Comments Thread For: Hopkins: Lomachenko Will Knock Rigondeaux Out!

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Former two division world champion and current Golden Boy Promotions executive, Bernard Hopkins, believes size will matter when Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs) challenges WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs). The contest takes place on December 9th from New York's Madison Square Garden. ESPN will televise the fight. Rigondeaux, who holds the WBA super bantamweight world title, will move up by eight-pounds and two full weight divisions to challenge Lomachenko for his WBO title at 130-pounds.
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[AJ's Boy]

This fight could go very wrong for Lomachenko...

[Ray*]

I don't see either KO each other out to be honest, but i do see Loma outboxing/outfoxing Rigo.

[ippo]

i see lomo getting countered all night long.

[Alx.]

i see lomo getting countered all night long.

we'll see

[HIGHNESS]

Doubt it, it will be a very boring chess match.

[lolpz]

Lol why do people think Rigondeaux is going to get knocked out by a guy who is not even a real puncher and by puncher I mean a guy who doesn't rely on his power.


Rigondeaux is the type of fighter who could only get K.O'd by someone who will rely on their power to win the fight against him. Guys like Donaire who loaded up on his shots to land a punch that puts Rigo to sleep. Sure he's been clipped (Rigo), but he will never be put out unless someone is a very strong puncher who is also good enough to land that shot. Someone who can get "lucky."

Loma is a technical fighter, he will not go out there to hope to land a punch that puts the smaller Rigo to sleep. He will take whatever is open, which will be slim to nothing. Loma probably won't put any power into any of his punches just to be able to land on Rigodeaux, Loma will not be there to take risks and chances in order to get his work in.

It's going to be a chess match, literally. Two intellectual, technical, high level, high skill, high speed thinking fighters going at it. This fight can very well end up being "boring" by ****** fake boxing fan's standards and ideals.

I stand by the fact NO ONE will beat Rigo in a battle of straight up boxing ability. It's like trying to out-box Floyd Mayweather. You won't beat him by being a pure boxer. No matter how good of a pure boxer you are, he will be the better purer boxer. That's why I think Rigo will win this fight. Lomachenko will not open up and take the necessary risks in order to win the fight. He will look like Pacquiao in there against Mayweather.

[HarvardBlue]

Lomachenko will probably drop him. To be honest I could see Rigondeaux also catching Lomachenko and getting him to the canvas temporarily. I don't think there'll be KO but I expect Lomachenko to win.

[Da Wizard]

Not a chance. Rigo will shut down his work rate and make this a slow chess match. Loma will get countered to death.

[anonymous2.0]

It'll be similar to the Doniare/Rigo fight in that Lomanchenko will hit Rigo and Rigo try and immediately answer back with his own hits. I just think Lomanchenko will do a far better job than Nonito in defending and slipping Rigo's counter attacks. Still rooting for Rigo tho