Will Lomo vs. Rigo be similar to Carlos Monzon vs. Jose Napoles?

No. It's going to be very similar to Canelo vs GGG. Output will be the only difference of the fight. Rigo will land the more quality shots. Loma will look the busier man.

 

Can't wait for this as a boxing fan cause I know Rigo can be boring but given better opp I expect him to be on it throwing heavy shots.
To me this fight regardless of age and size all boils down to wether his Hi Tech boxing works against a top tactical guy like Rigo.
Can Lomo do his hi tech psy op thing where he throws the punch from everywhere the opp isn't expecting with the unseen shots doing the real damage.

May be wrong but Rigo seems to have massive pop on his punches,almost like when he really wants he can his opp at will so I'm thinking Lomos size might not be as important,my heart says Lomo as he's been active and has youth.

 

Rigos gonna be surprised when he finds out Loma isn't easy to hit.
Loma has the skill advantage and size advantage. I expect Loma to ko him around 8 or 9th round

 

I picked Rigo back in the day..much less confident now. But might chuck a cheeky bet on him.

I don't quite feel the comparison but gotta give you props for the old school shout.

 

I'm expecting it to look somewhat like Calzaghe v Hopkins

 

I was thinking this also, except Rigo will back off across the ring and reset when he is pressured. But the Calzaghe-Loma comparison is spot on.

 

"Booted"

That's what happens when YDKSAB and post stuff like this here, guys.

 

I thought i'd check before I wrote a post like this...What a fool he is lol

 

No. Napoles was 34, Rigo was 37. Those three years make an enormous difference.

 

He had 475 fights in the amateurs. That will wear you out. Napoles whole career was 585 rounds. Rigo's amateur career was onver 1200 rounds, maybe closer to 1500. Also, I've never bought that one style ages better than another. I see no evidence for it. The guys who had the most fights like Duran, Chavez, Armstrong all had in your face swarming action packed high contact styles. And as I've shown time and time again, the defensive boxers put a lot more rounds in than the offensive artists because they don't get early KOs. Mike Tyson or Jack Dempsey have fewer rounds in a career than Mayweather and Whitaker. It's highly debatable who takes more damage.

And 34 is just end of prime/post prime where Napoles was when he fought Monzon. Rigondeaux was 37 well past prime when he fought Lomachenko. Monzon would be derided if the only good scalps he had were Griffith and Napoles. He maintains his good reputation because he also beat good middleweights such as Benny Briscoe and Nino Benvenuti.

If you think that an opponent being in their late 30s or early 40s doesn't severely undermine a win you are being preposterous. It only goes one way. If Broner beats Pacquiao then he's supposed to. If Pacquiao beats Broner at his age he's amazing.