WEIGHT. Rigo wanted the fight at 124 knowing that Loma categorically made clear he will not make 124. The very fact that Rigo championed the idea of fighting at 124 after the deal broke down is just a desperate attempt to save face.

 

Rigondeaux wasn't asking for reasonable money, he was asking for unreasonable money with Rigo's end stating this fight is worth millions..
Rigo said $1.5m isn't enough yes, you heard it right. He knows full well an unknown Loma of 2015 and a 'sleeping pill' in Rigo isn't going to produce that kind of money. The stuff that goes on in Rigo's head..lol
https://www.boxingnewsresults.com/2015/11/1273/

 

That's NOT a good argument. Zhou Shiming is one of the GOATS himself but he has elements of his style that is more suited to the 3 round, amateur pointscoring method. Lomachenko also has aspects to his game that was perfected for that construct. We saw the flaws in Vasyl when his pacing strategy was off and his understanding of pro point scoring and preperation for dirty tactics, were all off. Under those circumstances, this GOAT couldn't get past Salido, made Russell Jr more competitive than it should've been, IMO dropped the first two rounds against Gamalier Rodriguez fromw hat I remembered, and looked whatever vs Ramirez.
WSB = amateur rules with 2 extra rounds, against amateurs. That's it. That's hardly pro in all truth.

You're talking about the ages of other greats, but not a single one was out there acheiving GOAT status under the different arm of boxing (pros were knocked out left right and centre when they entered the Olympics 2016). The same people that appeal to 'age' are also saying Gervonta is not ready for Lomachenko even though Loma's had 9 fights and Gervonta has a belt so should either fight the best or vacate.

We've all wanted Loma to fight the best and it must start with not lowballing opponents at very least. The TR pay structure is frustrating.