Rigo vs "other southpaws" ?

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  1. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Rigo, himself a southpaw, must over his long amateur & professional career, had fought numerous other southpaws.

    In most southpaw vs conventional fighter bouts, the southpaw has a big advantage.

    But against the bigger & fellow southpaw Loma, Rigo seemed to freeze up and not know what to do.

    Were there other southpaws in the past that troubled Rigo?
     
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  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Yeah, Ricardo Cordoba is a southpaw, and he gave him quite a few problems in the 2nd half of the fight after he dropped him midway through, with IIRC a jab no less.:lol:
     
  3. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good info ^ compadre.
     
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    :thumbsup:

    And yeah, it was a jab, he went down on his knee after a jab in the 6th.
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  5. Longhhorn71

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    at 25:50 point in tape. Good job in finding this ^.
     
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    I saw it live, it was... believe it or not, on yet another PPV. The undercard of Pacquiao-Margarito. Never has a more PPV unworthy fighter been on so many PPV undercards.
     
  7. Farmboxer

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    Lomachenko said that he does better fighting southpaws, does not really know why...................
     
  8. Longhhorn71

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    Interesting ^....thanks for more info.
     
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    Because he is right handed, and the lead hand becomes more important in a southpaw vs southpaw clash.
     
  10. Farmboxer

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    Could be, but Lomachenko said he did not know why......................