Wilfredo Gomez vs Guillermo Rigondeaux At 122

Luf loves Rigo, always has.

I don’t think Gomez has an easy night with Rigo (Fenech does) but your reply to me only demonstrates again that you haven’t watched much of Gomez.

Marroquin, Cordoba, Amagasa all got to Rigo.

Yum (who had T-Rex arms) got to Gomez, just to show I’m not being biased.

Gomez was world amateur champ, he was excellent and getting in and out of range, and using feints to disorganise his opponents when going backwards.

Watch his first fight with Davila. Excellent performance against a well-rounded and highly durable technician.

EDIT: I’m 30, and have been watching Rigo since the amateurs. Superb technician, but not without his faults. Prone to inactivity, can be caught sleeping, by fighters that—if he had the perfect footwork you describe, apparently as perfect as the offence you derided Lufcrazy for attributing to Gomez—shouldn’t have got to him.

Marroquin was a good amateur, average pro. Amagasa just a weight cutter, even then he was a beanpole and not very good. Cordoba was never a big puncher, not feather fisted, but hardly a big puncher (only a flash knockdown all the same). Donaire humongous puncher, but very one dimensional (Gomez could actually create his own opportunities)

 

Go watch Gomez’s fights with Kobayashi, Dávila, Cruz, Tirado, Yum, and Zarate to see a good view of his footwork and movement. People mostly think he was a one dimensional slugger when he wasn’t like that all. People got that perception after he was beat by Sanchez and became more in love with his power later on. At his best he was the most well rounded fighter who knew how to blend offense and defense.

 

Gomez overwhelms and knocks Rigondeaux out. For a full 10 count.

 

Gomez by KO...I also agree with Flea Man that Fenech beats him too. Runs over him actually.

 

Bump